GHANA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	28,661	4	13,565	+ 15,096
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	15,827	1	16,262	- 435
Stroke	3	13,217	2	15,163	- 1,945
Malaria	4	13,108	5	11,162	+ 1,946
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	10,436	9	6,538	+ 3,898
Tuberculosis	6	9,880	6	10,214	- 334
Birth Trauma	7	8,417	10	6,194	+ 2,223
Low Birth Weight	8	8,077	8	6,662	+ 1,415
Liver Disease	9	7,485	11	6,053	+ 1,431
Coronary Heart Disease	10	7,370	3	14,103	- 6,732
Road Traffic Accidents	11	6,077	7	7,808	- 1,731
Congenital Anomalies	12	5,231	14	3,935	+ 1,296
Hypertension	13	4,351	19	2,231	+ 2,120
Diabetes Mellitus	14	3,983	12	5,929	- 1,946
Malnutrition	15	3,829	26	1,868	+ 1,961
Meningitis	16	3,286	16	2,983	+ 303
Cervical Cancer	17	2,991	20	2,161	+ 830
Kidney Disease	18	2,928	13	4,161	- 1,234
Other Injuries	19	2,875	18	2,433	+ 442
Suicide	20	2,166	21	1,993	+ 173
Lung Disease	21	2,116	15	3,120	- 1,004
Maternal Conditions	22	1,976	22	1,991	- 15
Violence	23	1,918	27	1,857	+ 61
Syphilis	24	1,471	41	483	+ 989
Pertussis	25	1,235	35	744	+ 491
Asthma	26	1,232	23	1,979	- 747
Drownings	27	1,146	36	740	+ 405
Falls	28	992	30	1,168	- 176
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	981	29	1,294	- 313
Prostate Cancer	30	934	31	1,031	- 97
Lymphomas	31	911	32	875	+ 36
Fires	32	908	37	729	+ 179
Inflammatory/Heart	33	834	28	1,615	- 781
Poisonings	34	759	40	522	+ 237
Breast Cancer	35	608	25	1,937	- 1,329
Oesophagus Cancer	36	596	49	285	+ 311
Endocrine Disorders	37	588	24	1,965	- 1,377
Epilepsy	38	552	47	329	+ 223
Leukemia	39	434	45	340	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	408	48	321	+ 88
Lung Cancers	41	375	55	237	+ 138
Stomach Cancer	42	343	33	870	- 527
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	337	34	803	- 466
Tetanus	44	316	56	220	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	315	52	256	+ 60
Liver Cancer	46	294	17	2,851	- 2,557
Parkinson's Disease	47	273	43	387	- 114
Oral Cancer	48	258	42	483	- 225
Alcohol	49	233	54	244	- 11
Bladder Cancer	50	219	53	245	- 26
Schistosomiasis	51	213	51	257	- 44
Skin Disease	52	209	50	264	- 55
Drug Use	53	204	39	630	- 426
Skin Cancers	54	180	58	214	- 35
Hepatitis B	55	173	62	101	+ 72
Appendicitis	56	139	59	146	- 6
Ovary Cancer	57	137	38	698	- 561
Leishmaniasis	58	120	77	0	+ 120
Encephalitis	59	117	44	357	- 241
Upper Respiratory	60	113	66	16	+ 96
Measles	61	80	60	135	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	62	70	46	334	- 264
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	50	67	16	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	64	50	57	219	- 169
Other Neoplasms	65	33	63	48	- 15
Hepatitis C	66	29	65	28	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	22	61	113	- 90
Ascariasis	68	14	68	12	+ 2
War	69	11	64	29	- 18
Otitis Media	70	8	72	0	+ 8
Chlamydia	71	6	70	3	+ 2
Trypanosomiasis	72	5	78	0	+ 5
Diphtheria	73	5	69	4	+ 1
Dengue	74	2	71	0	+ 2
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Zambia

Ghana

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.