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Philippines
COUNTRY #1
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PHILIPPINES VS GHANA

Compare Philippines 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
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Philippines Population Pyramid
144,488,171
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   Ghana GHANA
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
51.6
55.3
53.4
85
83
85
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
55.7
59.2
57.4
88
90
89
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
59.4
63.3
61.3
95
97
96
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
63.6
67.8
65.6
102
107
106
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
63.9
69.9
66.8
110
113
111
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
64.8
71.2
67.9
118
116
121
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
67.4
73.6
70.4
124
113
119
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
67.4
73.6
124
113
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
67.4
73.6
124
113
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
69.6
75.5
125
113
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
69.8
75.7
131
113
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
69.9
75.8
131
113
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
70.1
75.9
132
113
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
70.4
76.1
133
113
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
70.8
76.3
133
112
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
71.3
76.6
133
111
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
71.9
76.9
133
110
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
72.6
77.4
134
110
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
73.4
78.0
139
110
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
74.6
78.7
140
109
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
75.8
79.6
147
109
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
77.6
80.7
155
112
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
79.9
82.2
160
120
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
82.3
83.7
169
158
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
84.8
85.4
182
179
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
86.8
87.4
183
182
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
192.11
32
119.93
79
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
146.92
6
99.08
26
3. Stroke
104.08
66
124.02
35
4. Kidney Disease
51.96
10
30.38
56
5. Lung Disease
51.31
14
26.48
69
6. Hypertension
49.65
16
17.73
94
7. Diabetes Mellitus
44.43
49
44.68
47
8. Tuberculosis
26.98
40
44.25
21
9. Breast Cancer
21.58
42
19.09
60
10. Prostate Cancer
17.74
76
24.21
50
11. Asthma
15.56
36
13.95
42
12. Endocrine Disorders
15.28
8
6.88
37
13. Violence
14.87
28
6.73
72
14. Lung Cancers
13.46
85
1.71
177
15. Road Traffic Accidents
13.42
109
31.33
46
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.50
69
6.86
121
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.95
12
2.19
103
18. Liver Cancer
9.73
30
17.60
10
19. Liver Disease
8.65
135
36.74
35
20. Skin Disease
6.88
10
1.87
77
21. Cervical Cancer
6.78
110
24.53
27
22. Other Neoplasms
6.71
5
0.41
98
23. Malnutrition
6.71
42
8.62
36
24. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.44
75
30.48
50
25. Low Birth Weight
6.40
72
9.43
38
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.74
95
7.03
51
27. Falls
5.41
95
8.85
34
28. Birth Trauma
5.07
65
8.81
36
29. Anemia
4.91
2
0.00
105
30. Ovary Cancer
4.41
93
8.00
7
31. Inflammatory/Heart
4.37
96
11.13
23
32. Leukemia
3.83
80
1.38
163
33. Other Injuries
3.79
156
10.75
58
34. Drownings
3.74
53
2.38
93
35. Oral Cancer
3.74
62
2.86
86
36. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.10
172
17.79
85
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.81
120
2.52
128
38. Lymphomas
2.77
155
5.70
55
39. Suicide
2.54
173
10.54
64
40. Stomach Cancer
2.47
171
6.41
86
41. Maternal Conditions
1.87
72
6.87
40
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.81
75
1.73
80
43. Uterin Cancer
1.71
128
2.86
68
44. Pertussis
1.52
53
1.62
51
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.22
5
0.00
104
46. Epilepsy
1.10
129
1.45
103
47. Osteoarthritis
0.99
2
0.00
100
48. Meningitis
0.97
81
13.70
21
49. Syphilis
0.93
39
0.88
41
50. Dengue
0.93
8
0.00
90
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
129,955
19.27
14,103
8.06
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
93,807
13.91
16,262
9.29
3. Stroke
74,167
11.00
15,163
8.67
4. Kidney Disease
39,380
5.84
4,161
2.38
5. Hypertension
34,500
5.12
2,231
1.28
6. Lung Disease
32,559
4.83
3,120
1.78
7. Diabetes Mellitus
32,260
4.78
5,929
3.39
8. Tuberculosis
27,061
4.01
10,214
5.84
9. Violence
14,835
2.20
1,857
1.06
10. Road Traffic Accidents
13,017
1.93
7,808
4.46
11. Asthma
11,404
1.69
1,979
1.13
12. Endocrine Disorders
10,464
1.55
1,965
1.12
13. Lung Cancers
10,296
1.53
237
0.14
14. Low Birth Weight
10,141
1.50
6,662
3.81
15. Breast Cancer
9,802
1.45
1,937
1.11
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8,063
1.20
803
0.46
17. Congenital Anomalies
8,051
1.19
3,935
2.25
18. Birth Trauma
7,960
1.18
6,194
3.54
19. Liver Cancer
7,663
1.14
2,851
1.63
20. Liver Disease
7,076
1.05
6,053
3.46
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6,865
1.02
321
0.18
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,189
0.92
6,538
3.74
23. Other Neoplasms
5,146
0.76
48
0.03
24. Malnutrition
4,311
0.64
1,868
1.07
25. Skin Disease
4,229
0.63
264
0.15
26. Prostate Cancer
4,149
0.62
1,031
0.59
27. Drownings
3,881
0.58
740
0.42
28. Falls
3,861
0.57
1,168
0.67
29. Leukemia
3,596
0.53
340
0.19
30. Inflammatory/Heart
3,545
0.53
1,615
0.92
31. Other Injuries
3,536
0.52
2,433
1.39
32. Anemia
3,435
0.51
0
0.00
33. Cervical Cancer
3,076
0.46
2,161
1.24
34. Oral Cancer
2,916
0.43
483
0.28
35. Suicide
2,325
0.34
1,993
1.14
36. Lymphomas
2,279
0.34
875
0.50
37. Pancreas Cancer
2,121
0.31
334
0.19
38. Maternal Conditions
2,042
0.30
1,991
1.14
39. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,010
0.30
1,294
0.74
40. Ovary Cancer
1,994
0.30
698
0.40
41. Stomach Cancer
1,868
0.28
870
0.50
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,807
0.27
256
0.15
43. Pertussis
1,760
0.26
744
0.43
44. Syphilis
1,157
0.17
483
0.28
45. Epilepsy
1,120
0.17
329
0.19
46. Dengue
1,060
0.16
0
0.00
47. Meningitis
1,041
0.15
2,983
1.70
48. Measles
894
0.13
135
0.08
49. War
817
0.12
29
0.02
50. Uterin Cancer
761
0.11
219
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
21.58
42
19.09
60
2. Prostate Cancer
17.74
76
24.21
50
3. Lung Cancers
13.46
85
1.71
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.50
69
6.86
121
5. Liver Cancer
9.73
30
17.60
10
6. Cervical Cancer
6.78
110
24.53
27
7. Ovary Cancer
4.41
93
8.00
7
8. Leukemia
3.83
80
1.38
163
9. Oral Cancer
3.74
62
2.86
86
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.81
120
2.52
128
11. Lymphomas
2.77
155
5.70
55
12. Stomach Cancer
2.47
171
6.41
86
13. Uterin Cancer
1.71
128
2.86
68
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
166
2.61
87
15. Bladder Cancer
0.82
164
1.91
102
16. Skin Cancers
0.52
161
1.57
114
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.