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Estonia
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
ESTONIA VS GHANA

Compare Estonia 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
Estonia Population Pyramid
1,158,412
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
  Estonia ESTONIA   Ghana GHANA
  Estonia ESTONIA   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.7
72.6
68.5
34
18
29
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
65.7
74.4
70.0
41
18
28
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
64.2
74.2
69.1
69
35
54
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
64.6
74.6
69.5
90
53
71
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
65.4
76.1
70.8
101
48
85
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
70.6
80.2
75.6
76
34
45
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
74.7
82.6
78.9
53
32
37
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
82.6
53
32
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
74.7
82.6
53
32
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
74.9
82.8
58
34
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
74.9
82.8
58
34
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
75.0
82.9
58
34
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
75.1
82.9
60
34
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
75.3
83.0
62
34
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
75.5
83.1
65
34
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
75.7
83.3
66
34
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
76.0
83.4
70
34
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
76.4
83.7
72
34
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
77.0
84.0
71
33
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
78.0
84.5
68
33
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
79.3
85.0
65
35
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
80.8
85.7
66
35
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
82.9
86.5
59
36
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
85.4
87.9
48
33
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
87.9
89.4
45
33
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
90.8
91.4
38
34
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
80.39
133
119.93
79
2. Hypertension
66.42
3
17.73
94
3. Stroke
31.23
150
124.02
35
4. Prostate Cancer
25.91
39
24.21
50
5. Lung Cancers
23.24
34
1.71
177
6. Liver Disease
17.29
99
36.74
35
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
17
6.86
121
8. Breast Cancer
15.89
106
19.09
60
9. Suicide
11.96
52
10.54
64
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.46
159
99.08
26
11. Stomach Cancer
10.12
44
6.41
86
12. Inflammatory/Heart
8.86
38
11.13
23
13. Pancreas Cancer
8.77
11
2.52
128
14. Alcohol
7.73
10
1.37
94
15. Lymphomas
6.80
22
5.70
55
16. Lung Disease
6.59
181
26.48
69
17. Other Injuries
6.52
107
10.75
58
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.85
163
17.79
85
19. Drug Use
5.73
6
3.31
22
20. Ovary Cancer
5.04
66
8.00
7
21. Diabetes Mellitus
5.04
168
44.68
47
22. Cervical Cancer
4.94
128
24.53
27
23. Kidney Disease
4.73
171
30.38
56
24. Falls
4.63
109
8.85
34
25. Oral Cancer
4.43
47
2.86
86
26. Liver Cancer
3.91
135
17.60
10
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.85
47
2.61
87
28. Leukemia
3.75
84
1.38
163
29. Road Traffic Accidents
3.70
164
31.33
46
30. Other Neoplasms
3.60
25
0.41
98
31. Bladder Cancer
3.45
44
1.91
102
32. Uterin Cancer
3.27
41
2.86
68
33. HIV/AIDS
2.77
94
51.92
22
34. Skin Cancers
2.51
52
1.57
114
35. Endocrine Disorders
2.51
131
6.88
37
36. Epilepsy
2.41
48
1.45
103
37. Fires
2.17
71
3.31
41
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.15
104
2.19
103
39. Parkinson's Disease
2.13
158
4.48
70
40. Congenital Anomalies
1.98
176
7.03
51
41. Violence
1.84
134
6.73
72
42. Drownings
1.67
125
2.38
93
43. Skin Disease
0.83
118
1.87
77
44. Asthma
0.77
143
13.95
42
45. Low Birth Weight
0.76
173
9.43
38
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.75
131
1.73
80
47. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
19
0.59
30
48. Tuberculosis
0.62
137
44.25
21
49. Birth Trauma
0.54
150
8.81
36
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.49
54
0.17
138
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Estonia ESTONIA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
3,009
22.53
14,103
8.06
2. Hypertension
2,700
20.22
2,231
1.28
3. Stroke
1,116
8.36
15,163
8.67
4. Lung Cancers
657
4.92
237
0.14
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
527
3.95
803
0.46
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
349
2.61
16,262
9.29
7. Liver Disease
328
2.46
6,053
3.46
8. Prostate Cancer
298
2.23
1,031
0.59
9. Stomach Cancer
290
2.17
870
0.50
10. Pancreas Cancer
268
2.01
334
0.19
11. Breast Cancer
260
1.95
1,937
1.11
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
229
1.71
1,294
0.74
13. Lung Disease
229
1.71
3,120
1.78
14. Inflammatory/Heart
217
1.62
1,615
0.92
15. Lymphomas
213
1.60
875
0.50
16. Suicide
197
1.48
1,993
1.14
17. Kidney Disease
176
1.32
4,161
2.38
18. Alcohol
148
1.11
244
0.14
19. Diabetes Mellitus
146
1.09
5,929
3.39
20. Other Injuries
141
1.06
2,433
1.39
21. Bladder Cancer
126
0.94
245
0.14
22. Leukemia
126
0.94
340
0.19
23. Other Neoplasms
123
0.92
48
0.03
24. Falls
119
0.89
1,168
0.67
25. Oral Cancer
110
0.82
483
0.28
26. Liver Cancer
107
0.80
2,851
1.63
27. Oesophagus Cancer
99
0.74
285
0.16
28. Ovary Cancer
87
0.65
698
0.40
29. Parkinson's Disease
82
0.61
387
0.22
30. Skin Cancers
79
0.59
214
0.12
31. Drug Use
75
0.56
630
0.36
32. Cervical Cancer
68
0.51
2,161
1.24
33. Endocrine Disorders
66
0.49
1,965
1.12
34. Uterin Cancer
60
0.45
219
0.13
35. Road Traffic Accidents
59
0.44
7,808
4.46
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
55
0.41
321
0.18
37. Epilepsy
45
0.34
329
0.19
38. Fires
41
0.31
729
0.42
39. HIV/AIDS
40
0.30
13,565
7.75
40. Drownings
30
0.22
740
0.42
41. Skin Disease
29
0.22
264
0.15
42. Violence
28
0.21
1,857
1.06
43. Congenital Anomalies
25
0.19
3,935
2.25
44. Asthma
24
0.18
1,979
1.13
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.16
256
0.15
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
17
0.13
16
0.01
47. Tuberculosis
16
0.12
10,214
5.84
48. Multiple Sclerosis
16
0.12
113
0.06
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
12
0.09
0
0.00
50. Osteoarthritis
10
0.07
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Estonia ESTONIA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
25.91
39
24.21
50
2. Lung Cancers
23.24
34
1.71
177
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
17
6.86
121
4. Breast Cancer
15.89
106
19.09
60
5. Stomach Cancer
10.12
44
6.41
86
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.77
11
2.52
128
7. Lymphomas
6.80
22
5.70
55
8. Ovary Cancer
5.04
66
8.00
7
9. Cervical Cancer
4.94
128
24.53
27
10. Oral Cancer
4.43
47
2.86
86
11. Liver Cancer
3.91
135
17.60
10
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.85
47
2.61
87
13. Leukemia
3.75
84
1.38
163
14. Bladder Cancer
3.45
44
1.91
102
15. Uterin Cancer
3.27
41
2.86
68
16. Skin Cancers
2.51
52
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.