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Ghana
COUNTRY #1
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GHANA VS VANUATU

Compare Ghana and Vanuatu 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.

Vanuatu
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
Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
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Vanuatu Population Pyramid
556,750
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Ghana GHANA   Vanuatu VANUATU
       
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
  
45.4
48.3
46.8
109
109
111
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
  
51.3
54.4
52.8
110
109
108
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
  
57.1
60.6
58.8
111
111
110
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
  
62.0
65.0
63.5
111
119
113
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
  
67.6
70.7
69.0
87
107
99
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
  
69.3
72.9
71.0
94
107
99
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
  
62.7
68.3
65.3
151
144
147
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Vanuatu VANUATU
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
62.7
68.3
151
144
Age
63.7
69.2
142
137
62.7
68.3
151
144
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
64.5
70.0
169
158
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
64.6
70.1
169
162
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
64.8
70.3
169
163
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
65.2
70.5
169
163
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
65.8
70.8
169
165
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
66.6
71.2
168
167
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
67.5
71.6
168
167
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
68.5
72.2
168
168
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
69.7
73.0
168
172
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
71.2
74.0
168
174
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
72.9
75.2
168
175
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
74.8
76.7
168
176
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
77.2
78.5
166
176
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
79.8
80.5
163
174
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
82.6
83.0
163
173
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
85.6
85.9
160
168
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
89.0
89.2
165
170
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Vanuatu VANUATU
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
190.53
6
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
299.44
7
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
59.97
58
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
0.00
183
5. Malaria
48.00
12
0.00
183
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
81.66
15
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
7.46
74
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
27.40
64
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
17.40
84
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
46.26
39
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
43.29
16
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
78.03
7
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
11.35
72
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
14.31
108
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
13.78
124
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
17.62
90
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
31.50
40
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
14.32
16
19. Asthma
13.95
42
29.89
7
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
2.40
58
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
5.91
68
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
12.56
41
23. Suicide
10.54
64
20.97
13
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
6.17
75
25. Falls
8.85
34
7.87
55
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
2.94
84
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
6.59
44
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
3.60
126
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
9.24
16
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
4.71
68
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
5.24
47
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
4.85
152
33. Violence
6.73
72
2.69
117
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
2.91
160
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
1.32
178
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
9.71
3
37. Fires
3.31
41
1.74
82
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
0.24
179
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
0.61
180
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.75
125
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
0.00
183
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
0.65
176
43. Drownings
2.38
93
12.56
4
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
12.20
7
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
0.79
75
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
1.17
144
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
4.13
20
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
16.53
4
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
8.83
109
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
0.38
98
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ghana GHANA   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
124
6.20
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
288
14.40
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
454
22.70
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
0
0.00
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
0
0.00
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
16
0.80
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
45
2.25
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
43
2.15
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
80
4.00
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
20
1.00
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
51
2.55
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
127
6.35
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
70
3.50
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
48
2.40
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
108
5.40
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
8
0.40
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
27
1.35
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
30
1.50
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
47
2.35
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
13
0.65
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
54
2.70
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
14
0.70
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
45
2.25
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
9
0.45
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
13
0.65
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
10
0.50
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
7
0.35
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
11
0.55
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
18
0.90
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
13
0.65
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
9
0.45
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
3
0.15
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
6
0.30
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
8
0.40
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
10
0.50
36. Drownings
740
0.42
35
1.75
37. Fires
729
0.42
4
0.20
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
4
0.20
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
0
0.00
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
2
0.10
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
8
0.40
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
1
0.05
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
12
0.60
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
1
0.05
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
9
0.45
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
1
0.05
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
5
0.25
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
18
0.90
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
0
0.00
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
7
0.35
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
11.35
72
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
14.31
108
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
13.78
124
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
14.32
16
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
3.60
126
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
4.85
152
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
2.91
160
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
1.32
178
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
0.61
180
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.75
125
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
0.00
183
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
0.65
176
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
1.17
144
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
8.83
109
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
0.00
183
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
4.06
66
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.