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Ghana
COUNTRY #1
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GHANA VS CHINA

Compare Ghana and China 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.

China
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
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%
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China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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
  Ghana GHANA   China CHINA
  Ghana GHANA   China CHINA
       
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
  
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
  
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
  
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
  
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
  
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
  
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
  
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
63.7
69.2
142
137
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
110.80
58
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
97.57
115
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
11.28
152
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
1.62
111
5. Malaria
48.00
12
0.00
93
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
8.56
148
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
1.88
111
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
7.57
146
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
15.09
96
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
0.72
150
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
10.39
141
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
54.18
13
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
5.16
124
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
6.41
152
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
8.95
169
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
17.36
97
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
16.80
98
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
9.30
33
19. Asthma
13.95
42
1.29
123
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
0.39
128
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
1.73
168
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
3.50
161
23. Suicide
10.54
64
6.67
121
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
1.76
150
25. Falls
8.85
34
8.04
50
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
1.40
108
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
0.78
107
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
2.76
153
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
3.32
150
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
1.51
162
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
0.26
128
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
13.02
42
33. Violence
6.73
72
0.73
166
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
20.55
3
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
3.04
145
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
3.95
98
37. Fires
3.31
41
0.62
129
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
1.34
79
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
2.81
89
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.16
157
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
12.42
6
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
5.72
59
43. Drownings
2.38
93
3.66
56
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
2.05
106
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
1.55
57
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
2.04
94
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
0.30
162
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
3.53
34
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
36.63
5
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
0.21
117
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ghana GHANA   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
183,342
1.91
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
2.043m
21.27
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
1.772m
18.44
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
28,746
0.30
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
0
0.00
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
34,802
0.36
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
250,272
2.61
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
21,631
0.23
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
8,719
0.09
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
17,644
0.18
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
145,603
1.52
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
161,672
1.68
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
192,302
2.00
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
36,613
0.38
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
968,607
10.08
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
5,704
0.06
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
180,952
1.88
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
54,087
0.56
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
301,183
3.14
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
51,650
0.54
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
116,324
1.21
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
3,596
0.04
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
23,147
0.24
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
25,613
0.27
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
92,757
0.97
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
12,995
0.14
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
11,115
0.12
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
29,954
0.31
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
304,455
3.17
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
138,878
1.45
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
51,056
0.53
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
57,838
0.60
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
398,439
4.15
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
248,388
2.59
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
484
0.01
36. Drownings
740
0.42
52,807
0.55
37. Fires
729
0.42
10,498
0.11
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
28,078
0.29
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
24,214
0.25
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
25,762
0.27
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
1,824
0.02
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
54,695
0.57
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
70,699
0.74
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
2,796
0.03
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
58,145
0.61
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
111,537
1.16
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
11,365
0.12
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
37,723
0.39
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
242,891
2.53
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
5,222
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
5.16
124
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
6.41
152
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
8.95
169
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
9.30
33
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
2.76
153
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
13.02
42
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
20.55
3
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
3.04
145
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
2.81
89
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.16
157
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
12.42
6
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
5.72
59
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
2.04
94
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
36.63
5
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
1.05
137
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
3.48
97
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.