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Barbados
COUNTRY #1
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BARBADOS VS GHANA

Compare Barbados and Ghana health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Ghana
COUNTRY #2
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
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Barbados Population Pyramid
277,019
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ghana GHANA
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.2
67.0
64.5
42
42
40
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
66.2
71.2
68.7
33
41
39
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
69.6
74.7
72.1
24
31
28
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
72.0
77.1
74.5
26
29
29
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
70.9
75.5
73.3
47
60
47
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
72.3
77.1
74.7
57
69
59
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
74.3
77.7
76.0
58
83
62
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.3
77.7
58
83
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
74.3
77.7
58
83
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
75.3
78.5
54
80
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
75.4
78.6
54
80
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
75.4
78.6
55
80
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
75.7
78.8
55
79
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
75.9
79.0
55
79
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
76.3
79.1
55
79
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
76.8
79.3
51
78
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
77.2
79.6
50
80
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
77.6
80.0
50
80
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
78.2
80.4
51
81
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
78.9
81.0
55
80
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
79.9
81.8
57
79
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
81.2
82.9
58
78
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
82.8
84.2
60
75
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
84.9
85.9
62
74
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
87.4
88.0
61
75
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
90.2
90.4
69
84
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
24.21
50
2. Stroke
58.54
119
124.02
35
3. Coronary Heart Disease
55.52
156
119.93
79
4. Diabetes Mellitus
40.44
59
44.68
47
5. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
19.09
60
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.42
84
99.08
26
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
6.86
121
8. Endocrine Disorders
16.58
6
6.88
37
9. Kidney Disease
16.30
120
30.38
56
10. Other Injuries
15.13
23
10.75
58
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.38
139
17.79
85
12. Hypertension
11.09
126
17.73
94
13. Lung Disease
10.68
166
26.48
69
14. Lymphomas
10.54
3
5.70
55
15. Violence
10.16
51
6.73
72
16. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
24.53
27
17. Skin Disease
8.82
4
1.87
77
18. Inflammatory/Heart
8.39
40
11.13
23
19. HIV/AIDS
8.36
62
51.92
22
20. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
1.71
177
21. Road Traffic Accidents
7.96
132
31.33
46
22. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
2.52
128
23. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
2.86
68
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.78
58
7.03
51
25. Leukemia
6.34
3
1.38
163
26. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
8.00
7
27. Other Neoplasms
5.02
13
0.41
98
28. Liver Disease
4.94
161
36.74
35
29. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
6.41
86
30. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
2.86
86
31. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
17.60
10
32. Asthma
2.63
105
13.95
42
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.49
153
4.48
70
34. Birth Trauma
2.34
88
8.81
36
35. Low Birth Weight
2.29
141
9.43
38
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.26
98
2.19
103
37. Prostatic Hypertrophy
2.20
3
0.00
104
38. Epilepsy
2.07
61
1.45
103
39. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
2.61
87
40. Anemia
1.67
10
0.00
105
41. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
1.91
102
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.38
120
30.48
50
43. Falls
1.34
178
8.85
34
44. Meningitis
1.03
78
13.70
21
45. Alcohol
0.84
126
1.37
94
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.73
19
0.17
138
47. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
1.57
114
48. Drownings
0.54
167
2.38
93
49. Maternal Conditions
0.47
113
6.87
40
50. Poisonings
0.44
104
2.15
42
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
384
13.60
15,163
8.67
2. Coronary Heart Disease
358
12.68
14,103
8.06
3. Diabetes Mellitus
260
9.21
5,929
3.39
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
221
7.83
16,262
9.29
5. Prostate Cancer
165
5.84
1,031
0.59
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
115
4.07
803
0.46
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
114
4.04
1,294
0.74
8. Breast Cancer
95
3.37
1,937
1.11
9. Endocrine Disorders
93
3.29
1,965
1.12
10. Kidney Disease
92
3.26
4,161
2.38
11. Other Injuries
79
2.80
2,433
1.39
12. Lung Disease
74
2.62
3,120
1.78
13. Hypertension
72
2.55
2,231
1.28
14. Skin Disease
62
2.20
264
0.15
15. Lymphomas
51
1.81
875
0.50
16. Lung Cancers
43
1.52
237
0.14
17. Pancreas Cancer
39
1.38
334
0.19
18. Inflammatory/Heart
39
1.38
1,615
0.92
19. Violence
32
1.13
1,857
1.06
20. Leukemia
29
1.03
340
0.19
21. HIV/AIDS
28
0.99
13,565
7.75
22. Stomach Cancer
28
0.99
870
0.50
23. Cervical Cancer
28
0.99
2,161
1.24
24. Other Neoplasms
26
0.92
48
0.03
25. Liver Disease
23
0.81
6,053
3.46
26. Road Traffic Accidents
23
0.81
7,808
4.46
27. Uterin Cancer
21
0.74
219
0.13
28. Oral Cancer
18
0.64
483
0.28
29. Congenital Anomalies
18
0.64
3,935
2.25
30. Prostatic Hypertrophy
17
0.60
0
0.00
31. Ovary Cancer
16
0.57
698
0.40
32. Parkinson's Disease
16
0.57
387
0.22
33. Liver Cancer
14
0.50
2,851
1.63
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.50
321
0.18
35. Asthma
13
0.46
1,979
1.13
36. Oesophagus Cancer
12
0.43
285
0.16
37. Anemia
11
0.39
0
0.00
38. Bladder Cancer
9
0.32
245
0.14
39. Epilepsy
9
0.32
329
0.19
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
7
0.25
6,538
3.74
41. Falls
7
0.25
1,168
0.67
42. Low Birth Weight
5
0.18
6,662
3.81
43. Birth Trauma
5
0.18
6,194
3.54
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
5
0.18
16
0.01
45. Meningitis
4
0.14
2,983
1.70
46. Skin Cancers
4
0.14
214
0.12
47. Alcohol
4
0.14
244
0.14
48. Hepatitis B
2
0.07
101
0.06
49. Malnutrition
2
0.07
1,868
1.07
50. Osteoarthritis
2
0.07
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
24.21
50
2. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
19.09
60
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
6.86
121
4. Lymphomas
10.54
3
5.70
55
5. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
24.53
27
6. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
1.71
177
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
2.52
128
8. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
2.86
68
9. Leukemia
6.34
3
1.38
163
10. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
8.00
7
11. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
6.41
86
12. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
2.86
86
13. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
17.60
10
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
2.61
87
15. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
1.91
102
16. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
1.57
114
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.