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Argentina
COUNTRY #1
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ARGENTINA VS GHANA

Compare Argentina 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
Argentina Population Pyramid
54,867,248
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Ghana GHANA
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.3
68.1
65.2
41
39
39
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
63.6
70.2
66.8
55
46
51
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
66.3
73.1
69.6
48
46
49
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
68.2
75.3
71.7
54
44
45
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
70.4
77.8
74.1
53
40
43
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
71.9
79.1
75.5
63
42
49
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
73.5
79.5
76.6
62
55
56
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.5
79.5
62
55
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
73.5
79.5
62
55
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
74.3
80.2
65
56
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
74.3
80.2
67
57
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
74.4
80.3
67
57
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
74.7
80.4
67
58
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
75.0
80.6
68
58
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
75.3
80.7
67
58
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
75.7
80.9
67
58
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
76.0
81.1
69
56
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
76.4
81.4
71
55
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
77.0
81.9
75
55
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
77.8
82.4
75
54
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
78.8
83.1
76
53
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
80.3
84.0
74
53
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
82.1
85.2
74
53
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
84.3
86.7
75
52
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
86.8
88.5
84
56
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.7
90.7
112
68
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
75.11
140
119.93
79
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
60.51
57
99.08
26
3. Stroke
36.50
142
124.02
35
4. Lung Disease
35.48
36
26.48
69
5. Breast Cancer
22.47
38
19.09
60
6. Kidney Disease
21.52
101
30.38
56
7. Prostate Cancer
18.19
74
24.21
50
8. Lung Cancers
17.98
67
1.71
177
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.34
25
6.86
121
10. Road Traffic Accidents
13.91
105
31.33
46
11. Diabetes Mellitus
11.71
138
44.68
47
12. Other Injuries
10.23
63
10.75
58
13. Cervical Cancer
9.43
87
24.53
27
14. Inflammatory/Heart
9.11
34
11.13
23
15. Hypertension
8.32
140
17.73
94
16. Suicide
8.14
97
10.54
64
17. Pancreas Cancer
7.96
22
2.52
128
18. Liver Disease
7.81
144
36.74
35
19. Endocrine Disorders
6.33
47
6.88
37
20. Stomach Cancer
6.28
87
6.41
86
21. Violence
6.09
79
6.73
72
22. Other Neoplasms
5.61
9
0.41
98
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
4.95
167
17.79
85
24. Lymphomas
4.94
80
5.70
55
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.87
116
7.03
51
26. Skin Disease
4.81
16
1.87
77
27. Ovary Cancer
4.39
94
8.00
7
28. Leukemia
4.06
68
1.38
163
29. Low Birth Weight
3.88
107
9.43
38
30. Liver Cancer
3.60
149
17.60
10
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.56
54
2.61
87
32. HIV/AIDS
3.30
88
51.92
22
33. Uterin Cancer
2.85
69
2.86
68
34. Bladder Cancer
2.74
64
1.91
102
35. Oral Cancer
1.96
134
2.86
86
36. Skin Cancers
1.82
98
1.57
114
37. Drug Use
1.45
69
3.31
22
38. Parkinson's Disease
1.39
171
4.48
70
39. Malnutrition
1.38
91
8.62
36
40. Tuberculosis
1.29
118
44.25
21
41. Anemia
1.00
13
0.00
105
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.93
137
30.48
50
43. Falls
0.91
180
8.85
34
44. Alcohol
0.89
124
1.37
94
45. Drownings
0.85
155
2.38
93
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.78
159
2.19
103
47. Chagas disease
0.78
4
0.00
79
48. Asthma
0.71
148
13.95
42
49. Epilepsy
0.68
167
1.45
103
50. Birth Trauma
0.67
138
8.81
36
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
48,765
17.64
14,103
8.06
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
40,986
14.82
16,262
9.29
3. Lung Disease
23,234
8.40
3,120
1.78
4. Stroke
22,878
8.27
15,163
8.67
5. Kidney Disease
13,588
4.91
4,161
2.38
6. Lung Cancers
10,014
3.62
237
0.14
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8,931
3.23
803
0.46
8. Breast Cancer
7,063
2.55
1,937
1.11
9. Diabetes Mellitus
6,838
2.47
5,929
3.39
10. Road Traffic Accidents
6,298
2.28
7,808
4.46
11. Hypertension
5,799
2.10
2,231
1.28
12. Other Injuries
5,642
2.04
2,433
1.39
13. Inflammatory/Heart
5,495
1.99
1,615
0.92
14. Pancreas Cancer
4,607
1.67
334
0.19
15. Prostate Cancer
4,507
1.63
1,031
0.59
16. Liver Disease
4,029
1.46
6,053
3.46
17. Endocrine Disorders
3,987
1.44
1,965
1.12
18. Suicide
3,747
1.36
1,993
1.14
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,737
1.35
1,294
0.74
20. Stomach Cancer
3,523
1.27
870
0.50
21. Other Neoplasms
3,224
1.17
48
0.03
22. Skin Disease
3,171
1.15
264
0.15
23. Violence
2,712
0.98
1,857
1.06
24. Lymphomas
2,708
0.98
875
0.50
25. Cervical Cancer
2,480
0.90
2,161
1.24
26. Congenital Anomalies
2,419
0.87
3,935
2.25
27. Leukemia
2,189
0.79
340
0.19
28. Low Birth Weight
2,183
0.79
6,662
3.81
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2,054
0.74
285
0.16
30. Liver Cancer
2,045
0.74
2,851
1.63
31. Bladder Cancer
1,675
0.61
245
0.14
32. HIV/AIDS
1,481
0.54
13,565
7.75
33. Ovary Cancer
1,307
0.47
698
0.40
34. Skin Cancers
1,073
0.39
214
0.12
35. Oral Cancer
1,073
0.39
483
0.28
36. Parkinson's Disease
965
0.35
387
0.22
37. Uterin Cancer
944
0.34
219
0.13
38. Malnutrition
929
0.34
1,868
1.07
39. Drug Use
826
0.30
630
0.36
40. Anemia
691
0.25
0
0.00
41. Tuberculosis
655
0.24
10,214
5.84
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
578
0.21
6,538
3.74
43. Falls
506
0.18
1,168
0.67
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
488
0.18
321
0.18
45. Chagas disease
451
0.16
0
0.00
46. Alcohol
442
0.16
244
0.14
47. Asthma
403
0.15
1,979
1.13
48. Drownings
380
0.14
740
0.42
49. Birth Trauma
373
0.13
6,194
3.54
50. Epilepsy
332
0.12
329
0.19
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Argentina ARGENTINA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
22.47
38
19.09
60
2. Prostate Cancer
18.19
74
24.21
50
3. Lung Cancers
17.98
67
1.71
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.34
25
6.86
121
5. Cervical Cancer
9.43
87
24.53
27
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.96
22
2.52
128
7. Stomach Cancer
6.28
87
6.41
86
8. Lymphomas
4.94
80
5.70
55
9. Ovary Cancer
4.39
94
8.00
7
10. Leukemia
4.06
68
1.38
163
11. Liver Cancer
3.60
149
17.60
10
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.56
54
2.61
87
13. Uterin Cancer
2.85
69
2.86
68
14. Bladder Cancer
2.74
64
1.91
102
15. Oral Cancer
1.96
134
2.86
86
16. Skin Cancers
1.82
98
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.