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Switzerland
COUNTRY #1
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SWITZERLAND VS GHANA

Compare Switzerland 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
Switzerland Population Pyramid
9,817,716
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Ghana GHANA
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.8
85.1
1
7
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
81.8
85.1
1
7
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
82.1
85.4
1
6
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
82.1
85.4
1
6
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
82.2
85.4
1
6
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
82.2
85.5
1
6
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
82.3
85.5
1
6
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
82.5
85.6
1
6
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
82.6
85.6
1
6
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
82.7
85.7
1
6
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
82.9
85.8
1
6
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
83.1
86.0
2
7
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
83.5
86.3
2
8
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
84.1
86.7
2
8
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
84.9
87.2
2
9
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
85.9
87.8
4
10
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
87.2
88.7
7
13
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
88.8
89.8
11
15
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
90.9
91.5
30
26
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
41.51
170
119.93
79
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.78
19
17.79
85
3. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
1.71
177
4. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
19.09
60
5. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
24.21
50
6. Stroke
14.92
183
124.02
35
7. Lung Disease
12.25
158
26.48
69
8. Suicide
9.83
72
10.54
64
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
6.86
121
10. Hypertension
8.02
143
17.73
94
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.52
128
12. Falls
7.39
65
8.85
34
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.97
177
99.08
26
14. Lymphomas
5.46
65
5.70
55
15. Kidney Disease
4.61
174
30.38
56
16. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
8.00
7
17. Liver Disease
4.37
167
36.74
35
18. Diabetes Mellitus
4.37
174
44.68
47
19. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
17.60
10
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
106
11.13
23
21. Congenital Anomalies
3.56
145
7.03
51
22. Leukemia
3.37
106
1.38
163
23. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
6.41
86
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
102
6.88
37
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.24
133
4.48
70
26. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
1.91
102
27. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
2.86
86
28. Other Neoplasms
2.81
35
0.41
98
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
2.61
87
30. Other Injuries
2.56
176
10.75
58
31. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
1.57
114
32. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
2.86
68
33. Drug Use
1.84
54
3.31
22
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.71
180
31.33
46
35. Low Birth Weight
1.58
154
9.43
38
36. Alcohol
1.53
81
1.37
94
37. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
24.53
27
38. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
10
0.59
30
39. Epilepsy
0.95
141
1.45
103
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.71
151
30.48
50
41. Osteoarthritis
0.57
4
0.00
100
42. Skin Disease
0.51
139
1.87
77
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
175
2.19
103
44. Schizophrenia
0.50
8
0.00
102
45. Birth Trauma
0.48
153
8.81
36
46. Drownings
0.47
172
2.38
93
47. Violence
0.45
179
6.73
72
48. Asthma
0.42
169
13.95
42
49. Anemia
0.32
40
0.00
105
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.31
170
1.73
80
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,713
18.49
14,103
8.06
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,192
12.41
1,294
0.74
3. Stroke
3,918
6.76
15,163
8.67
4. Lung Cancers
3,520
6.08
237
0.14
5. Lung Disease
2,902
5.01
3,120
1.78
6. Hypertension
2,471
4.26
2,231
1.28
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,995
3.44
803
0.46
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,949
3.36
16,262
9.29
9. Falls
1,919
3.31
1,168
0.67
10. Prostate Cancer
1,579
2.73
1,031
0.59
11. Breast Cancer
1,577
2.72
1,937
1.11
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,486
2.56
334
0.19
13. Kidney Disease
1,261
2.18
4,161
2.38
14. Suicide
1,249
2.16
1,993
1.14
15. Lymphomas
1,131
1.95
875
0.50
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,027
1.77
1,615
0.92
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,022
1.76
5,929
3.39
18. Parkinson's Disease
857
1.48
387
0.22
19. Liver Cancer
805
1.39
2,851
1.63
20. Other Neoplasms
681
1.18
48
0.03
21. Liver Disease
677
1.17
6,053
3.46
22. Leukemia
671
1.16
340
0.19
23. Bladder Cancer
669
1.15
245
0.14
24. Stomach Cancer
614
1.06
870
0.50
25. Endocrine Disorders
593
1.02
1,965
1.12
26. Oral Cancer
500
0.86
483
0.28
27. Skin Cancers
493
0.85
214
0.12
28. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.85
285
0.16
29. Ovary Cancer
457
0.79
698
0.40
30. Other Injuries
410
0.71
2,433
1.39
31. Congenital Anomalies
305
0.53
3,935
2.25
32. Alcohol
229
0.40
244
0.14
33. Uterin Cancer
224
0.39
219
0.13
34. Road Traffic Accidents
193
0.33
7,808
4.46
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
186
0.32
6,538
3.74
36. Drug Use
176
0.30
630
0.36
37. Osteoarthritis
170
0.29
0
0.00
38. Multiple Sclerosis
160
0.28
113
0.06
39. Epilepsy
159
0.27
329
0.19
40. Skin Disease
129
0.22
264
0.15
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
122
0.21
321
0.18
42. Low Birth Weight
105
0.18
6,662
3.81
43. Cervical Cancer
105
0.18
2,161
1.24
44. Anemia
102
0.18
0
0.00
45. Schizophrenia
96
0.17
0
0.00
46. Asthma
95
0.16
1,979
1.13
47. Malnutrition
84
0.14
1,868
1.07
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.13
256
0.15
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
68
0.12
16
0.01
50. Drownings
49
0.08
740
0.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
1.71
177
2. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
19.09
60
3. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
24.21
50
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
6.86
121
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.52
128
6. Lymphomas
5.46
65
5.70
55
7. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
8.00
7
8. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
17.60
10
9. Leukemia
3.37
106
1.38
163
10. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
6.41
86
11. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
1.91
102
12. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
2.86
86
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
2.61
87
14. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
1.57
114
15. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
2.86
68
16. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
24.53
27
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.