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Ethiopia
COUNTRY #1
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ETHIOPIA VS GHANA

Compare Ethiopia 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
Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
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
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Ghana GHANA
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
70.5
126
130
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
66.9
70.5
126
130
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
70.8
73.8
112
127
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
71.2
74.2
108
125
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
71.5
74.4
105
124
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
71.9
74.7
103
124
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
72.2
74.9
103
123
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
72.6
75.2
103
123
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
73.1
75.6
103
122
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
73.6
76.1
102
121
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
74.2
76.7
102
121
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
75.1
77.5
102
116
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
76.1
78.4
101
115
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
77.4
79.4
101
112
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
79.1
80.7
105
110
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
81.2
82.4
108
111
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
83.6
84.5
107
106
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
86.5
87.2
105
101
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.8
90.4
94
91
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
83.71
90
124.02
35
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.86
42
99.08
26
3. Coronary Heart Disease
78.39
134
119.93
79
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
63.15
22
30.48
50
5. Liver Disease
50.31
11
36.74
35
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.41
19
31.33
46
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.58
80
44.68
47
8. Hypertension
29.73
46
17.73
94
9. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
19.09
60
10. Lung Disease
25.66
75
26.48
69
11. Tuberculosis
25.31
44
44.25
21
12. Kidney Disease
24.20
81
30.38
56
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.74
30
17.79
85
14. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
24.53
27
15. Other Injuries
14.07
29
10.75
58
16. HIV/AIDS
13.62
51
51.92
22
17. Meningitis
13.13
25
13.70
21
18. Malnutrition
11.17
26
8.62
36
19. Birth Trauma
10.53
20
8.81
36
20. Low Birth Weight
9.52
37
9.43
38
21. Suicide
9.45
80
10.54
64
22. Maternal Conditions
9.44
34
6.87
40
23. Violence
8.85
58
6.73
72
24. Falls
8.65
38
8.85
34
25. Asthma
8.13
71
13.95
42
26. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
8.00
7
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
6.86
121
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.38
73
7.03
51
29. Leukemia
6.06
6
1.38
163
30. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
24.21
50
31. Lymphomas
5.49
64
5.70
55
32. Malaria
5.39
42
48.00
12
33. Poisonings
4.29
7
2.15
42
34. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
1.71
177
35. Pertussis
3.77
18
1.62
51
36. Fires
3.73
33
3.31
41
37. Parkinson's Disease
3.68
119
4.48
70
38. Inflammatory/Heart
3.59
120
11.13
23
39. Measles
3.40
20
0.29
39
40. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
2.61
87
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.22
83
2.19
103
42. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
17.60
10
43. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
6.41
86
44. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
2.86
86
45. Drownings
2.44
90
2.38
93
46. Endocrine Disorders
2.30
141
6.88
37
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.22
60
1.73
80
48. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
1.91
102
49. Epilepsy
2.02
65
1.45
103
50. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
1.57
114
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
59,931
10.63
16,262
9.29
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
44,361
7.87
6,538
3.74
3. Stroke
39,362
6.98
15,163
8.67
4. Coronary Heart Disease
36,530
6.48
14,103
8.06
5. Road Traffic Accidents
31,564
5.60
7,808
4.46
6. Birth Trauma
31,107
5.52
6,194
3.54
7. Low Birth Weight
28,020
4.97
6,662
3.81
8. Liver Disease
27,270
4.84
6,053
3.46
9. Tuberculosis
21,455
3.81
10,214
5.84
10. Diabetes Mellitus
16,258
2.88
5,929
3.39
11. Congenital Anomalies
15,638
2.77
3,935
2.25
12. Hypertension
13,470
2.39
2,231
1.28
13. Kidney Disease
12,103
2.15
4,161
2.38
14. Meningitis
12,019
2.13
2,983
1.70
15. Lung Disease
11,870
2.11
3,120
1.78
16. Other Injuries
11,735
2.08
2,433
1.39
17. HIV/AIDS
11,471
2.03
13,565
7.75
18. Maternal Conditions
8,887
1.58
1,991
1.14
19. Malnutrition
8,643
1.53
1,868
1.07
20. Breast Cancer
8,485
1.51
1,937
1.11
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
8,258
1.46
1,294
0.74
22. Violence
8,076
1.43
1,857
1.06
23. Pertussis
6,896
1.22
744
0.43
24. Measles
6,324
1.12
135
0.08
25. Suicide
6,030
1.07
1,993
1.14
26. Malaria
5,626
1.00
11,162
6.38
27. Cervical Cancer
5,019
0.89
2,161
1.24
28. Falls
4,510
0.80
1,168
0.67
29. Asthma
4,484
0.80
1,979
1.13
30. Leukemia
4,222
0.75
340
0.19
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,755
0.67
803
0.46
32. Poisonings
3,668
0.65
522
0.30
33. Lymphomas
3,590
0.64
875
0.50
34. Fires
3,255
0.58
729
0.42
35. Drownings
3,133
0.56
740
0.42
36. Ovary Cancer
2,424
0.43
698
0.40
37. Tetanus
2,203
0.39
220
0.13
38. Lung Cancers
2,202
0.39
237
0.14
39. Inflammatory/Heart
2,168
0.38
1,615
0.92
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1,839
0.33
285
0.16
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,758
0.31
321
0.18
42. Liver Cancer
1,730
0.31
2,851
1.63
43. Syphilis
1,699
0.30
483
0.28
44. Epilepsy
1,625
0.29
329
0.19
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,623
0.29
1,965
1.12
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,578
0.28
387
0.22
47. Stomach Cancer
1,519
0.27
870
0.50
48. Oral Cancer
1,477
0.26
483
0.28
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,339
0.24
256
0.15
50. Prostate Cancer
1,244
0.22
1,031
0.59
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
19.09
60
2. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
24.53
27
3. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
8.00
7
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
6.86
121
5. Leukemia
6.06
6
1.38
163
6. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
24.21
50
7. Lymphomas
5.49
64
5.70
55
8. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
1.71
177
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
2.61
87
10. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
17.60
10
11. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
6.41
86
12. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
2.86
86
13. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
1.91
102
14. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
1.57
114
15. Uterin Cancer
1.54
136
2.86
68
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.83
170
2.52
128
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.