GHANA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,522	3	14,103	+ 4,420
Kidney Disease	2	11,682	13	4,161	+ 7,520
Stroke	3	10,256	2	15,163	- 4,907
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,602	1	16,262	- 6,660
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,163	12	5,929	+ 2,234
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,593	7	7,808	- 1,214
Liver Disease	7	6,291	11	6,053	+ 238
Lung Disease	8	4,867	15	3,120	+ 1,747
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,845	29	1,294	+ 3,551
Hypertension	10	4,736	19	2,231	+ 2,505
Stomach Cancer	11	3,946	33	870	+ 3,076
Prostate Cancer	12	2,573	31	1,031	+ 1,542
Congenital Anomalies	13	2,523	14	3,935	- 1,413
Suicide	14	2,505	21	1,993	+ 512
Violence	15	2,285	27	1,857	+ 428
Low Birth Weight	16	2,214	8	6,662	- 4,448
Other Injuries	17	2,193	18	2,433	- 240
Falls	18	2,105	30	1,168	+ 937
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	2,095	34	803	+ 1,293
Lung Cancers	20	2,030	55	237	+ 1,792
Liver Cancer	21	1,802	17	2,851	- 1,050
Lymphomas	22	1,668	32	875	+ 793
Leukemia	23	1,665	45	340	+ 1,325
Cervical Cancer	24	1,586	20	2,161	- 575
Breast Cancer	25	1,559	25	1,937	- 378
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,243	43	387	+ 856
HIV/AIDS	27	1,151	4	13,565	- 12,414
Malnutrition	28	1,093	26	1,868	- 776
Tuberculosis	29	1,084	6	10,214	- 9,131
Pancreas Cancer	30	1,061	46	334	+ 727
Endocrine Disorders	31	957	24	1,965	- 1,007
Drownings	32	888	36	740	+ 147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	787	48	321	+ 466
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	775	9	6,538	- 5,763
Ovary Cancer	35	609	38	698	- 90
Inflammatory/Heart	36	581	28	1,615	- 1,033
Skin Cancers	37	581	58	214	+ 367
Birth Trauma	38	571	10	6,194	- 5,623
Alcohol	39	529	54	244	+ 285
Epilepsy	40	515	47	329	+ 186
Drug Use	41	404	39	630	- 226
Oesophagus Cancer	42	340	49	285	+ 54
Fires	43	331	37	729	- 399
Bladder Cancer	44	318	53	245	+ 72
Oral Cancer	45	313	42	483	- 169
Maternal Conditions	46	311	22	1,991	- 1,680
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	307	52	256	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	48	243	57	219	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	233	67	16	+ 217
Appendicitis	50	209	59	146	+ 63
Skin Disease	51	194	50	264	- 70
Meningitis	52	169	16	2,983	- 2,814
Asthma	53	161	23	1,979	- 1,818
Syphilis	54	160	41	483	- 322
Encephalitis	55	155	44	357	- 202
Pertussis	56	150	35	744	- 595
Other Neoplasms	57	121	63	48	+ 73
Poisonings	58	111	40	522	- 411
Chagas disease	59	40	76	0	+ 40
Multiple Sclerosis	60	34	61	113	- 79
Dengue	61	18	71	0	+ 18
Tetanus	62	17	56	220	- 203
Upper Respiratory	63	16	66	16	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	5	62	101	- 96
Ascariasis	65	3	68	12	- 9
War	66	3	64	29	- 26
Hepatitis C	67	2	65	28	- 26
Chlamydia	68	2	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	69	1	69	4	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	60	135	- 135
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	257	- 257
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Ecuador

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.