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HEALTH PROFILE: Ghana

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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Ghana GHANA POPULATION PYRAMID
52,016,123
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Ghana
COUNTRY PROFILE
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Ghana GHANA LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
Ghana GHANA TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
5. Malaria
48.00
12
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
19. Asthma
13.95
42
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
23. Suicide
10.54
64
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
25. Falls
8.85
34
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
33. Violence
6.73
72
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
37. Fires
3.31
41
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
43. Drownings
2.38
93
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
Ghana GHANA TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
  Deaths %
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
36. Drownings
740
0.42
37. Fires
729
0.42
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
Ghana GHANA CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
  Rate World Rank
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
Ghana GHANA HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
4.3
96
SMOKING %
M F Rank
5.9
0.3
163
162
OBESITY %
M F Rank
4.7
19.4
172
129
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
4.29
114
Ghana GHANA LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
Ghana GHANA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
  Value World Rank
Population Total
34.589m
44
Sex Ratio M / F
0.96
138
Population 0-14
37.4%
32
Population 15-64
58.2%
162
Population 65 +
4.4%
140
Birth Rate / 1000
27.60
33
Death Rate / 1000
5.90
136
Fertility Rate
3.56
32
Infant Mortality
31.20
46
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
165
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.02
170
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.93
179
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.81
86
Net Migration
-0.20
92
Population Growth
2.15%
35
Literacy Total
79.0%
132
Literacy Male
83.5%
120
Literacy Female
74.5%
117
Unemployment
3.1%
142
Life Expectancy / Birth
66.3
139
Healthy Life Expectancy
58.0
138
GDP per Capita USD
$6,800
136

COVID-19 REPORT

  CASES    DEATHS 
171,889
1,462
4/1/24
Ghana COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Ghana causes.

 
 
Ghana COVID-19 CASE CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
Ghana COVID-19 DEATH CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.