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Greece
COUNTRY #1
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GREECE VS GHANA

Compare Greece 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
Greece Population Pyramid
9,029,254
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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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Ghana GHANA
  Greece GREECE   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
83.6
27
23
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
78.6
83.6
27
23
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
79.0
83.9
30
25
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
79.0
83.9
30
25
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
79.0
83.9
30
25
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
79.1
84.0
30
26
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
79.3
84.0
30
26
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
79.4
84.1
31
26
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
79.6
84.2
32
26
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
79.8
84.3
32
27
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
80.1
84.4
33
27
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
80.5
84.7
32
27
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
81.1
85.0
33
27
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
82.1
85.5
33
28
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
83.4
86.1
31
27
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
84.8
86.8
25
29
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
86.7
87.9
18
32
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
88.7
89.1
14
41
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
91.2
90.9
14
59
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63.02
148
119.93
79
2. Stroke
35.72
144
124.02
35
3. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
1.71
177
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.43
121
99.08
26
5. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
19.09
60
6. Lung Disease
13.43
149
26.48
69
7. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
24.21
50
8. Kidney Disease
12.11
134
30.38
56
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
6.86
121
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.74
156
17.79
85
11. Hypertension
7.48
146
17.73
94
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
2.52
128
13. Road Traffic Accidents
6.68
140
31.33
46
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.56
16
4.48
70
15. Other Injuries
6.19
117
10.75
58
16. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
6.41
86
17. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
17.60
10
18. Leukemia
5.01
18
1.38
163
19. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
1.91
102
20. Lymphomas
4.87
84
5.70
55
21. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
8.00
7
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.49
173
44.68
47
23. Liver Disease
3.87
173
36.74
35
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.67
117
11.13
23
25. Suicide
3.63
156
10.54
64
26. Falls
3.05
146
8.85
34
27. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
2.86
68
28. Endocrine Disorders
2.60
127
6.88
37
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.37
171
7.03
51
30. Low Birth Weight
2.25
143
9.43
38
31. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
24.53
27
32. Drownings
2.08
114
2.38
93
33. Drug Use
1.95
47
3.31
22
34. Other Neoplasms
1.91
54
0.41
98
35. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
2.86
86
36. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
1.57
114
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.60
129
2.19
103
38. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
2.61
87
39. Epilepsy
0.99
136
1.45
103
40. Violence
0.86
160
6.73
72
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.74
20
0.59
30
42. Fires
0.54
137
3.31
41
43. HIV/AIDS
0.38
129
51.92
22
44. Alcohol
0.33
158
1.37
94
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.29
171
1.73
80
46. Birth Trauma
0.28
174
8.81
36
47. Tuberculosis
0.25
154
44.25
21
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.25
108
0.17
138
49. Hepatitis B
0.24
91
0.55
64
50. Meningitis
0.21
155
13.70
21
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Greece GREECE   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,124
20.92
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
14,077
13.94
15,163
8.67
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
8,282
8.20
16,262
9.29
4. Lung Cancers
7,355
7.28
237
0.14
5. Lung Disease
5,526
5.47
3,120
1.78
6. Kidney Disease
4,759
4.71
4,161
2.38
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,940
3.90
1,294
0.74
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,264
3.23
803
0.46
9. Hypertension
2,922
2.89
2,231
1.28
10. Parkinson's Disease
2,646
2.62
387
0.22
11. Breast Cancer
2,520
2.50
1,937
1.11
12. Prostate Cancer
2,023
2.00
1,031
0.59
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,904
1.89
334
0.19
14. Liver Cancer
1,566
1.55
2,851
1.63
15. Bladder Cancer
1,551
1.54
245
0.14
16. Stomach Cancer
1,535
1.52
870
0.50
17. Other Injuries
1,453
1.44
2,433
1.39
18. Leukemia
1,354
1.34
340
0.19
19. Lymphomas
1,268
1.26
875
0.50
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,266
1.25
5,929
3.39
21. Falls
1,245
1.23
1,168
0.67
22. Road Traffic Accidents
870
0.86
7,808
4.46
23. Liver Disease
809
0.80
6,053
3.46
24. Inflammatory/Heart
725
0.72
1,615
0.92
25. Other Neoplasms
679
0.67
48
0.03
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
611
0.61
321
0.18
27. Ovary Cancer
557
0.55
698
0.40
28. Suicide
533
0.53
1,993
1.14
29. Endocrine Disorders
526
0.52
1,965
1.12
30. Oral Cancer
440
0.44
483
0.28
31. Skin Cancers
438
0.43
214
0.12
32. Drownings
435
0.43
740
0.42
33. Uterin Cancer
373
0.37
219
0.13
34. Epilepsy
249
0.25
329
0.19
35. Oesophagus Cancer
246
0.24
285
0.16
36. Cervical Cancer
243
0.24
2,161
1.24
37. Drug Use
193
0.19
630
0.36
38. Congenital Anomalies
174
0.17
3,935
2.25
39. Fires
146
0.14
729
0.42
40. Multiple Sclerosis
135
0.13
113
0.06
41. Low Birth Weight
127
0.13
6,662
3.81
42. Violence
104
0.10
1,857
1.06
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
100
0.10
256
0.15
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
95
0.09
6,538
3.74
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
67
0.07
16
0.01
46. Tuberculosis
66
0.07
10,214
5.84
47. Skin Disease
56
0.06
264
0.15
48. Hepatitis B
56
0.06
101
0.06
49. Alcohol
50
0.05
244
0.14
50. Anemia
47
0.05
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Greece GREECE   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
30.95
12
1.71
177
2. Breast Cancer
18.29
75
19.09
60
3. Prostate Cancer
12.42
122
24.21
50
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.20
59
6.86
121
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.43
32
2.52
128
6. Stomach Cancer
5.85
95
6.41
86
7. Liver Cancer
5.75
83
17.60
10
8. Bladder Cancer
5.01
9
1.91
102
9. Leukemia
5.01
18
1.38
163
10. Lymphomas
4.87
84
5.70
55
11. Ovary Cancer
4.63
80
8.00
7
12. Uterin Cancer
2.71
72
2.86
68
13. Cervical Cancer
2.16
164
24.53
27
14. Oral Cancer
1.84
143
2.86
86
15. Skin Cancers
1.61
110
1.57
114
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.06
153
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.