WORLD HEALTH REVIEW CONGO VS GHANA

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Compare Congo 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.

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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

Congo Population Pyramid

10,701,991

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Ghana Population Pyramid

52,016,123

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	CONGO				GHANA
	CONGO						GHANA
				World Rank						World Rank
	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
1960	44.8	49.4	47.1	116	99	106	44.4	47.3	45.8	118	114	117
1970	51.6	56.0	53.8	107	100	105	47.8	50.7	49.2	124	124	125
1980	54.1	58.5	56.3	123	121	122	51.6	54.5	53.0	132	134	133
1990	54.4	59.5	56.9	145	137	140	55.7	58.1	56.9	138	142	141
2000	51.9	54.0	52.9	152	153	152	55.9	58.6	57.2	144	146	147
2010	60.7	63.2	62.0	141	147	144	59.6	62.2	60.9	147	149	150
2019	63.8	65.6	64.7	140	158	151	63.7	69.2	66.3	142	137	139

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	CONGO				GHANA
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	63.8	65.6	140	158	63.7	69.2	142	137
Age	63.8	65.6	140	158	63.7	69.2	142	137
Age 5	67.3	68.6	147	171	67.0	72.1	150	138
Age 10	67.6	68.9	148	172	67.4	72.5	150	140
Age 15	67.8	69.0	148	172	67.7	72.7	152	140
Age 20	68.2	69.4	147	172	68.1	73.0	151	140
Age 25	68.7	69.7	147	172	68.6	73.3	151	139
Age 30	69.2	70.3	147	172	69.1	73.7	150	140
Age 35	69.8	70.9	147	171	69.7	74.3	150	140
Age 40	70.5	71.8	148	173	70.4	75.0	150	139
Age 45	71.4	72.8	150	174	71.4	75.8	152	138
Age 50	72.6	74.1	151	172	72.5	76.7	153	140
Age 55	74.0	75.5	151	171	74.0	77.7	154	138
Age 60	75.7	77.1	150	171	75.7	78.9	153	133
Age 65	77.8	78.9	149	171	77.7	80.4	151	128
Age 70	80.2	80.9	147	170	80.1	82.2	151	124
Age 75	82.9	83.4	146	167	82.9	84.4	147	121
Age 80	86.0	86.3	140	164	86.0	87.0	142	118
Age 85	89.3	89.5	148	165	89.4	90.2	134	113

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		CONGO		GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	133.74	63	119.93	79
2.	Stroke	120.40	39	124.02	35
3.	HIV/AIDS	101.72	12	51.92	22
4.	Influenza and Pneumonia	86.29	37	99.08	26
5.	Tuberculosis	75.20	10	44.25	21
6.	Hypertension	52.27	12	17.73	94
7.	Diabetes Mellitus	51.04	38	44.68	47
8.	Malaria	49.23	9	48.00	12
9.	Diarrhoeal diseases	43.98	42	30.48	50
10.	Road Traffic Accidents	39.65	27	31.33	46
11.	Liver Disease	36.31	40	36.74	35
12.	Prostate Cancer	31.52	25	24.21	50
13.	Lung Disease	31.45	46	26.48	69
14.	Kidney Disease	29.78	60	30.38	56
15.	Alzheimers & Dementia	20.22	43	17.79	85
16.	Cervical Cancer	13.92	60	24.53	27
17.	Asthma	13.81	44	13.95	42
18.	Maternal Conditions	12.50	22	6.87	40
19.	Violence	11.99	41	6.73	72
20.	Suicide	11.62	55	10.54	64
21.	Breast Cancer	9.95	160	19.09	60
22.	Other Injuries	9.74	68	10.75	58
23.	Malnutrition	9.47	31	8.62	36
24.	Low Birth Weight	9.29	42	9.43	38
25.	Inflammatory/Heart	9.18	32	11.13	23
26.	Birth Trauma	7.30	48	8.81	36
27.	Falls	7.27	66	8.85	34
28.	Meningitis	6.68	42	13.70	21
29.	Congenital Anomalies	6.57	65	7.03	51
30.	Liver Cancer	6.39	68	17.60	10
31.	Endocrine Disorders	6.36	46	6.88	37
32.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	5.10	56	2.19	103
33.	Parkinson's Disease	4.68	62	4.48	70
34.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	4.17	161	6.86	121
35.	Stomach Cancer	3.94	131	6.41	86
36.	Pertussis	3.65	20	1.62	51
37.	Ovary Cancer	3.37	130	8.00	7
38.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	2.80	45	1.73	80
39.	Lung Cancers	2.77	164	1.71	177
40.	Fires	2.74	56	3.31	41
41.	Lymphomas	2.21	171	5.70	55
42.	Epilepsy	2.02	67	1.45	103
43.	Skin Disease	2.02	62	1.87	77
44.	Poisonings	2.00	44	2.15	42
45.	Pancreas Cancer	1.96	144	2.52	128
46.	Drownings	1.92	118	2.38	93
47.	Drug Use	1.92	49	3.31	22
48.	Skin Cancers	1.82	96	1.57	114
49.	Measles	1.76	26	0.29	39
50.	Schistosomiasis	1.72	28	1.56	30

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		CONGO		GHANA
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	HIV/AIDS	4,509	13.73	13,565	7.75
2.	Tuberculosis	2,781	8.47	10,214	5.84
3.	Influenza and Pneumonia	2,576	7.85	16,262	9.29
4.	Coronary Heart Disease	2,494	7.60	14,103	8.06
5.	Stroke	2,267	6.90	15,163	8.67
6.	Malaria	1,977	6.02	11,162	6.38
7.	Road Traffic Accidents	1,598	4.87	7,808	4.46
8.	Diarrhoeal diseases	1,304	3.97	6,538	3.74
9.	Low Birth Weight	1,283	3.91	6,662	3.81
10.	Diabetes Mellitus	1,050	3.20	5,929	3.39
11.	Birth Trauma	997	3.04	6,194	3.54
12.	Hypertension	933	2.84	2,231	1.28
13.	Liver Disease	931	2.84	6,053	3.46
14.	Congenital Anomalies	729	2.22	3,935	2.25
15.	Kidney Disease	613	1.87	4,161	2.38
16.	Maternal Conditions	578	1.76	1,991	1.14
17.	Lung Disease	541	1.65	3,120	1.78
18.	Violence	539	1.64	1,857	1.06
19.	Suicide	349	1.06	1,993	1.14
20.	Other Injuries	333	1.01	2,433	1.39
21.	Pertussis	329	1.00	744	0.43
22.	Meningitis	299	0.91	2,983	1.70
23.	Asthma	291	0.89	1,979	1.13
24.	Malnutrition	272	0.83	1,868	1.07
25.	Alzheimers & Dementia	230	0.70	1,294	0.74
26.	Inflammatory/Heart	220	0.67	1,615	0.92
27.	Endocrine Disorders	208	0.63	1,965	1.12
28.	Prostate Cancer	198	0.60	1,031	0.59
29.	Cervical Cancer	196	0.60	2,161	1.24
30.	Liver Cancer	169	0.51	2,851	1.63
31.	Measles	159	0.48	135	0.08
32.	Breast Cancer	159	0.48	1,937	1.11
33.	Falls	149	0.45	1,168	0.67
34.	Syphilis	107	0.33	483	0.28
35.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	105	0.32	321	0.18
36.	Drownings	104	0.32	740	0.42
37.	Fires	90	0.27	729	0.42
38.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	89	0.27	803	0.46
39.	Stomach Cancer	88	0.27	870	0.50
40.	Epilepsy	76	0.23	329	0.19
41.	Poisonings	71	0.22	522	0.30
42.	Parkinson's Disease	69	0.21	387	0.22
43.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	67	0.20	256	0.15
44.	Drug Use	65	0.20	630	0.36
45.	Lymphomas	61	0.19	875	0.50
46.	Leukemia	57	0.17	340	0.19
47.	Lung Cancers	54	0.16	237	0.14
48.	Ovary Cancer	49	0.15	698	0.40
49.	Alcohol	46	0.14	244	0.14
50.	Skin Disease	46	0.14	264	0.15

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		CONGO		GHANA
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Prostate Cancer	31.52	25	24.21	50
2.	Cervical Cancer	13.92	60	24.53	27
3.	Breast Cancer	9.95	160	19.09	60
4.	Liver Cancer	6.39	68	17.60	10
5.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	4.17	161	6.86	121
6.	Stomach Cancer	3.94	131	6.41	86
7.	Ovary Cancer	3.37	130	8.00	7
8.	Lung Cancers	2.77	164	1.71	177
9.	Lymphomas	2.21	171	5.70	55
10.	Pancreas Cancer	1.96	144	2.52	128
11.	Skin Cancers	1.82	96	1.57	114
12.	Leukemia	1.70	157	1.38	163
13.	Uterin Cancer	1.40	146	2.86	68
14.	Oral Cancer	1.35	166	2.86	86
15.	Oesophagus Cancer	0.87	164	2.61	87
16.	Bladder Cancer	0.72	168	1.91	102

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.