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Ghana
COUNTRY #1
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GHANA VS SWITZERLAND

Compare Ghana and Switzerland 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.

Switzerland
COUNTRY #2
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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%
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Switzerland Population Pyramid
9,817,716
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   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
  Ghana GHANA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
       
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
  
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
  
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
  
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
  
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
  
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
  
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
  
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
81.8
85.1
1
7
Age
63.7
69.2
142
137
81.8
85.1
1
7
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
82.1
85.4
1
6
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
82.1
85.4
1
6
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
82.2
85.4
1
6
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
82.2
85.5
1
6
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
82.3
85.5
1
6
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
82.5
85.6
1
6
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
82.6
85.6
1
6
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
82.7
85.7
1
6
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
82.9
85.8
1
6
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
83.1
86.0
2
7
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
83.5
86.3
2
8
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
84.1
86.7
2
8
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
84.9
87.2
2
9
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
85.9
87.8
4
10
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
87.2
88.7
7
13
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
88.8
89.8
11
15
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
90.9
91.5
30
26
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
14.92
183
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
41.51
170
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
6.97
177
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
0.22
144
5. Malaria
48.00
12
0.00
169
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
4.37
174
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
0.10
177
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
4.37
167
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
1.71
180
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
0.71
151
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
4.61
174
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
12.25
158
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
1.28
182
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
15.31
99
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
15.52
110
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
23.78
19
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
8.02
143
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
4.35
117
19. Asthma
13.95
42
0.42
169
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
0.13
170
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
4.21
106
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
2.56
176
23. Suicide
10.54
64
9.83
72
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
1.58
154
25. Falls
8.85
34
7.39
65
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
0.48
153
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
0.29
126
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
4.58
84
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
3.56
145
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
3.24
102
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
0.05
168
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
9.81
78
33. Violence
6.73
72
0.45
179
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
3.30
145
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
5.46
65
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
3.24
133
37. Fires
3.31
41
0.15
180
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
1.84
54
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
2.84
88
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.99
108
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
2.67
84
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
7.68
28
43. Drownings
2.38
93
0.47
172
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
0.51
175
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
0.12
164
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
2.97
56
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
0.51
139
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
0.31
170
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
19.52
54
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
0.01
167
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ghana GHANA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
1,949
3.36
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
3,918
6.76
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
10,713
18.49
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
29
0.05
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
0
0.00
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
21
0.04
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
193
0.33
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
105
0.18
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
186
0.32
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
32
0.06
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
677
1.17
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
1,022
1.76
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
1,261
2.18
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
305
0.53
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
2,902
5.01
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
20
0.03
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
805
1.39
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
410
0.71
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
2,471
4.26
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
105
0.18
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
1,249
2.16
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
4
0.01
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
95
0.16
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
593
1.02
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
1,577
2.72
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
84
0.14
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
42
0.07
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
1,027
1.77
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
7,192
12.41
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
1,919
3.31
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
1,579
2.73
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
1,131
1.95
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
614
1.06
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
1,995
3.44
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
0
0.00
36. Drownings
740
0.42
49
0.08
37. Fires
729
0.42
21
0.04
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
457
0.79
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
176
0.30
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
13
0.02
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
2
0.00
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
500
0.86
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
857
1.48
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
1
0.00
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
671
1.16
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
1,486
2.56
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
159
0.27
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
122
0.21
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
491
0.85
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
129
0.22
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
1.28
182
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
15.31
99
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
15.52
110
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
4.35
117
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
4.58
84
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
9.81
78
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
3.30
145
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
5.46
65
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
2.84
88
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
1.99
108
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
2.67
84
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
7.68
28
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
2.97
56
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
19.52
54
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
2.39
55
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
3.37
106
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.