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Bulgaria
COUNTRY #1
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BULGARIA VS GHANA

Compare Bulgaria 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
Bulgaria Population Pyramid
5,385,444
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Ghana GHANA
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.6
78.6
82
68
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
71.6
78.6
82
68
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
72.2
79.1
89
72
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
72.2
79.1
92
72
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
72.3
79.2
93
72
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
72.5
79.3
96
72
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
72.6
79.3
99
73
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
72.9
79.5
100
74
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
73.1
79.6
101
75
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
73.5
79.8
103
75
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
74.0
80.1
105
78
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
74.8
80.5
108
78
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
75.9
81.1
107
76
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
77.4
82.0
103
74
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
79.3
83.0
97
73
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
81.5
84.1
92
77
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
83.9
85.6
88
84
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
86.5
87.5
104
96
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.6
90.1
121
125
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
210.78
26
119.93
79
2. Stroke
116.86
50
124.02
35
3. Hypertension
32.82
39
17.73
94
4. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
1.71
177
5. Lung Disease
22.97
89
26.48
69
6. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
19.09
60
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
6.86
121
8. Liver Disease
15.44
106
36.74
35
9. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
24.21
50
10. Kidney Disease
11.77
137
30.38
56
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.70
157
99.08
26
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.59
129
31.33
46
13. Diabetes Mellitus
8.11
153
44.68
47
14. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
6.41
86
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
2.52
128
16. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
24.53
27
17. Suicide
6.50
122
10.54
64
18. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
8.00
7
19. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
2.86
68
20. Other Injuries
4.55
141
10.75
58
21. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
17.60
10
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
100
11.13
23
23. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
1.91
102
24. Lymphomas
3.82
127
5.70
55
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.67
141
7.03
51
26. Leukemia
3.61
89
1.38
163
27. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
2.86
86
28. Falls
2.99
149
8.85
34
29. Low Birth Weight
2.58
133
9.43
38
30. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
1.57
114
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
125
2.19
103
32. Drownings
1.55
128
2.38
93
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
2.61
87
34. Parkinson's Disease
1.44
169
4.48
70
35. Endocrine Disorders
1.33
168
6.88
37
36. Epilepsy
1.03
133
1.45
103
37. Violence
1.00
155
6.73
72
38. Fires
0.97
116
3.31
41
39. Tuberculosis
0.95
130
44.25
21
40. Birth Trauma
0.87
130
8.81
36
41. Drug Use
0.87
126
3.31
22
42. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.79
182
17.79
85
43. Other Neoplasms
0.66
72
0.41
98
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.50
35
0.59
30
45. Alcohol
0.43
148
1.37
94
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.40
165
30.48
50
47. Skin Disease
0.39
149
1.87
77
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.36
168
1.73
80
49. Poisonings
0.34
120
2.15
42
50. Meningitis
0.32
135
13.70
21
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,513
38.86
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
21,347
22.72
15,163
8.67
3. Hypertension
5,916
6.30
2,231
1.28
4. Lung Disease
3,993
4.25
3,120
1.78
5. Lung Cancers
3,288
3.50
237
0.14
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,591
2.76
803
0.46
7. Kidney Disease
1,855
1.97
4,161
2.38
8. Liver Disease
1,804
1.92
6,053
3.46
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,396
1.49
16,262
9.29
10. Breast Cancer
1,358
1.45
1,937
1.11
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,344
1.43
5,929
3.39
12. Stomach Cancer
1,175
1.25
870
0.50
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,063
1.13
334
0.19
14. Prostate Cancer
1,016
1.08
1,031
0.59
15. Suicide
681
0.72
1,993
1.14
16. Liver Cancer
664
0.71
2,851
1.63
17. Road Traffic Accidents
647
0.69
7,808
4.46
18. Bladder Cancer
637
0.68
245
0.14
19. Lymphomas
499
0.53
875
0.50
20. Leukemia
460
0.49
340
0.19
21. Other Injuries
437
0.47
2,433
1.39
22. Cervical Cancer
422
0.45
2,161
1.24
23. Ovary Cancer
420
0.45
698
0.40
24. Inflammatory/Heart
409
0.44
1,615
0.92
25. Oral Cancer
408
0.43
483
0.28
26. Falls
381
0.41
1,168
0.67
27. Uterin Cancer
369
0.39
219
0.13
28. Skin Cancers
328
0.35
214
0.12
29. Parkinson's Disease
284
0.30
387
0.22
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.29
321
0.18
31. Oesophagus Cancer
195
0.21
285
0.16
32. Congenital Anomalies
160
0.17
3,935
2.25
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
147
0.16
1,294
0.74
34. Endocrine Disorders
146
0.16
1,965
1.12
35. Drownings
129
0.14
740
0.42
36. Fires
124
0.13
729
0.42
37. Low Birth Weight
116
0.12
6,662
3.81
38. Tuberculosis
104
0.11
10,214
5.84
39. Other Neoplasms
93
0.10
48
0.03
40. Epilepsy
93
0.10
329
0.19
41. Violence
84
0.09
1,857
1.06
42. Drug Use
76
0.08
630
0.36
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.06
256
0.15
44. Skin Disease
53
0.06
264
0.15
45. Multiple Sclerosis
52
0.06
113
0.06
46. Alcohol
44
0.05
244
0.14
47. Birth Trauma
40
0.04
6,194
3.54
48. Poisonings
38
0.04
522
0.30
49. Meningitis
31
0.03
2,983
1.70
50. Asthma
28
0.03
1,979
1.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
1.71
177
2. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
19.09
60
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
6.86
121
4. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
24.21
50
5. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
6.41
86
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
2.52
128
7. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
24.53
27
8. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
8.00
7
9. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
2.86
68
10. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
17.60
10
11. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
1.91
102
12. Lymphomas
3.82
127
5.70
55
13. Leukemia
3.61
89
1.38
163
14. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
2.86
86
15. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
1.57
114
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
2.61
87
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.