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Ghana
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Ghana and Azerbaijan 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.

Azerbaijan
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
Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Azerbaijan Population Pyramid
11,064,995
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
  Ghana GHANA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
 
60.6
68.2
64.3
53
38
42
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
 
64.3
71.9
68.0
49
39
43
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
 
64.2
71.8
67.9
68
57
62
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
 
62.2
69.6
65.8
109
96
104
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
 
63.4
69.8
66.6
112
114
113
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
 
68.2
73.9
71.1
98
102
98
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
 
68.8
74.1
71.4
116
112
114
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
68.8
74.1
116
112
Age
63.7
69.2
142
137
68.8
74.1
116
112
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
70.5
75.5
117
114
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
70.6
75.6
118
114
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
70.7
75.7
119
114
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
70.9
75.8
119
114
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
71.1
76.0
120
114
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
71.4
76.1
122
115
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
71.7
76.2
127
116
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
72.1
76.4
130
117
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
72.6
76.7
133
122
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
73.3
77.0
140
125
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
74.3
77.6
146
141
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
75.7
78.3
154
150
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
77.4
79.4
162
159
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
79.7
80.9
166
171
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
82.2
82.8
172
175
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
85.1
85.3
175
180
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
88.5
88.4
177
179
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
151.52
22
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
388.41
2
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
19.87
117
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
3.61
83
5. Malaria
48.00
12
0.00
78
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
24.99
99
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
5.92
81
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
37.38
32
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
6.56
143
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
2.98
91
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
17.11
116
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
21.56
94
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
4.89
130
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
4.45
168
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
16.48
96
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
17.36
98
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
27.98
48
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
3.86
138
19. Asthma
13.95
42
4.91
89
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
0.62
104
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
17.04
9
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
4.59
140
23. Suicide
10.54
64
3.97
152
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
6.07
77
25. Falls
8.85
34
3.12
145
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
3.97
74
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
0.20
139
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
4.36
96
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
5.13
111
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
3.23
104
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
0.47
114
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
8.13
100
33. Violence
6.73
72
2.45
120
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
13.20
17
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
2.29
169
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
5.45
36
37. Fires
3.31
41
4.77
14
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
0.49
160
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
1.59
155
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.86
114
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
6.12
27
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
3.08
108
43. Drownings
2.38
93
3.36
66
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
2.58
91
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
0.89
72
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
1.95
99
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
0.15
174
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
2.05
68
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
13.09
88
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
1.08
15
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ghana GHANA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
1,781
2.27
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
12,939
16.46
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
33,319
42.39
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
398
0.51
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
0
0.00
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
594
0.76
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
676
0.86
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
725
0.92
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
262
0.33
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
459
0.58
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
3,539
4.50
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
2,383
3.03
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
1,590
2.02
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
542
0.69
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
1,839
2.34
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
63
0.08
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
379
0.48
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
465
0.59
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
2,370
3.02
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
278
0.35
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
411
0.52
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
49
0.06
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
430
0.55
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
300
0.38
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
917
1.17
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
18
0.02
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
252
0.32
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
1,681
2.14
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
1,370
1.74
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
306
0.39
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
156
0.20
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
229
0.29
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
1,299
1.65
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
788
1.00
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
68
0.09
36. Drownings
740
0.42
335
0.43
37. Fires
729
0.42
473
0.60
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
251
0.32
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
49
0.06
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
93
0.12
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
32
0.04
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
159
0.20
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
436
0.55
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
108
0.14
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
143
0.18
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
291
0.37
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
224
0.29
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
246
0.31
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
572
0.73
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
14
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Azerbaijan AZERBAIJAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
4.89
130
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
4.45
168
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
16.48
96
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
3.86
138
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
4.36
96
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
8.13
100
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
13.20
17
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
2.29
169
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
1.59
155
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.86
114
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
6.12
27
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
3.08
108
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
1.95
99
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
13.09
88
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
1.44
121
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
1.42
161
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.