AZERBAIJAN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		AZERBAIJAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,007	7	1,781	+ 3,226
Stroke	2	4,669	2	12,939	- 8,271
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,342	1	33,319	- 28,976
HIV/AIDS	4	4,177	26	398	+ 3,779
Malaria	5	3,437	74	0	+ 3,437
Tuberculosis	6	3,145	17	594	+ 2,551
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,404	16	676	+ 1,728
Low Birth Weight	8	2,051	15	725	+ 1,326
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,013	33	262	+ 1,751
Birth Trauma	10	1,907	22	459	+ 1,448
Liver Disease	11	1,864	3	3,539	- 1,675
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,826	4	2,383	- 557
Kidney Disease	13	1,281	9	1,590	- 309
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,212	19	542	+ 669
Lung Disease	15	961	6	1,839	- 879
Meningitis	16	919	50	63	+ 855
Liver Cancer	17	878	27	379	+ 499
Other Injuries	18	749	21	465	+ 284
Hypertension	19	687	5	2,370	- 1,683
Cervical Cancer	20	665	32	278	+ 387
Suicide	21	614	25	411	+ 202
Maternal Conditions	22	613	51	49	+ 564
Asthma	23	609	24	430	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	24	605	30	300	+ 305
Breast Cancer	25	597	13	917	- 320
Malnutrition	26	575	55	18	+ 557
Violence	27	572	34	252	+ 320
Inflammatory/Heart	28	497	8	1,681	- 1,184
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	398	10	1,370	- 972
Falls	30	360	29	306	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	31	317	43	156	+ 161
Lymphomas	32	269	38	229	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	33	268	12	1,299	- 1,031
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	247	14	788	- 541
Pertussis	35	229	49	68	+ 161
Drownings	36	228	28	335	- 107
Fires	37	225	20	473	- 248
Ovary Cancer	38	215	35	251	- 36
Drug Use	39	194	52	49	+ 145
Poisonings	40	161	48	93	+ 68
Syphilis	41	149	53	32	+ 116
Oral Cancer	42	149	42	159	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	43	119	23	436	- 316
Encephalitis	44	110	46	108	+ 2
Leukemia	45	105	44	143	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	46	103	31	291	- 188
Epilepsy	47	101	39	224	- 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	99	36	246	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	49	88	18	572	- 484
Skin Disease	50	81	58	14	+ 67
Schistosomiasis	51	79	76	0	+ 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	79	40	202	- 124
Bladder Cancer	53	76	41	181	- 106
Alcohol	54	75	37	244	- 169
Lung Cancers	55	73	11	1,343	- 1,270
Tetanus	56	68	61	7	+ 61
Uterin Cancer	57	67	47	97	- 30
Skin Cancers	58	66	45	126	- 60
Appendicitis	59	45	60	13	+ 32
Measles	60	42	68	0	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	61	35	59	13	+ 22
Hepatitis B	62	31	57	16	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	63	15	54	20	- 5
War	64	9	65	1	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	9	66	1	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	5	56	17	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	62	7	- 2
Ascariasis	68	4	69	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	64	1	- 0
Dengue	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AZERBAIJAN

Ghana

Azerbaijan

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.