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Namibia
COUNTRY #1
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NAMIBIA VS GHANA

Compare Namibia 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
Namibia Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Ghana GHANA
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Ghana GHANA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    45.0
    49.3
    47.1
    113
    100
    105
    		  
    44.4
    47.3
    45.8
    118
    114
    117
    1970
    50.8
    54.8
    52.8
    114
    105
    110
    		  
    47.8
    50.7
    49.2
    124
    124
    125
    1980
    56.0
    60.0
    57.9
    114
    113
    114
    		  
    51.6
    54.5
    53.0
    132
    134
    133
    1990
    59.5
    63.7
    61.5
    123
    122
    124
    		  
    55.7
    58.1
    56.9
    138
    142
    141
    2000
    56.2
    58.5
    57.4
    142
    147
    144
    		  
    55.9
    58.6
    57.2
    144
    146
    147
    2010
    61.3
    64.6
    63.0
    139
    140
    138
    		  
    59.6
    62.2
    60.9
    147
    149
    150
    2019
    60.6
    68.4
    64.6
    165
    142
    152
    		  
    63.7
    69.2
    66.3
    142
    137
    139
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Ghana GHANA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    60.6
    68.4
    165
    142
    63.7
    69.2
    142
    137
    Age 5
    63.5
    71.1
    173
    148
    67.0
    72.1
    150
    138
    Age 10
    63.8
    71.5
    173
    149
    67.4
    72.5
    150
    140
    Age 15
    64.1
    71.7
    173
    149
    67.7
    72.7
    152
    140
    Age 20
    64.6
    72.0
    173
    149
    68.1
    73.0
    151
    140
    Age 25
    65.2
    72.4
    173
    150
    68.6
    73.3
    151
    139
    Age 30
    65.8
    72.8
    173
    150
    69.1
    73.7
    150
    140
    Age 35
    66.6
    73.5
    173
    149
    69.7
    74.3
    150
    140
    Age 40
    67.6
    74.4
    173
    148
    70.4
    75.0
    150
    139
    Age 45
    69.0
    75.5
    172
    143
    71.4
    75.8
    152
    138
    Age 50
    70.7
    76.7
    171
    138
    72.5
    76.7
    153
    140
    Age 55
    72.6
    78.0
    171
    125
    74.0
    77.7
    154
    138
    Age 60
    74.7
    79.3
    170
    118
    75.7
    78.9
    153
    133
    Age 65
    77.0
    80.7
    170
    113
    77.7
    80.4
    151
    128
    Age 70
    79.5
    82.3
    169
    114
    80.1
    82.2
    151
    124
    Age 75
    82.4
    84.4
    165
    119
    82.9
    84.4
    147
    121
    Age 80
    85.7
    87.0
    158
    126
    86.0
    87.0
    142
    118
    Age 85
    89.2
    90.0
    153
    131
    89.4
    90.2
    134
    113
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Ghana GHANA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. HIV/AIDS
    147.62
    7
    51.92
    22
    2. Stroke
    117.61
    46
    124.02
    35
    3. Coronary Heart Disease
    105.72
    98
    119.93
    79
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    94.17
    31
    99.08
    26
    5. Tuberculosis
    74.32
    11
    44.25
    21
    6. Diabetes Mellitus
    61.52
    25
    44.68
    47
    7. Road Traffic Accidents
    44.05
    14
    31.33
    46
    8. Lung Disease
    40.96
    26
    26.48
    69
    9. Diarrhoeal diseases
    38.12
    45
    30.48
    50
    10. Hypertension
    37.70
    28
    17.73
    94
    11. Prostate Cancer
    25.79
    40
    24.21
    50
    12. Kidney Disease
    25.76
    73
    30.38
    56
    13. Liver Disease
    23.50
    80
    36.74
    35
    14. Violence
    20.18
    18
    6.73
    72
    15. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.25
    79
    17.79
    85
    16. Cervical Cancer
    16.57
    48
    24.53
    27
    17. Asthma
    15.49
    38
    13.95
    42
    18. Breast Cancer
    14.84
    120
    19.09
    60
    19. Suicide
    13.51
    36
    10.54
    64
    20. Inflammatory/Heart
    12.49
    19
    11.13
    23
    21. Other Injuries
    10.07
    66
    10.75
    58
    22. Malnutrition
    9.45
    32
    8.62
    36
    23. Low Birth Weight
    9.38
    39
    9.43
    38
    24. Skin Cancers
    9.09
    2
    1.57
    114
    25. Oral Cancer
    7.84
    12
    2.86
    86
    26. Congenital Anomalies
    6.25
    81
    7.03
    51
    27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    6.23
    44
    2.19
    103
    28. Birth Trauma
    6.21
    53
    8.81
    36
    29. Fires
    5.58
    8
    3.31
    41
    30. Meningitis
    5.31
    47
    13.70
    21
    31. Maternal Conditions
    4.80
    51
    6.87
    40
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    4.68
    70
    6.88
    37
    33. Lung Cancers
    4.38
    143
    1.71
    177
    34. Falls
    4.37
    118
    8.85
    34
    35. Parkinson's Disease
    4.18
    87
    4.48
    70
    36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.10
    166
    6.86
    121
    37. Drownings
    4.09
    43
    2.38
    93
    38. Lymphomas
    3.10
    144
    5.70
    55
    39. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    164
    17.60
    10
    40. Ovary Cancer
    3.01
    146
    8.00
    7
    41. Skin Disease
    2.57
    36
    1.87
    77
    42. Epilepsy
    2.41
    49
    1.45
    103
    43. Stomach Cancer
    2.39
    172
    6.41
    86
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2.22
    61
    1.73
    80
    45. Alcohol
    1.87
    64
    1.37
    94
    46. Poisonings
    1.74
    51
    2.15
    42
    47. Drug Use
    1.74
    57
    3.31
    22
    48. Leukemia
    1.66
    158
    1.38
    163
    49. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.65
    120
    2.61
    87
    50. Uterin Cancer
    1.63
    131
    2.86
    68
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Ghana GHANA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. HIV/AIDS
    2,928
    17.28
    13,565
    7.75
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    1,464
    8.64
    16,262
    9.29
    3. Tuberculosis
    1,416
    8.35
    10,214
    5.84
    4. Stroke
    1,333
    7.86
    15,163
    8.67
    5. Coronary Heart Disease
    1,221
    7.20
    14,103
    8.06
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    868
    5.12
    7,808
    4.46
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    724
    4.27
    5,929
    3.39
    8. Diarrhoeal diseases
    645
    3.81
    6,538
    3.74
    9. Low Birth Weight
    516
    3.04
    6,662
    3.81
    10. Lung Disease
    461
    2.72
    3,120
    1.78
    11. Violence
    450
    2.66
    1,857
    1.06
    12. Hypertension
    428
    2.53
    2,231
    1.28
    13. Birth Trauma
    345
    2.04
    6,194
    3.54
    14. Liver Disease
    336
    1.98
    6,053
    3.46
    15. Kidney Disease
    322
    1.90
    4,161
    2.38
    16. Congenital Anomalies
    283
    1.67
    3,935
    2.25
    17. Suicide
    243
    1.43
    1,993
    1.14
    18. Malnutrition
    224
    1.32
    1,868
    1.07
    19. Other Injuries
    207
    1.22
    2,433
    1.39
    20. Asthma
    200
    1.18
    1,979
    1.13
    21. Alzheimers & Dementia
    176
    1.04
    1,294
    0.74
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    162
    0.96
    1,615
    0.92
    23. Cervical Cancer
    133
    0.78
    2,161
    1.24
    24. Breast Cancer
    121
    0.71
    1,937
    1.11
    25. Maternal Conditions
    110
    0.65
    1,991
    1.14
    26. Drownings
    110
    0.65
    740
    0.42
    27. Meningitis
    109
    0.64
    2,983
    1.70
    28. Fires
    109
    0.64
    729
    0.42
    29. Skin Cancers
    108
    0.64
    214
    0.12
    30. Oral Cancer
    100
    0.59
    483
    0.28
    31. Prostate Cancer
    94
    0.55
    1,031
    0.59
    32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    76
    0.45
    321
    0.18
    33. Endocrine Disorders
    73
    0.43
    1,965
    1.12
    34. Falls
    62
    0.37
    1,168
    0.67
    35. Lung Cancers
    59
    0.35
    237
    0.14
    36. Pertussis
    54
    0.32
    744
    0.43
    37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    54
    0.32
    803
    0.46
    38. Epilepsy
    49
    0.29
    329
    0.19
    39. Lymphomas
    46
    0.27
    875
    0.50
    40. Poisonings
    46
    0.27
    522
    0.30
    41. Liver Cancer
    45
    0.27
    2,851
    1.63
    42. Parkinson's Disease
    43
    0.25
    387
    0.22
    43. Syphilis
    35
    0.21
    483
    0.28
    44. Stomach Cancer
    33
    0.19
    870
    0.50
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    33
    0.19
    256
    0.15
    46. Drug Use
    32
    0.19
    630
    0.36
    47. Skin Disease
    31
    0.18
    264
    0.15
    48. Alcohol
    28
    0.17
    244
    0.14
    49. Leukemia
    24
    0.14
    340
    0.19
    50. Ovary Cancer
    23
    0.14
    698
    0.40
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Namibia NAMIBIA   Ghana GHANA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    25.79
    40
    24.21
    50
    2. Cervical Cancer
    16.57
    48
    24.53
    27
    3. Breast Cancer
    14.84
    120
    19.09
    60
    4. Skin Cancers
    9.09
    2
    1.57
    114
    5. Oral Cancer
    7.84
    12
    2.86
    86
    6. Lung Cancers
    4.38
    143
    1.71
    177
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.10
    166
    6.86
    121
    8. Lymphomas
    3.10
    144
    5.70
    55
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    164
    17.60
    10
    10. Ovary Cancer
    3.01
    146
    8.00
    7
    11. Stomach Cancer
    2.39
    172
    6.41
    86
    12. Leukemia
    1.66
    158
    1.38
    163
    13. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.65
    120
    2.61
    87
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.63
    131
    2.86
    68
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.39
    134
    1.91
    102
    16. Pancreas Cancer
    1.37
    158
    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.