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Croatia
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Croatia 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
Croatia Population Pyramid
3,364,799
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%
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
  Croatia CROATIA   Ghana GHANA
  Croatia CROATIA   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
63.7
68.5
66.0
37
37
37
 
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
65.8
72.3
69.0
37
35
37
 
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
66.4
74.2
70.2
46
37
45
 
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
68.6
75.9
72.2
48
38
41
 
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
71.1
78.2
74.7
45
36
37
 
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
73.3
79.8
76.6
44
38
37
 
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
75.5
81.6
78.6
45
37
38
 
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.5
81.6
45
37
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
75.5
81.6
45
37
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
75.9
82.0
46
38
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
76.0
82.0
46
38
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
76.0
82.0
46
38
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
76.1
82.1
47
39
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
76.3
82.1
51
39
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
76.4
82.2
53
39
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
76.6
82.3
55
40
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
76.8
82.4
58
42
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
77.1
82.5
61
43
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
77.6
82.8
63
43
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
78.3
83.2
61
44
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
79.4
83.8
62
44
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
80.9
84.5
63
46
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
82.7
85.5
63
48
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
84.7
86.7
65
53
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
87.0
88.7
75
53
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
90.1
91.2
74
46
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
104.12
101
119.93
79
2. Stroke
52.82
124
124.02
35
3. Lung Cancers
32.33
9
1.71
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
22.13
4
6.86
121
5. Prostate Cancer
19.92
66
24.21
50
6. Breast Cancer
19.55
53
19.09
60
7. Lung Disease
17.68
121
26.48
69
8. Diabetes Mellitus
16.50
116
44.68
47
9. Liver Disease
11.97
116
36.74
35
10. Kidney Disease
11.17
138
30.38
56
11. Suicide
11.01
61
10.54
64
12. Hypertension
8.69
136
17.73
94
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.40
164
99.08
26
14. Stomach Cancer
8.24
60
6.41
86
15. Falls
8.06
49
8.85
34
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.99
158
17.79
85
17. Pancreas Cancer
7.92
24
2.52
128
18. Road Traffic Accidents
6.58
142
31.33
46
19. Ovary Cancer
6.29
28
8.00
7
20. Lymphomas
5.84
50
5.70
55
21. Liver Cancer
5.38
93
17.60
10
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.30
79
11.13
23
23. Other Injuries
4.76
136
10.75
58
24. Leukemia
4.76
28
1.38
163
25. Bladder Cancer
4.59
15
1.91
102
26. Oral Cancer
4.18
55
2.86
86
27. Cervical Cancer
3.58
139
24.53
27
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.57
144
7.03
51
29. Uterin Cancer
3.52
35
2.86
68
30. Skin Cancers
3.49
21
1.57
114
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.45
129
4.48
70
32. Alcohol
2.92
37
1.37
94
33. Other Neoplasms
2.51
40
0.41
98
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2.27
96
2.61
87
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.91
114
2.19
103
36. Epilepsy
1.45
104
1.45
103
37. Drownings
1.44
130
2.38
93
38. Drug Use
1.38
75
3.31
22
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.16
105
1.73
80
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
170
6.88
37
41. Schizophrenia
1.02
1
0.00
102
42. Violence
0.89
158
6.73
72
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.78
18
0.59
30
44. Hepatitis C
0.72
9
0.15
73
45. Tuberculosis
0.65
135
44.25
21
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.63
156
30.48
50
47. Asthma
0.61
154
13.95
42
48. Birth Trauma
0.47
154
8.81
36
49. Fires
0.44
150
3.31
41
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
70
0.17
138
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Croatia CROATIA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
12,307
27.14
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
6,275
13.84
15,163
8.67
3. Lung Cancers
2,842
6.27
237
0.14
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,189
4.83
803
0.46
5. Lung Disease
2,111
4.65
3,120
1.78
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,963
4.33
5,929
3.39
7. Kidney Disease
1,392
3.07
4,161
2.38
8. Hypertension
1,102
2.43
2,231
1.28
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,066
2.35
1,294
0.74
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,021
2.25
16,262
9.29
11. Breast Cancer
1,019
2.25
1,937
1.11
12. Falls
974
2.15
1,168
0.67
13. Liver Disease
924
2.04
6,053
3.46
14. Prostate Cancer
852
1.88
1,031
0.59
15. Stomach Cancer
786
1.73
870
0.50
16. Pancreas Cancer
754
1.66
334
0.19
17. Suicide
676
1.49
1,993
1.14
18. Lymphomas
556
1.23
875
0.50
19. Liver Cancer
501
1.10
2,851
1.63
20. Bladder Cancer
499
1.10
245
0.14
21. Inflammatory/Heart
457
1.01
1,615
0.92
22. Leukemia
435
0.96
340
0.19
23. Other Injuries
428
0.94
2,433
1.39
24. Parkinson's Disease
423
0.93
387
0.22
25. Oral Cancer
338
0.75
483
0.28
26. Skin Cancers
332
0.73
214
0.12
27. Road Traffic Accidents
328
0.72
7,808
4.46
28. Ovary Cancer
308
0.68
698
0.40
29. Other Neoplasms
283
0.62
48
0.03
30. Alcohol
219
0.48
244
0.14
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
207
0.46
321
0.18
32. Uterin Cancer
199
0.44
219
0.13
33. Oesophagus Cancer
189
0.42
285
0.16
34. Cervical Cancer
156
0.34
2,161
1.24
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
137
0.30
256
0.15
36. Epilepsy
94
0.21
329
0.19
37. Congenital Anomalies
94
0.21
3,935
2.25
38. Drownings
86
0.19
740
0.42
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
82
0.18
6,538
3.74
40. Schizophrenia
79
0.17
0
0.00
41. Asthma
74
0.16
1,979
1.13
42. Endocrine Disorders
72
0.16
1,965
1.12
43. Drug Use
70
0.15
630
0.36
44. Tuberculosis
61
0.13
10,214
5.84
45. Multiple Sclerosis
55
0.12
113
0.06
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
47
0.10
16
0.01
47. Hepatitis C
45
0.10
28
0.02
48. Violence
45
0.10
1,857
1.06
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
43
0.09
0
0.00
50. Fires
34
0.07
729
0.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
32.33
9
1.71
177
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
22.13
4
6.86
121
3. Prostate Cancer
19.92
66
24.21
50
4. Breast Cancer
19.55
53
19.09
60
5. Stomach Cancer
8.24
60
6.41
86
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.92
24
2.52
128
7. Ovary Cancer
6.29
28
8.00
7
8. Lymphomas
5.84
50
5.70
55
9. Liver Cancer
5.38
93
17.60
10
10. Leukemia
4.76
28
1.38
163
11. Bladder Cancer
4.59
15
1.91
102
12. Oral Cancer
4.18
55
2.86
86
13. Cervical Cancer
3.58
139
24.53
27
14. Uterin Cancer
3.52
35
2.86
68
15. Skin Cancers
3.49
21
1.57
114
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.27
96
2.61
87
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.