GHANA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	40,313	4	13,565	+ 26,747
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	21,740	1	16,262	+ 5,478
Coronary Heart Disease	3	17,129	3	14,103	+ 3,026
Road Traffic Accidents	4	12,176	7	7,808	+ 4,369
Stroke	5	10,338	2	15,163	- 4,825
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	9,266	9	6,538	+ 2,728
Low Birth Weight	7	8,143	8	6,662	+ 1,481
Birth Trauma	8	6,868	10	6,194	+ 674
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,744	12	5,929	+ 815
Malnutrition	10	4,832	26	1,868	+ 2,964
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,472	14	3,935	+ 536
Kidney Disease	12	4,464	13	4,161	+ 303
Suicide	13	4,172	21	1,993	+ 2,179
Cervical Cancer	14	4,080	20	2,161	+ 1,919
Malaria	15	4,040	5	11,162	- 7,122
Tuberculosis	16	4,032	6	10,214	- 6,183
Liver Disease	17	3,915	11	6,053	- 2,138
Violence	18	3,865	27	1,857	+ 2,007
Maternal Conditions	19	3,528	22	1,991	+ 1,537
Other Injuries	20	3,339	18	2,433	+ 906
Asthma	21	3,087	23	1,979	+ 1,108
Meningitis	22	2,673	16	2,983	- 311
Lung Disease	23	2,346	15	3,120	- 774
Hypertension	24	2,311	19	2,231	+ 80
Inflammatory/Heart	25	2,112	28	1,615	+ 497
Lymphomas	26	1,936	32	875	+ 1,061
Drownings	27	1,928	36	740	+ 1,187
Breast Cancer	28	1,692	25	1,937	- 245
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,616	49	285	+ 1,331
Fires	30	1,598	37	729	+ 869
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	1,548	29	1,294	+ 254
Prostate Cancer	32	1,266	31	1,031	+ 236
Stomach Cancer	33	1,127	33	870	+ 257
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,116	24	1,965	- 849
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	1,105	48	321	+ 785
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	1,093	52	256	+ 837
Poisonings	37	1,039	40	522	+ 518
Liver Cancer	38	1,028	17	2,851	- 1,823
Epilepsy	39	1,024	47	329	+ 695
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	1,019	34	803	+ 216
Falls	41	937	30	1,168	- 230
Pertussis	42	844	35	744	+ 100
Lung Cancers	43	576	55	237	+ 339
Skin Cancers	44	532	58	214	+ 318
Leukemia	45	491	45	340	+ 151
Parkinson's Disease	46	455	43	387	+ 68
Pancreas Cancer	47	437	46	334	+ 103
Drug Use	48	429	39	630	- 201
Oral Cancer	49	419	42	483	- 64
Uterin Cancer	50	367	57	219	+ 148
Ovary Cancer	51	350	38	698	- 349
Skin Disease	52	349	50	264	+ 85
Schistosomiasis	53	347	51	257	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	54	252	53	245	+ 6
Syphilis	55	251	41	483	- 232
Encephalitis	56	237	44	357	- 120
Tetanus	57	205	56	220	- 15
Appendicitis	58	134	59	146	- 12
Upper Respiratory	59	131	66	16	+ 115
Hepatitis B	60	115	62	101	+ 13
Alcohol	61	97	54	244	- 147
Other Neoplasms	62	75	63	48	+ 27
Measles	63	61	60	135	- 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	53	67	16	+ 37
War	65	53	64	29	+ 23
Hepatitis C	66	29	65	28	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	28	61	113	- 84
Otitis Media	68	7	72	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	69	6	70	3	+ 3
Ascariasis	70	4	68	12	- 8
Trypanosomiasis	71	4	78	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	72	4	69	4	- 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.