WORLD HEALTH REVIEW PERU VS GHANA

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Compare Peru 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.

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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

Peru Population Pyramid

40,373,987

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Ghana Population Pyramid

52,016,123

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	PERU				GHANA
	PERU						GHANA
				World Rank						World Rank
	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
1960	46.7	49.3	48.0	102	101	101	44.4	47.3	45.8	118	114	117
1970	52.4	55.6	53.9	103	102	103	47.8	50.7	49.2	124	124	125
1980	58.3	62.4	60.3	102	103	103	51.6	54.5	53.0	132	134	133
1990	63.5	68.2	65.8	104	104	105	55.7	58.1	56.9	138	142	141
2000	68.9	73.9	71.4	70	79	75	55.9	58.6	57.2	144	146	147
2010	71.2	76.3	73.7	71	79	73	59.6	62.2	60.9	147	149	150
2019	78.5	81.3	79.9	31	39	32	63.7	69.2	66.3	142	137	139

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	PERU				GHANA
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	78.5	81.3	31	39	63.7	69.2	142	137
Age	78.5	81.3	31	39	63.7	69.2	142	137
Age 5	79.5	82.3	25	35	67.0	72.1	150	138
Age 10	79.6	82.4	24	35	67.4	72.5	150	140
Age 15	79.7	82.5	24	35	67.7	72.7	152	140
Age 20	79.9	82.6	24	35	68.1	73.0	151	140
Age 25	80.3	82.8	22	35	68.6	73.3	151	139
Age 30	80.6	82.9	20	35	69.1	73.7	150	140
Age 35	81.0	83.1	19	35	69.7	74.3	150	140
Age 40	81.4	83.3	18	35	70.4	75.0	150	139
Age 45	81.8	83.6	13	35	71.4	75.8	152	138
Age 50	82.3	84.0	13	35	72.5	76.7	153	140
Age 55	82.9	84.4	9	34	74.0	77.7	154	138
Age 60	83.7	85.1	8	33	75.7	78.9	153	133
Age 65	84.6	85.8	8	34	77.7	80.4	151	128
Age 70	85.8	86.9	6	28	80.1	82.2	151	124
Age 75	87.3	88.2	3	23	82.9	84.4	147	121
Age 80	89.3	89.8	1	17	86.0	87.0	142	118
Age 85	91.5	91.8	7	18	89.4	90.2	134	113

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		PERU		GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Influenza and Pneumonia	44.20	64	99.08	26
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	39.96	173	119.93	79
3.	Stroke	22.60	162	124.02	35
4.	Kidney Disease	21.30	102	30.38	56
5.	Prostate Cancer	20.46	62	24.21	50
6.	Liver Disease	19.25	91	36.74	35
7.	Alzheimers & Dementia	16.23	123	17.79	85
8.	Stomach Cancer	15.13	10	6.41	86
9.	Road Traffic Accidents	13.36	110	31.33	46
10.	Diabetes Mellitus	13.28	133	44.68	47
11.	Breast Cancer	11.56	146	19.09	60
12.	Cervical Cancer	11.29	74	24.53	27
13.	Lung Cancers	9.48	108	1.71	177
14.	Violence	9.14	57	6.73	72
15.	Other Injuries	8.67	80	10.75	58
16.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	7.86	105	6.86	121
17.	Liver Cancer	7.43	54	17.60	10
18.	Lung Disease	7.23	178	26.48	69
19.	Tuberculosis	7.14	75	44.25	21
20.	Lymphomas	6.79	23	5.70	55
21.	Leukemia	5.62	12	1.38	163
22.	Congenital Anomalies	5.17	109	7.03	51
23.	Pancreas Cancer	4.82	69	2.52	128
24.	Ovary Cancer	4.19	100	8.00	7
25.	Falls	3.81	132	8.85	34
26.	Parkinson's Disease	3.64	120	4.48	70
27.	Diarrhoeal diseases	3.31	89	30.48	50
28.	Low Birth Weight	3.18	120	9.43	38
29.	Hypertension	3.06	165	17.73	94
30.	Malnutrition	2.94	70	8.62	36
31.	Suicide	2.73	166	10.54	64
32.	HIV/AIDS	2.59	98	51.92	22
33.	Skin Cancers	2.31	60	1.57	114
34.	Drug Use	1.92	48	3.31	22
35.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	1.79	123	2.19	103
36.	Drownings	1.78	122	2.38	93
37.	Uterin Cancer	1.76	124	2.86	68
38.	Oral Cancer	1.55	157	2.86	86
39.	Inflammatory/Heart	1.46	175	11.13	23
40.	Endocrine Disorders	1.41	164	6.88	37
41.	Bladder Cancer	1.35	139	1.91	102
42.	Birth Trauma	1.18	115	8.81	36
43.	Oesophagus Cancer	1.17	146	2.61	87
44.	Maternal Conditions	1.04	82	6.87	40
45.	Alcohol	0.98	119	1.37	94
46.	Encephalitis	0.85	34	1.69	8
47.	Pertussis	0.81	70	1.62	51
48.	Epilepsy	0.79	157	1.45	103
49.	Fires	0.72	125	3.31	41
50.	Asthma	0.62	153	13.95	42

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		PERU		GHANA
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Influenza and Pneumonia	15,326	12.49	16,262	9.29
2.	Coronary Heart Disease	13,769	11.22	14,103	8.06
3.	Stroke	7,722	6.29	15,163	8.67
4.	Kidney Disease	7,234	5.90	4,161	2.38
5.	Liver Disease	6,375	5.20	6,053	3.46
6.	Alzheimers & Dementia	5,811	4.74	1,294	0.74
7.	Stomach Cancer	5,072	4.13	870	0.50
8.	Diabetes Mellitus	4,437	3.62	5,929	3.39
9.	Road Traffic Accidents	4,414	3.60	7,808	4.46
10.	Lung Cancers	3,169	2.58	237	0.14
11.	Prostate Cancer	3,167	2.58	1,031	0.59
12.	Violence	3,013	2.46	1,857	1.06
13.	Other Injuries	2,876	2.34	2,433	1.39
14.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	2,642	2.15	803	0.46
15.	Lung Disease	2,519	2.05	3,120	1.78
16.	Liver Cancer	2,476	2.02	2,851	1.63
17.	Tuberculosis	2,377	1.94	10,214	5.84
18.	Lymphomas	2,254	1.84	875	0.50
19.	Congenital Anomalies	1,997	1.63	3,935	2.25
20.	Breast Cancer	1,969	1.60	1,937	1.11
21.	Cervical Cancer	1,924	1.57	2,161	1.24
22.	Leukemia	1,850	1.51	340	0.19
23.	Pancreas Cancer	1,607	1.31	334	0.19
24.	Low Birth Weight	1,475	1.20	6,662	3.81
25.	Falls	1,285	1.05	1,168	0.67
26.	Parkinson's Disease	1,270	1.04	387	0.22
27.	Diarrhoeal diseases	1,108	0.90	6,538	3.74
28.	Hypertension	1,061	0.86	2,231	1.28
29.	Malnutrition	1,006	0.82	1,868	1.07
30.	Suicide	903	0.74	1,993	1.14
31.	HIV/AIDS	849	0.69	13,565	7.75
32.	Skin Cancers	786	0.64	214	0.12
33.	Ovary Cancer	713	0.58	698	0.40
34.	Drug Use	635	0.52	630	0.36
35.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	609	0.50	321	0.18
36.	Drownings	584	0.48	740	0.42
37.	Birth Trauma	537	0.44	6,194	3.54
38.	Oral Cancer	519	0.42	483	0.28
39.	Inflammatory/Heart	494	0.40	1,615	0.92
40.	Endocrine Disorders	474	0.39	1,965	1.12
41.	Bladder Cancer	463	0.38	245	0.14
42.	Oesophagus Cancer	394	0.32	285	0.16
43.	Maternal Conditions	345	0.28	1,991	1.14
44.	Alcohol	321	0.26	244	0.14
45.	Uterin Cancer	304	0.25	219	0.13
46.	Encephalitis	281	0.23	357	0.20
47.	Epilepsy	262	0.21	329	0.19
48.	Pertussis	260	0.21	744	0.43
49.	Fires	239	0.19	729	0.42
50.	Asthma	208	0.17	1,979	1.13

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		PERU		GHANA
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Prostate Cancer	20.46	62	24.21	50
2.	Stomach Cancer	15.13	10	6.41	86
3.	Breast Cancer	11.56	146	19.09	60
4.	Cervical Cancer	11.29	74	24.53	27
5.	Lung Cancers	9.48	108	1.71	177
6.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	7.86	105	6.86	121
7.	Liver Cancer	7.43	54	17.60	10
8.	Lymphomas	6.79	23	5.70	55
9.	Leukemia	5.62	12	1.38	163
10.	Pancreas Cancer	4.82	69	2.52	128
11.	Ovary Cancer	4.19	100	8.00	7
12.	Skin Cancers	2.31	60	1.57	114
13.	Uterin Cancer	1.76	124	2.86	68
14.	Oral Cancer	1.55	157	2.86	86
15.	Bladder Cancer	1.35	139	1.91	102
16.	Oesophagus Cancer	1.17	146	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.