World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Ghana and Chad 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.
COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
Chad Population Pyramid
34,031,310
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
GHANA | CHAD | ||||||||||||
GHANA | CHAD | ||||||||||||
World Rank
|
World Rank
|
||||||||||||
M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | ||
1960 |
44.4
|
47.3
|
45.8
|
118
|
114
|
117
|
39.1
|
42.9
|
41.0
|
146
|
138
|
142
|
|
1970 |
47.8
|
50.7
|
49.2
|
124
|
124
|
125
|
42.9
|
46.8
|
44.8
|
146
|
142
|
143
|
|
1980 |
51.6
|
54.5
|
53.0
|
132
|
134
|
133
|
46.8
|
50.6
|
48.7
|
151
|
146
|
148
|
|
1990 |
55.7
|
58.1
|
56.9
|
138
|
142
|
141
|
49.8
|
53.2
|
51.5
|
158
|
156
|
156
|
|
2000 |
55.9
|
58.6
|
57.2
|
144
|
146
|
147
|
46.2
|
49.1
|
47.6
|
173
|
173
|
174
|
|
2010 |
59.6
|
62.2
|
60.9
|
147
|
149
|
150
|
50.0
|
52.5
|
51.2
|
178
|
179
|
178
|
|
2019 |
63.7
|
69.2
|
66.3
|
142
|
137
|
139
|
58.0
|
61.3
|
59.6
|
175
|
180
|
177
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
GHANA | CHAD | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
63.7
|
69.2
|
142
|
137
|
58.0
|
61.3
|
175
|
180
|
|
Age 5 |
67.0
|
72.1
|
150
|
138
|
65.8
|
68.6
|
162
|
170
|
|
Age 10 |
67.4
|
72.5
|
150
|
140
|
66.8
|
69.5
|
158
|
167
|
|
Age 15 |
67.7
|
72.7
|
152
|
140
|
67.4
|
70.1
|
156
|
165
|
|
Age 20 |
68.1
|
73.0
|
151
|
140
|
67.8
|
70.4
|
156
|
165
|
|
Age 25 |
68.6
|
73.3
|
151
|
139
|
68.3
|
70.9
|
155
|
164
|
|
Age 30 |
69.1
|
73.7
|
150
|
140
|
68.9
|
71.4
|
153
|
164
|
|
Age 35 |
69.7
|
74.3
|
150
|
140
|
69.5
|
72.1
|
153
|
165
|
|
Age 40 |
70.4
|
75.0
|
150
|
139
|
70.3
|
72.8
|
152
|
166
|
|
Age 45 |
71.4
|
75.8
|
152
|
138
|
71.3
|
73.7
|
153
|
166
|
|
Age 50 |
72.5
|
76.7
|
153
|
140
|
72.5
|
74.7
|
152
|
168
|
|
Age 55 |
74.0
|
77.7
|
154
|
138
|
74.0
|
75.9
|
152
|
168
|
|
Age 60 |
75.7
|
78.9
|
153
|
133
|
75.7
|
77.3
|
151
|
167
|
|
Age 65 |
77.7
|
80.4
|
151
|
128
|
77.8
|
79.1
|
150
|
166
|
|
Age 70 |
80.1
|
82.2
|
151
|
124
|
80.1
|
81.2
|
149
|
164
|
|
Age 75 |
82.9
|
84.4
|
147
|
121
|
82.9
|
83.8
|
145
|
156
|
|
Age 80 |
86.0
|
87.0
|
142
|
118
|
86.1
|
86.7
|
135
|
147
|
|
Age 85 |
89.4
|
90.2
|
134
|
113
|
89.6
|
90.1
|
125
|
127
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
GHANA | CHAD | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Stroke |
124.02
|
35
|
115.36
|
54
|
|
2. | Coronary Heart Disease |
119.93
|
79
|
117.20
|
85
|
|
3. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
99.08
|
26
|
155.40
|
4
|
|
4. | HIV/AIDS |
51.92
|
22
|
25.00
|
40
|
|
5. | Malaria |
48.00
|
12
|
49.56
|
8
|
|
6. | Diabetes Mellitus |
44.68
|
47
|
35.71
|
76
|
|
7. | Tuberculosis |
44.25
|
21
|
35.45
|
28
|
|
8. | Liver Disease |
36.74
|
35
|
45.92
|
14
|
|
9. | Road Traffic Accidents |
31.33
|
46
|
42.50
|
18
|
|
10. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
30.48
|
50
|
116.49
|
4
|
|
11. | Kidney Disease |
30.38
|
56
|
30.51
|
55
|
|
12. | Lung Disease |
26.48
|
69
|
29.34
|
55
|
|
13. | Cervical Cancer |
24.53
|
27
|
17.99
|
44
|
|
14. | Prostate Cancer |
24.21
|
50
|
17.01
|
79
|
|
15. | Breast Cancer |
19.09
|
60
|
25.38
|
25
|
|
16. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
17.79
|
85
|
19.49
|
57
|
|
17. | Hypertension |
17.73
|
94
|
24.66
|
58
|
|
18. | Liver Cancer |
17.60
|
10
|
5.97
|
77
|
|
19. | Asthma |
13.95
|
42
|
20.15
|
20
|
|
20. | Meningitis |
13.70
|
21
|
25.05
|
2
|
|
21. | Inflammatory/Heart |
11.13
|
23
|
6.76
|
53
|
|
22. | Other Injuries |
10.75
|
58
|
18.90
|
10
|
|
23. | Suicide |
10.54
|
64
|
13.22
|
39
|
|
24. | Low Birth Weight |
9.43
|
38
|
12.91
|
13
|
|
25. | Falls |
8.85
|
34
|
9.18
|
27
|
|
26. | Birth Trauma |
8.81
|
36
|
14.71
|
4
|
|
27. | Malnutrition |
8.62
|
36
|
15.22
|
14
|
|
28. | Ovary Cancer |
8.00
|
7
|
5.93
|
35
|
|
29. | Congenital Anomalies |
7.03
|
51
|
10.03
|
8
|
|
30. | Endocrine Disorders |
6.88
|
37
|
6.14
|
50
|
|
31. | Maternal Conditions |
6.87
|
40
|
28.97
|
3
|
|
32. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
6.86
|
121
|
5.59
|
140
|
|
33. | Violence |
6.73
|
72
|
10.51
|
46
|
|
34. | Stomach Cancer |
6.41
|
86
|
3.26
|
147
|
|
35. | Lymphomas |
5.70
|
55
|
5.31
|
69
|
|
36. | Parkinson's Disease |
4.48
|
70
|
5.17
|
45
|
|
37. | Fires |
3.31
|
41
|
4.83
|
13
|
|
38. | Drug Use |
3.31
|
22
|
2.27
|
39
|
|
39. | Oral Cancer |
2.86
|
86
|
4.33
|
53
|
|
40. | Uterin Cancer |
2.86
|
68
|
1.81
|
119
|
|
41. | Oesophagus Cancer |
2.61
|
87
|
2.20
|
99
|
|
42. | Pancreas Cancer |
2.52
|
128
|
2.00
|
143
|
|
43. | Drownings |
2.38
|
93
|
4.67
|
32
|
|
44. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
2.19
|
103
|
10.11
|
11
|
|
45. | Poisonings |
2.15
|
42
|
3.25
|
14
|
|
46. | Bladder Cancer |
1.91
|
102
|
1.51
|
127
|
|
47. | Skin Disease |
1.87
|
77
|
2.08
|
60
|
|
48. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
1.73
|
80
|
4.00
|
27
|
|
49. | Lung Cancers |
1.71
|
177
|
1.71
|
176
|
|
50. | Encephalitis |
1.69
|
8
|
0.98
|
21
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
GHANA | CHAD | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
16,262
|
9.29
|
23,230
|
17.15
|
|
2. | Stroke |
15,163
|
8.67
|
6,058
|
4.47
|
|
3. | Coronary Heart Disease |
14,103
|
8.06
|
5,639
|
4.16
|
|
4. | HIV/AIDS |
13,565
|
7.75
|
3,219
|
2.38
|
|
5. | Malaria |
11,162
|
6.38
|
8,630
|
6.37
|
|
6. | Tuberculosis |
10,214
|
5.84
|
3,499
|
2.58
|
|
7. | Road Traffic Accidents |
7,808
|
4.46
|
5,171
|
3.82
|
|
8. | Low Birth Weight |
6,662
|
3.81
|
7,027
|
5.19
|
|
9. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
6,538
|
3.74
|
14,842
|
10.95
|
|
10. | Birth Trauma |
6,194
|
3.54
|
8,314
|
6.14
|
|
11. | Liver Disease |
6,053
|
3.46
|
3,069
|
2.27
|
|
12. | Diabetes Mellitus |
5,929
|
3.39
|
1,880
|
1.39
|
|
13. | Kidney Disease |
4,161
|
2.38
|
1,893
|
1.40
|
|
14. | Congenital Anomalies |
3,935
|
2.25
|
3,725
|
2.75
|
|
15. | Lung Disease |
3,120
|
1.78
|
1,430
|
1.06
|
|
16. | Meningitis |
2,983
|
1.70
|
4,803
|
3.55
|
|
17. | Liver Cancer |
2,851
|
1.63
|
387
|
0.29
|
|
18. | Other Injuries |
2,433
|
1.39
|
2,664
|
1.97
|
|
19. | Hypertension |
2,231
|
1.28
|
1,258
|
0.93
|
|
20. | Cervical Cancer |
2,161
|
1.24
|
634
|
0.47
|
|
21. | Suicide |
1,993
|
1.14
|
1,027
|
0.76
|
|
22. | Maternal Conditions |
1,991
|
1.14
|
3,672
|
2.71
|
|
23. | Asthma |
1,979
|
1.13
|
1,254
|
0.93
|
|
24. | Endocrine Disorders |
1,965
|
1.12
|
1,156
|
0.85
|
|
25. | Breast Cancer |
1,937
|
1.11
|
1,013
|
0.75
|
|
26. | Malnutrition |
1,868
|
1.07
|
2,150
|
1.59
|
|
27. | Violence |
1,857
|
1.06
|
1,430
|
1.06
|
|
28. | Inflammatory/Heart |
1,615
|
0.92
|
468
|
0.35
|
|
29. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
1,294
|
0.74
|
664
|
0.49
|
|
30. | Falls |
1,168
|
0.67
|
643
|
0.47
|
|
31. | Prostate Cancer |
1,031
|
0.59
|
340
|
0.25
|
|
32. | Lymphomas |
875
|
0.50
|
389
|
0.29
|
|
33. | Stomach Cancer |
870
|
0.50
|
187
|
0.14
|
|
34. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
803
|
0.46
|
334
|
0.25
|
|
35. | Pertussis |
744
|
0.43
|
2,498
|
1.84
|
|
36. | Drownings |
740
|
0.42
|
1,063
|
0.78
|
|
37. | Fires |
729
|
0.42
|
722
|
0.53
|
|
38. | Ovary Cancer |
698
|
0.40
|
220
|
0.16
|
|
39. | Drug Use |
630
|
0.36
|
231
|
0.17
|
|
40. | Poisonings |
522
|
0.30
|
553
|
0.41
|
|
41. | Syphilis |
483
|
0.28
|
718
|
0.53
|
|
42. | Oral Cancer |
483
|
0.28
|
294
|
0.22
|
|
43. | Parkinson's Disease |
387
|
0.22
|
204
|
0.15
|
|
44. | Encephalitis |
357
|
0.20
|
121
|
0.09
|
|
45. | Leukemia |
340
|
0.19
|
277
|
0.20
|
|
46. | Pancreas Cancer |
334
|
0.19
|
109
|
0.08
|
|
47. | Epilepsy |
329
|
0.19
|
449
|
0.33
|
|
48. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
321
|
0.18
|
650
|
0.48
|
|
49. | Oesophagus Cancer |
285
|
0.16
|
121
|
0.09
|
|
50. | Skin Disease |
264
|
0.15
|
142
|
0.10
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
GHANA | CHAD | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Cervical Cancer |
24.53
|
27
|
17.99
|
44
|
|
2. | Prostate Cancer |
24.21
|
50
|
17.01
|
79
|
|
3. | Breast Cancer |
19.09
|
60
|
25.38
|
25
|
|
4. | Liver Cancer |
17.60
|
10
|
5.97
|
77
|
|
5. | Ovary Cancer |
8.00
|
7
|
5.93
|
35
|
|
6. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
6.86
|
121
|
5.59
|
140
|
|
7. | Stomach Cancer |
6.41
|
86
|
3.26
|
147
|
|
8. | Lymphomas |
5.70
|
55
|
5.31
|
69
|
|
9. | Oral Cancer |
2.86
|
86
|
4.33
|
53
|
|
10. | Uterin Cancer |
2.86
|
68
|
1.81
|
119
|
|
11. | Oesophagus Cancer |
2.61
|
87
|
2.20
|
99
|
|
12. | Pancreas Cancer |
2.52
|
128
|
2.00
|
143
|
|
13. | Bladder Cancer |
1.91
|
102
|
1.51
|
127
|
|
14. | Lung Cancers |
1.71
|
177
|
1.71
|
176
|
|
15. | Skin Cancers |
1.57
|
114
|
2.38
|
56
|
|
16. | Leukemia |
1.38
|
163
|
3.27
|
110
|
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.
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.