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Micronesia
COUNTRY #1
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MICRONESIA VS GHANA

Compare Micronesia 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
Micronesia Population Pyramid
138,915
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
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Ghana GHANA
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
57.3
58.4
57.8
66
72
67
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
61.3
62.4
61.8
65
80
72
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
64.6
65.7
65.1
65
86
82
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
65.7
66.8
66.3
81
111
99
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
66.0
68.1
67.0
97
117
110
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
67.5
69.9
68.7
102
122
113
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
60.3
66.0
63.0
167
155
162
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
66.0
167
155
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
60.3
66.0
167
155
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
62.4
67.8
175
175
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
62.6
68.0
175
175
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
62.7
68.1
176
175
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
63.1
68.4
176
175
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
63.8
68.7
176
175
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
64.6
69.2
176
176
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
65.5
69.7
175
179
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
66.6
70.4
175
179
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
68.0
71.3
175
179
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
69.7
72.4
175
179
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
71.6
73.8
176
179
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
73.8
75.6
176
179
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
76.4
77.6
176
179
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
79.2
79.8
174
180
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
82.2
82.4
173
181
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
85.4
85.4
170
178
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
88.9
88.9
168
174
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
280.36
11
119.93
79
2. Stroke
181.04
10
124.02
35
3. Diabetes Mellitus
172.00
3
44.68
47
4. Kidney Disease
77.01
1
30.38
56
5. Lung Disease
67.93
10
26.48
69
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
66.80
54
99.08
26
7. Hypertension
41.50
20
17.73
94
8. Breast Cancer
41.39
3
19.09
60
9. Lung Cancers
31.29
11
1.71
177
10. Suicide
28.99
5
10.54
64
11. Prostate Cancer
28.57
33
24.21
50
12. Liver Disease
27.88
61
36.74
35
13. Asthma
26.17
8
13.95
42
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
19.96
58
30.48
50
15. Cervical Cancer
19.81
39
24.53
27
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.00
70
17.79
85
17. Stomach Cancer
16.29
6
6.41
86
18. Drownings
15.31
2
2.38
93
19. Rheumatic Heart Disease
15.30
5
1.73
80
20. Other Injuries
13.69
31
10.75
58
21. Tuberculosis
12.92
60
44.25
21
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.22
47
6.86
121
23. Parkinson's Disease
10.56
2
4.48
70
24. Liver Cancer
10.45
28
17.60
10
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.84
13
2.19
103
26. Falls
9.05
31
8.85
34
27. Congenital Anomalies
8.12
27
7.03
51
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.84
43
11.13
23
29. Low Birth Weight
7.34
62
9.43
38
30. Uterin Cancer
6.94
6
2.86
68
31. Endocrine Disorders
6.81
38
6.88
37
32. Leukemia
5.72
11
1.38
163
33. Ovary Cancer
5.60
46
8.00
7
34. Birth Trauma
5.44
61
8.81
36
35. Malnutrition
5.33
51
8.62
36
36. Pancreas Cancer
5.12
63
2.52
128
37. Violence
4.89
89
6.73
72
38. Lymphomas
4.53
97
5.70
55
39. Oral Cancer
4.31
54
2.86
86
40. Skin Disease
3.95
21
1.87
77
41. Maternal Conditions
3.35
55
6.87
40
42. Oesophagus Cancer
2.99
74
2.61
87
43. Meningitis
2.69
54
13.70
21
44. Pertussis
2.57
31
1.62
51
45. Epilepsy
2.55
43
1.45
103
46. Alcohol
2.45
49
1.37
94
47. Bladder Cancer
2.41
72
1.91
102
48. Fires
2.04
72
3.31
41
49. Syphilis
1.75
15
0.88
41
50. Skin Cancers
1.43
122
1.57
114
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
193
19.88
14,103
8.06
2. Diabetes Mellitus
123
12.67
5,929
3.39
3. Stroke
119
12.26
15,163
8.67
4. Kidney Disease
56
5.77
4,161
2.38
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
52
5.36
16,262
9.29
6. Lung Disease
41
4.22
3,120
1.78
7. Suicide
32
3.30
1,993
1.14
8. Hypertension
27
2.78
2,231
1.28
9. Liver Disease
24
2.47
6,053
3.46
10. Lung Cancers
23
2.37
237
0.14
11. Breast Cancer
17
1.75
1,937
1.11
12. Drownings
17
1.75
740
0.42
13. Asthma
16
1.65
1,979
1.13
14. Low Birth Weight
15
1.54
6,662
3.81
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
14
1.44
256
0.15
16. Tuberculosis
13
1.34
10,214
5.84
17. Diarrhoeal diseases
13
1.34
6,538
3.74
18. Congenital Anomalies
13
1.34
3,935
2.25
19. Other Injuries
13
1.34
2,433
1.39
20. Stomach Cancer
12
1.24
870
0.50
21. Birth Trauma
11
1.13
6,194
3.54
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8
0.82
803
0.46
23. Liver Cancer
8
0.82
2,851
1.63
24. Cervical Cancer
8
0.82
2,161
1.24
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
7
0.72
1,294
0.74
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.72
321
0.18
27. Prostate Cancer
6
0.62
1,031
0.59
28. Inflammatory/Heart
6
0.62
1,615
0.92
29. Falls
6
0.62
1,168
0.67
30. Leukemia
5
0.51
340
0.19
31. Endocrine Disorders
5
0.51
1,965
1.12
32. Parkinson's Disease
5
0.51
387
0.22
33. Violence
5
0.51
1,857
1.06
34. Pertussis
4
0.41
744
0.43
35. Maternal Conditions
4
0.41
1,991
1.14
36. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.41
334
0.19
37. Lymphomas
4
0.41
875
0.50
38. Syphilis
3
0.31
483
0.28
39. Meningitis
3
0.31
2,983
1.70
40. Malnutrition
3
0.31
1,868
1.07
41. Oral Cancer
3
0.31
483
0.28
42. Uterin Cancer
3
0.31
219
0.13
43. Epilepsy
3
0.31
329
0.19
44. Skin Disease
3
0.31
264
0.15
45. Oesophagus Cancer
2
0.21
285
0.16
46. Ovary Cancer
2
0.21
698
0.40
47. Bladder Cancer
2
0.21
245
0.14
48. Alcohol
2
0.21
244
0.14
49. Fires
2
0.21
729
0.42
50. Encephalitis
1
0.10
357
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Micronesia MICRONESIA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
41.39
3
19.09
60
2. Lung Cancers
31.29
11
1.71
177
3. Prostate Cancer
28.57
33
24.21
50
4. Cervical Cancer
19.81
39
24.53
27
5. Stomach Cancer
16.29
6
6.41
86
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.22
47
6.86
121
7. Liver Cancer
10.45
28
17.60
10
8. Uterin Cancer
6.94
6
2.86
68
9. Leukemia
5.72
11
1.38
163
10. Ovary Cancer
5.60
46
8.00
7
11. Pancreas Cancer
5.12
63
2.52
128
12. Lymphomas
4.53
97
5.70
55
13. Oral Cancer
4.31
54
2.86
86
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.99
74
2.61
87
15. Bladder Cancer
2.41
72
1.91
102
16. Skin Cancers
1.43
122
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.