GUINEA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,576	1	12,790	- 6,215
Stroke	2	6,131	5	5,777	+ 354
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,702	6	5,665	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	4	5,485	10	3,020	+ 2,465
Malaria	5	4,513	2	8,180	- 3,667
Tuberculosis	6	4,130	13	2,369	+ 1,762
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,157	9	3,788	- 631
Low Birth Weight	8	2,694	8	4,319	- 1,625
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,644	3	6,788	- 4,144
Birth Trauma	10	2,505	7	4,797	- 2,292
Liver Disease	11	2,448	12	2,550	- 102
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,398	15	2,138	+ 260
Kidney Disease	13	1,683	16	1,939	- 257
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,591	14	2,181	- 590
Lung Disease	15	1,262	20	1,373	- 111
Meningitis	16	1,206	11	2,633	- 1,427
Liver Cancer	17	1,153	23	1,167	- 14
Other Injuries	18	984	18	1,504	- 520
Hypertension	19	902	21	1,348	- 446
Cervical Cancer	20	874	19	1,491	- 618
Suicide	21	806	29	892	- 86
Maternal Conditions	22	805	17	1,793	- 988
Asthma	23	800	22	1,179	- 379
Endocrine Disorders	24	795	25	1,140	- 345
Breast Cancer	25	783	38	345	+ 439
Malnutrition	26	755	28	1,032	- 277
Violence	27	751	26	1,128	- 377
Inflammatory/Heart	28	653	35	439	+ 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	523	30	579	- 56
Falls	30	472	33	480	- 7
Prostate Cancer	31	417	32	525	- 108
Lymphomas	32	354	48	158	+ 196
Stomach Cancer	33	352	41	245	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	325	53	100	+ 225
Pertussis	35	301	24	1,165	- 864
Drownings	36	299	31	528	- 229
Fires	37	295	36	410	- 115
Ovary Cancer	38	282	54	93	+ 190
Drug Use	39	255	46	169	+ 86
Poisonings	40	211	40	295	- 84
Syphilis	41	195	39	328	- 133
Oral Cancer	42	195	52	122	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	43	156	44	212	- 56
Encephalitis	44	144	56	81	+ 64
Leukemia	45	138	67	17	+ 120
Pancreas Cancer	46	135	65	19	+ 116
Epilepsy	47	133	37	350	- 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	130	34	448	- 318
Oesophagus Cancer	49	115	63	20	+ 96
Skin Disease	50	107	51	127	- 20
Schistosomiasis	51	104	43	232	- 128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	103	42	238	- 134
Bladder Cancer	53	99	60	32	+ 67
Alcohol	54	99	55	83	+ 15
Lung Cancers	55	96	50	128	- 32
Tetanus	56	89	45	170	- 81
Uterin Cancer	57	88	59	38	+ 51
Skin Cancers	58	87	49	152	- 65
Appendicitis	59	59	57	41	+ 18
Measles	60	55	4	6,025	- 5,970
Multiple Sclerosis	61	45	66	18	+ 28
Hepatitis B	62	41	47	162	- 121
Other Neoplasms	63	19	68	16	+ 3
War	64	12	64	20	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	11	61	22	- 11
Upper Respiratory	66	7	69	15	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	7	70	13	- 6
Ascariasis	68	5	62	22	- 17
Diphtheria	69	2	58	40	- 38
Chlamydia	70	1	71	3	- 1
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Iodine Deficiency	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Ghana

Guinea

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.