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Iceland
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
ICELAND VS GHANA

Compare Iceland 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
Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Ghana GHANA
  Iceland ICELAND   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
119.93
79
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
17.79
85
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
1.71
177
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
24.21
50
5. Stroke
18.39
176
124.02
35
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
19.09
60
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
26.48
69
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
6.86
121
9. Suicide
11.15
59
10.54
64
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
99.08
26
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
10.75
58
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.52
128
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
4.48
70
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
5.70
55
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
8.00
7
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
3.31
22
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
44.68
47
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
30.38
56
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
17.60
10
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
2.61
87
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
11.13
23
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
24.53
27
23. Falls
3.23
143
8.85
34
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
1.37
94
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
6.41
86
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.91
102
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
1.38
163
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
17.73
94
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
6.88
37
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
2.86
68
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.57
114
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
7.03
51
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
31.33
46
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
36.74
35
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.86
86
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.41
98
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
1.45
103
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
9.43
38
39. Violence
1.08
149
6.73
72
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
8.81
36
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
2.15
42
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.17
138
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.59
30
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
2.19
103
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
105
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
1.87
77
47. Drownings
0.36
179
2.38
93
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
102
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
13.70
21
50. Asthma
0.26
178
13.95
42
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
14,103
8.06
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
1,294
0.74
3. Stroke
141
7.03
15,163
8.67
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
237
0.14
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
3,120
1.78
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
16,262
9.29
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
803
0.46
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
1,031
0.59
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
1,937
1.11
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
387
0.22
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
2,433
1.39
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
334
0.19
13. Suicide
40
2.00
1,993
1.14
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
875
0.50
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
4,161
2.38
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
5,929
3.39
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
2,231
1.28
18. Falls
24
1.20
1,168
0.67
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
285
0.16
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
2,851
1.63
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
245
0.14
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
340
0.19
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
870
0.50
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
630
0.36
25. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
1,615
0.92
26. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
698
0.40
27. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
1,965
1.12
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
244
0.14
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
214
0.12
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
48
0.03
31. Liver Disease
9
0.45
6,053
3.46
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
2,161
1.24
33. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
483
0.28
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
219
0.13
35. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
7,808
4.46
36. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
3,935
2.25
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
329
0.19
38. Violence
4
0.20
1,857
1.06
39. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
16
0.01
41. Skin Disease
3
0.15
264
0.15
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
321
0.18
43. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
113
0.06
44. Poisonings
3
0.15
522
0.30
45. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
6,662
3.81
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
6,194
3.54
47. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
48. Asthma
2
0.10
1,979
1.13
49. Hepatitis C
1
0.05
28
0.02
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
6,538
3.74
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
1.71
177
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
24.21
50
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
19.09
60
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
6.86
121
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
2.52
128
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
5.70
55
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
8.00
7
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
17.60
10
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
2.61
87
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
24.53
27
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
6.41
86
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.91
102
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
1.38
163
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
2.86
68
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
1.57
114
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
2.86
86
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.