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Afghanistan
COUNTRY #1
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AFGHANISTAN VS GHANA

Compare Afghanistan 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
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Ghana GHANA
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.3
63.2
147
174
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
63.3
63.2
147
174
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
67.5
66.9
146
177
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
67.7
67.0
147
178
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
67.8
67.1
150
178
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
68.1
67.4
150
179
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
68.6
67.8
149
180
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
69.2
68.3
149
180
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
69.7
68.9
149
180
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
70.4
69.6
151
180
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
71.3
70.6
156
180
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
72.3
71.8
157
180
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
73.7
73.2
157
180
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
75.4
75.1
157
181
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
77.5
77.2
160
181
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
79.9
79.6
158
181
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
82.7
82.4
156
180
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
85.8
85.6
154
174
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.2
89.1
156
171
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
301.71
6
119.93
79
2. Stroke
149.10
25
124.02
35
3. War
121.55
1
0.10
51
4. Hypertension
65.86
4
17.73
94
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
49.80
62
99.08
26
6. Kidney Disease
46.10
15
30.38
56
7. Tuberculosis
41.14
24
44.25
21
8. Diabetes Mellitus
40.94
58
44.68
47
9. Lung Disease
37.01
32
26.48
69
10. Liver Disease
27.20
67
36.74
35
11. Maternal Conditions
25.94
4
6.87
40
12. Asthma
24.23
13
13.95
42
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.34
26
17.79
85
14. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
19.09
60
15. Road Traffic Accidents
19.81
76
31.33
46
16. Other Injuries
13.02
36
10.75
58
17. Low Birth Weight
12.07
17
9.43
38
18. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10.64
9
2.19
103
19. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
6.41
86
20. Birth Trauma
10.16
24
8.81
36
21. Violence
9.87
52
6.73
72
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
9.72
68
30.48
50
23. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
2.61
87
24. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
2.86
86
25. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
1.71
177
26. Congenital Anomalies
6.42
70
7.03
51
27. Parkinson's Disease
5.98
24
4.48
70
28. Suicide
5.96
129
10.54
64
29. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.86
17
1.73
80
30. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
24.53
27
31. Meningitis
5.20
48
13.70
21
32. Falls
5.13
99
8.85
34
33. Hepatitis B
4.96
1
0.55
64
34. Encephalitis
4.57
1
1.69
8
35. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
24.21
50
36. Lymphomas
4.32
108
5.70
55
37. Endocrine Disorders
4.30
80
6.88
37
38. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
17.60
10
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
6.86
121
40. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
8.00
7
41. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
2.86
68
42. Pertussis
3.38
22
1.62
51
43. Inflammatory/Heart
3.32
130
11.13
23
44. Drownings
2.78
78
2.38
93
45. Epilepsy
2.70
37
1.45
103
46. Tetanus
2.49
6
0.59
40
47. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
1.91
102
48. Leukemia
1.95
154
1.38
163
49. HIV/AIDS
1.72
110
51.92
22
50. Fires
1.60
89
3.31
41
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,195
17.35
14,103
8.06
2. War
25,620
11.06
29
0.02
3. Stroke
19,060
8.23
15,163
8.67
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
14,649
6.32
16,262
9.29
5. Low Birth Weight
12,631
5.45
6,662
3.81
6. Birth Trauma
10,723
4.63
6,194
3.54
7. Tuberculosis
9,839
4.25
10,214
5.84
8. Hypertension
7,995
3.45
2,231
1.28
9. Maternal Conditions
7,807
3.37
1,991
1.14
10. Kidney Disease
6,590
2.85
4,161
2.38
11. Road Traffic Accidents
6,033
2.60
7,808
4.46
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,750
2.48
5,929
3.39
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,555
2.40
6,538
3.74
14. Congenital Anomalies
5,001
2.16
3,935
2.25
15. Lung Disease
4,650
2.01
3,120
1.78
16. Liver Disease
4,600
1.99
6,053
3.46
17. Asthma
3,403
1.47
1,979
1.13
18. Other Injuries
3,241
1.40
2,433
1.39
19. Violence
3,217
1.39
1,857
1.06
20. Meningitis
2,626
1.13
2,983
1.70
21. Pertussis
2,107
0.91
744
0.43
22. Breast Cancer
1,822
0.79
1,937
1.11
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,765
0.76
1,294
0.74
24. Suicide
1,573
0.68
1,993
1.14
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,505
0.65
321
0.18
26. Stomach Cancer
1,501
0.65
870
0.50
27. Oral Cancer
1,467
0.63
483
0.28
28. Endocrine Disorders
1,364
0.59
1,965
1.12
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1,314
0.57
285
0.16
30. Tetanus
1,254
0.54
220
0.13
31. Encephalitis
1,190
0.51
357
0.20
32. Lung Cancers
1,076
0.46
237
0.14
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,041
0.45
256
0.15
34. Drownings
996
0.43
740
0.42
35. Epilepsy
993
0.43
329
0.19
36. Lymphomas
946
0.41
875
0.50
37. Falls
905
0.39
1,168
0.67
38. Hepatitis B
863
0.37
101
0.06
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
741
0.32
803
0.46
40. Liver Cancer
657
0.28
2,851
1.63
41. Parkinson's Disease
628
0.27
387
0.22
42. Leukemia
610
0.26
340
0.19
43. Malnutrition
589
0.25
1,868
1.07
44. Cervical Cancer
541
0.23
2,161
1.24
45. Inflammatory/Heart
527
0.23
1,615
0.92
46. HIV/AIDS
464
0.20
13,565
7.75
47. Poisonings
384
0.17
522
0.30
48. Ovary Cancer
369
0.16
698
0.40
49. Measles
350
0.15
135
0.08
50. Fires
348
0.15
729
0.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
20.24
48
19.09
60
2. Stomach Cancer
10.39
42
6.41
86
3. Oesophagus Cancer
8.78
13
2.61
87
4. Oral Cancer
8.18
9
2.86
86
5. Lung Cancers
6.90
122
1.71
177
6. Cervical Cancer
5.73
117
24.53
27
7. Prostate Cancer
4.49
167
24.21
50
8. Lymphomas
4.32
108
5.70
55
9. Liver Cancer
4.22
119
17.60
10
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
169
6.86
121
11. Ovary Cancer
4.07
106
8.00
7
12. Uterin Cancer
3.66
32
2.86
68
13. Leukemia
1.95
154
1.38
163
14. Bladder Cancer
1.95
98
1.91
102
15. Pancreas Cancer
1.54
153
2.52
128
16. Skin Cancers
1.03
138
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.