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Brazil
COUNTRY #1
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BRAZIL VS GHANA

Compare Brazil 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
Brazil Population Pyramid
228,980,400
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
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Ghana GHANA
  Brazil BRAZIL   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.0
56.7
54.8
79
79
78
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
56.8
61.1
58.9
86
86
85
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
60.0
65.7
62.8
93
85
89
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
62.9
70.4
66.6
106
90
98
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
66.8
74.3
70.5
95
76
87
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
70.2
77.5
73.8
84
60
71
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
72.4
79.4
75.9
77
56
67
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.4
79.4
77
56
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
72.4
79.4
77
56
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
73.6
80.4
74
52
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
73.6
80.4
74
52
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
73.8
80.5
74
52
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
74.3
80.6
71
52
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
75.1
80.8
66
53
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
75.7
81.0
61
53
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
76.2
81.1
60
51
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
76.7
81.4
59
51
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
77.3
81.8
56
50
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
78.1
82.2
57
49
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
79.0
82.8
54
47
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
80.1
83.5
54
47
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
81.5
84.5
51
48
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
83.2
85.6
51
47
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
85.3
87.2
53
45
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
87.6
89.0
55
46
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
90.2
91.2
68
48
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
68.14
145
119.93
79
2. Stroke
50.40
128
124.02
35
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
38.59
70
99.08
26
4. Violence
31.58
11
6.73
72
5. Diabetes Mellitus
24.64
100
44.68
47
6. Lung Disease
24.17
82
26.48
69
7. Prostate Cancer
19.07
69
24.21
50
8. Breast Cancer
15.74
108
19.09
60
9. Kidney Disease
15.46
122
30.38
56
10. Road Traffic Accidents
15.08
97
31.33
46
11. Lung Cancers
13.20
87
1.71
177
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.93
151
17.79
85
13. Hypertension
11.69
121
17.73
94
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.62
80
6.86
121
15. Liver Disease
9.02
133
36.74
35
16. Falls
7.64
62
8.85
34
17. Stomach Cancer
7.50
69
6.41
86
18. Cervical Cancer
7.46
99
24.53
27
19. Inflammatory/Heart
7.37
45
11.13
23
20. Endocrine Disorders
7.18
33
6.88
37
21. Suicide
6.41
123
10.54
64
22. Congenital Anomalies
6.33
77
7.03
51
23. Other Injuries
6.04
118
10.75
58
24. HIV/AIDS
5.44
73
51.92
22
25. Pancreas Cancer
4.99
64
2.52
128
26. Liver Cancer
4.81
105
17.60
10
27. Lymphomas
4.37
106
5.70
55
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4.36
42
2.61
87
29. Oral Cancer
4.15
56
2.86
86
30. Leukemia
3.72
86
1.38
163
31. Ovary Cancer
3.36
131
8.00
7
32. Low Birth Weight
3.14
121
9.43
38
33. Alcohol
3.02
35
1.37
94
34. Skin Disease
2.94
29
1.87
77
35. Malnutrition
2.76
73
8.62
36
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.48
99
30.48
50
37. Drownings
2.32
97
2.38
93
38. Tuberculosis
2.19
108
44.25
21
39. Bladder Cancer
2.18
87
1.91
102
40. Chagas disease
2.10
3
0.00
79
41. Uterin Cancer
2.08
104
2.86
68
42. Skin Cancers
2.06
81
1.57
114
43. Other Neoplasms
1.94
53
0.41
98
44. Parkinson's Disease
1.92
162
4.48
70
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
126
2.19
103
46. Birth Trauma
1.71
99
8.81
36
47. Epilepsy
1.45
105
1.45
103
48. Asthma
1.09
127
13.95
42
49. Drug Use
1.08
110
3.31
22
50. Anemia
0.98
14
0.00
105
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Brazil BRAZIL   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
165,788
14.72
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
123,207
10.94
15,163
8.67
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
94,705
8.41
16,262
9.29
4. Violence
68,779
6.11
1,857
1.06
5. Diabetes Mellitus
59,608
5.29
5,929
3.39
6. Lung Disease
59,373
5.27
3,120
1.78
7. Kidney Disease
37,690
3.35
4,161
2.38
8. Road Traffic Accidents
33,871
3.01
7,808
4.46
9. Lung Cancers
31,659
2.81
237
0.14
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,717
2.73
1,294
0.74
11. Hypertension
28,822
2.56
2,231
1.28
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
23,161
2.06
803
0.46
13. Liver Disease
21,422
1.90
6,053
3.46
14. Breast Cancer
20,759
1.84
1,937
1.11
15. Prostate Cancer
19,001
1.69
1,031
0.59
16. Falls
18,847
1.67
1,168
0.67
17. Stomach Cancer
17,992
1.60
870
0.50
18. Inflammatory/Heart
17,508
1.55
1,615
0.92
19. Endocrine Disorders
16,927
1.50
1,965
1.12
20. Suicide
14,540
1.29
1,993
1.14
21. Other Injuries
13,807
1.23
2,433
1.39
22. HIV/AIDS
12,558
1.12
13,565
7.75
23. Congenital Anomalies
12,317
1.09
3,935
2.25
24. Pancreas Cancer
11,999
1.07
334
0.19
25. Liver Cancer
11,514
1.02
2,851
1.63
26. Oesophagus Cancer
10,466
0.93
285
0.16
27. Lymphomas
10,376
0.92
875
0.50
28. Oral Cancer
9,951
0.88
483
0.28
29. Cervical Cancer
9,511
0.84
2,161
1.24
30. Leukemia
8,531
0.76
340
0.19
31. Skin Disease
7,179
0.64
264
0.15
32. Alcohol
7,121
0.63
244
0.14
33. Low Birth Weight
6,881
0.61
6,662
3.81
34. Malnutrition
6,695
0.59
1,868
1.07
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,659
0.50
6,538
3.74
36. Bladder Cancer
5,306
0.47
245
0.14
37. Chagas disease
5,045
0.45
0
0.00
38. Skin Cancers
5,032
0.45
214
0.12
39. Drownings
4,937
0.44
740
0.42
40. Tuberculosis
4,895
0.43
10,214
5.84
41. Parkinson's Disease
4,770
0.42
387
0.22
42. Other Neoplasms
4,665
0.41
48
0.03
43. Ovary Cancer
4,355
0.39
698
0.40
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4,258
0.38
321
0.18
45. Birth Trauma
3,777
0.34
6,194
3.54
46. Epilepsy
3,263
0.29
329
0.19
47. Uterin Cancer
2,780
0.25
219
0.13
48. Asthma
2,595
0.23
1,979
1.13
49. Drug Use
2,467
0.22
630
0.36
50. Anemia
2,417
0.21
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Brazil BRAZIL   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
19.07
69
24.21
50
2. Breast Cancer
15.74
108
19.09
60
3. Lung Cancers
13.20
87
1.71
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.62
80
6.86
121
5. Stomach Cancer
7.50
69
6.41
86
6. Cervical Cancer
7.46
99
24.53
27
7. Pancreas Cancer
4.99
64
2.52
128
8. Liver Cancer
4.81
105
17.60
10
9. Lymphomas
4.37
106
5.70
55
10. Oesophagus Cancer
4.36
42
2.61
87
11. Oral Cancer
4.15
56
2.86
86
12. Leukemia
3.72
86
1.38
163
13. Ovary Cancer
3.36
131
8.00
7
14. Bladder Cancer
2.18
87
1.91
102
15. Uterin Cancer
2.08
104
2.86
68
16. Skin Cancers
2.06
81
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.