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Russia
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
RUSSIA VS GHANA

Compare Russia 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
Russia Population Pyramid
135,824,486
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Ghana GHANA
  Russia RUSSIA   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
63.1
73.4
68.1
60
27
42
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
61.4
73.0
67.0
85
47
67
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
63.8
74.3
68.9
98
55
79
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
58.7
72.0
65.0
132
98
119
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
62.4
74.6
68.4
134
97
115
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
68.2
78.0
73.2
118
74
96
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.2
78.0
118
74
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
68.2
78.0
118
74
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
68.6
78.4
138
84
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
68.7
78.5
140
84
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
68.7
78.5
143
84
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
68.9
78.6
145
84
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
69.3
78.8
144
84
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
69.7
78.9
144
83
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
70.4
79.2
144
81
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
71.3
79.7
144
79
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
72.4
80.2
137
76
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
73.7
80.7
132
73
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
75.1
81.4
130
73
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
76.8
82.2
121
70
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
79.0
83.2
109
70
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
81.5
84.4
91
70
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
84.2
86.0
79
71
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
87.3
88.0
64
72
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
90.8
90.5
36
76
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
204.50
27
119.93
79
2. Stroke
117.23
48
124.02
35
3. Inflammatory/Heart
26.37
5
11.13
23
4. Liver Disease
22.50
82
36.74
35
5. Lung Cancers
22.20
39
1.71
177
6. Suicide
21.60
11
10.54
64
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.55
16
6.86
121
8. Breast Cancer
16.34
98
19.09
60
9. Prostate Cancer
15.95
91
24.21
50
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.22
134
99.08
26
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.07
134
17.79
85
12. Alcohol
15.02
3
1.37
94
13. Lung Disease
13.54
148
26.48
69
14. HIV/AIDS
12.88
52
51.92
22
15. Other Injuries
12.19
43
10.75
58
16. Stomach Cancer
11.80
24
6.41
86
17. Road Traffic Accidents
11.23
119
31.33
46
18. Pancreas Cancer
8.15
20
2.52
128
19. Diabetes Mellitus
7.12
157
44.68
47
20. Violence
7.00
68
6.73
72
21. Hypertension
6.77
149
17.73
94
22. Cervical Cancer
6.54
111
24.53
27
23. Ovary Cancer
5.99
33
8.00
7
24. Falls
5.79
87
8.85
34
25. Drug Use
5.40
7
3.31
22
26. Oral Cancer
4.78
41
2.86
86
27. Kidney Disease
4.70
172
30.38
56
28. Tuberculosis
4.61
85
44.25
21
29. Liver Cancer
4.52
115
17.60
10
30. Uterin Cancer
4.45
25
2.86
68
31. Drownings
4.19
41
2.38
93
32. Lymphomas
3.91
124
5.70
55
33. Leukemia
3.74
85
1.38
163
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.67
74
2.19
103
35. Congenital Anomalies
3.54
146
7.03
51
36. Fires
3.25
43
3.31
41
37. Parkinson's Disease
3.18
137
4.48
70
38. Poisonings
3.11
15
2.15
42
39. Oesophagus Cancer
3.07
69
2.61
87
40. Bladder Cancer
2.41
73
1.91
102
41. Skin Cancers
2.35
58
1.57
114
42. Low Birth Weight
1.62
153
9.43
38
43. Skin Disease
1.23
104
1.87
77
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.19
102
1.73
80
45. Endocrine Disorders
1.08
172
6.88
37
46. Asthma
0.72
147
13.95
42
47. Encephalitis
0.61
59
1.69
8
48. Meningitis
0.56
109
13.70
21
49. Birth Trauma
0.56
148
8.81
36
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.44
39
0.59
30
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Russia RUSSIA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
562,711
34.17
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
327,199
19.87
15,163
8.67
3. Lung Cancers
54,361
3.30
237
0.14
4. Inflammatory/Heart
54,060
3.28
1,615
0.92
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
48,522
2.95
1,294
0.74
6. Liver Disease
45,463
2.76
6,053
3.46
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42,633
2.59
803
0.46
8. Suicide
36,625
2.22
1,993
1.14
9. Lung Disease
36,600
2.22
3,120
1.78
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
32,404
1.97
16,262
9.29
11. Stomach Cancer
29,386
1.78
870
0.50
12. Alcohol
27,984
1.70
244
0.14
13. Breast Cancer
23,242
1.41
1,937
1.11
14. Other Injuries
22,517
1.37
2,433
1.39
15. HIV/AIDS
21,262
1.29
13,565
7.75
16. Pancreas Cancer
20,282
1.23
334
0.19
17. Hypertension
18,348
1.11
2,231
1.28
18. Diabetes Mellitus
18,345
1.11
5,929
3.39
19. Road Traffic Accidents
17,507
1.06
7,808
4.46
20. Prostate Cancer
14,107
0.86
1,031
0.59
21. Falls
11,705
0.71
1,168
0.67
22. Kidney Disease
11,581
0.70
4,161
2.38
23. Violence
11,450
0.70
1,857
1.06
24. Liver Cancer
11,165
0.68
2,851
1.63
25. Oral Cancer
10,880
0.66
483
0.28
26. Parkinson's Disease
9,371
0.57
387
0.22
27. Drug Use
9,113
0.55
630
0.36
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8,938
0.54
321
0.18
29. Lymphomas
8,919
0.54
875
0.50
30. Tuberculosis
8,422
0.51
10,214
5.84
31. Leukemia
8,238
0.50
340
0.19
32. Ovary Cancer
8,123
0.49
698
0.40
33. Oesophagus Cancer
7,431
0.45
285
0.16
34. Cervical Cancer
7,423
0.45
2,161
1.24
35. Uterin Cancer
6,867
0.42
219
0.13
36. Drownings
6,629
0.40
740
0.42
37. Fires
6,387
0.39
729
0.42
38. Bladder Cancer
6,307
0.38
245
0.14
39. Skin Cancers
5,612
0.34
214
0.12
40. Poisonings
5,565
0.34
522
0.30
41. Congenital Anomalies
4,201
0.26
3,935
2.25
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,770
0.17
256
0.15
43. Skin Disease
2,735
0.17
264
0.15
44. Low Birth Weight
2,153
0.13
6,662
3.81
45. Endocrine Disorders
2,004
0.12
1,965
1.12
46. Asthma
1,764
0.11
1,979
1.13
47. Encephalitis
1,076
0.07
357
0.20
48. Meningitis
1,037
0.06
2,983
1.70
49. Multiple Sclerosis
827
0.05
113
0.06
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
750
0.05
16
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Russia RUSSIA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.20
39
1.71
177
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.55
16
6.86
121
3. Breast Cancer
16.34
98
19.09
60
4. Prostate Cancer
15.95
91
24.21
50
5. Stomach Cancer
11.80
24
6.41
86
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.15
20
2.52
128
7. Cervical Cancer
6.54
111
24.53
27
8. Ovary Cancer
5.99
33
8.00
7
9. Oral Cancer
4.78
41
2.86
86
10. Liver Cancer
4.52
115
17.60
10
11. Uterin Cancer
4.45
25
2.86
68
12. Lymphomas
3.91
124
5.70
55
13. Leukemia
3.74
85
1.38
163
14. Oesophagus Cancer
3.07
69
2.61
87
15. Bladder Cancer
2.41
73
1.91
102
16. Skin Cancers
2.35
58
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.