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Suriname
COUNTRY #1
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SURINAME VS GHANA

Compare Suriname 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
Suriname Population Pyramid
680,234
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
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Suriname SURINAME   Ghana GHANA
  Suriname SURINAME   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
58.0
61.7
59.8
64
63
63
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
61.2
65.7
63.4
66
66
65
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
64.0
69.0
66.4
71
73
74
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
65.9
71.0
68.4
79
85
84
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
64.2
70.8
67.4
109
105
107
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
67.1
73.6
70.3
105
104
104
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
68.5
74.6
71.5
117
107
113
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Suriname SURINAME   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.5
74.6
117
107
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
68.5
74.6
117
107
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
69.9
75.8
124
110
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
70.0
75.9
124
111
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
70.1
76.0
128
110
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
70.3
76.2
129
110
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
70.6
76.3
130
110
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
71.2
76.6
128
109
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
71.7
77.1
125
106
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
72.2
77.5
128
106
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
72.8
77.9
129
105
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
73.6
78.6
134
101
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
74.6
79.2
141
102
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
76.4
80.5
137
101
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
78.2
81.7
138
100
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
80.3
83.0
141
102
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
82.6
85.0
161
100
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
85.5
87.1
165
115
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.1
89.8
161
147
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Suriname SURINAME   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
123.28
75
119.93
79
2. Stroke
117.53
47
124.02
35
3. Diabetes Mellitus
53.75
34
44.68
47
4. Kidney Disease
52.54
9
30.38
56
5. Prostate Cancer
39.62
15
24.21
50
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
32.82
81
99.08
26
7. Suicide
25.89
6
10.54
64
8. Hypertension
25.66
56
17.73
94
9. Liver Disease
24.32
79
36.74
35
10. HIV/AIDS
23.57
41
51.92
22
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.53
21
17.79
85
12. Lung Cancers
18.83
60
1.71
177
13. Breast Cancer
18.46
72
19.09
60
14. Lung Disease
18.00
115
26.48
69
15. Cervical Cancer
16.24
50
24.53
27
16. Road Traffic Accidents
15.53
92
31.33
46
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.75
35
6.86
121
18. Other Injuries
13.07
35
10.75
58
19. Skin Disease
10.27
2
1.87
77
20. Liver Cancer
8.43
44
17.60
10
21. Inflammatory/Heart
6.86
52
11.13
23
22. Endocrine Disorders
6.72
43
6.88
37
23. Falls
6.60
76
8.85
34
24. Low Birth Weight
6.28
74
9.43
38
25. Diarrhoeal diseases
5.98
77
30.48
50
26. Violence
5.85
82
6.73
72
27. Congenital Anomalies
5.78
93
7.03
51
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.52
34
4.48
70
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.41
54
2.19
103
30. Pancreas Cancer
4.88
66
2.52
128
31. Drownings
4.80
29
2.38
93
32. Stomach Cancer
4.64
121
6.41
86
33. Ovary Cancer
4.45
92
8.00
7
34. Lymphomas
4.23
110
5.70
55
35. Birth Trauma
3.68
76
8.81
36
36. Leukemia
3.60
91
1.38
163
37. Epilepsy
3.21
25
1.45
103
38. Tuberculosis
2.93
96
44.25
21
39. Asthma
2.86
101
13.95
42
40. Alcohol
2.81
41
1.37
94
41. Oral Cancer
2.80
90
2.86
86
42. Malnutrition
2.50
80
8.62
36
43. Maternal Conditions
2.46
64
6.87
40
44. Fires
2.29
68
3.31
41
45. Uterin Cancer
1.81
120
2.86
68
46. Drug Use
1.30
86
3.31
22
47. Dengue
1.18
7
0.00
90
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.15
108
1.73
80
49. Bladder Cancer
1.06
154
1.91
102
50. Meningitis
0.92
84
13.70
21
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Suriname SURINAME   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
650
16.05
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
615
15.19
15,163
8.67
3. Diabetes Mellitus
286
7.06
5,929
3.39
4. Kidney Disease
281
6.94
4,161
2.38
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
171
4.22
16,262
9.29
6. Suicide
148
3.65
1,993
1.14
7. HIV/AIDS
138
3.41
13,565
7.75
8. Hypertension
134
3.31
2,231
1.28
9. Liver Disease
134
3.31
6,053
3.46
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
117
2.89
1,294
0.74
11. Lung Cancers
102
2.52
237
0.14
12. Lung Disease
93
2.30
3,120
1.78
13. Road Traffic Accidents
89
2.20
7,808
4.46
14. Prostate Cancer
78
1.93
1,031
0.59
15. Other Injuries
73
1.80
2,433
1.39
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
72
1.78
803
0.46
17. Breast Cancer
55
1.36
1,937
1.11
18. Skin Disease
53
1.31
264
0.15
19. Low Birth Weight
51
1.26
6,662
3.81
20. Cervical Cancer
48
1.19
2,161
1.24
21. Liver Cancer
45
1.11
2,851
1.63
22. Congenital Anomalies
40
0.99
3,935
2.25
23. Endocrine Disorders
37
0.91
1,965
1.12
24. Inflammatory/Heart
37
0.91
1,615
0.92
25. Falls
34
0.84
1,168
0.67
26. Violence
34
0.84
1,857
1.06
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
31
0.77
6,538
3.74
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
29
0.72
321
0.18
29. Birth Trauma
28
0.69
6,194
3.54
30. Parkinson's Disease
28
0.69
387
0.22
31. Drownings
28
0.69
740
0.42
32. Pancreas Cancer
26
0.64
334
0.19
33. Stomach Cancer
25
0.62
870
0.50
34. Lymphomas
23
0.57
875
0.50
35. Leukemia
20
0.49
340
0.19
36. Epilepsy
18
0.44
329
0.19
37. Tuberculosis
17
0.42
10,214
5.84
38. Oral Cancer
16
0.40
483
0.28
39. Alcohol
16
0.40
244
0.14
40. Asthma
16
0.40
1,979
1.13
41. Maternal Conditions
14
0.35
1,991
1.14
42. Ovary Cancer
14
0.35
698
0.40
43. Malnutrition
13
0.32
1,868
1.07
44. Fires
13
0.32
729
0.42
45. Dengue
7
0.17
0
0.00
46. Drug Use
7
0.17
630
0.36
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6
0.15
256
0.15
48. Meningitis
5
0.12
2,983
1.70
49. Uterin Cancer
5
0.12
219
0.13
50. Bladder Cancer
5
0.12
245
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Suriname SURINAME   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
39.62
15
24.21
50
2. Lung Cancers
18.83
60
1.71
177
3. Breast Cancer
18.46
72
19.09
60
4. Cervical Cancer
16.24
50
24.53
27
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.75
35
6.86
121
6. Liver Cancer
8.43
44
17.60
10
7. Pancreas Cancer
4.88
66
2.52
128
8. Stomach Cancer
4.64
121
6.41
86
9. Ovary Cancer
4.45
92
8.00
7
10. Lymphomas
4.23
110
5.70
55
11. Leukemia
3.60
91
1.38
163
12. Oral Cancer
2.80
90
2.86
86
13. Uterin Cancer
1.81
120
2.86
68
14. Bladder Cancer
1.06
154
1.91
102
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.42
179
2.61
87
16. Skin Cancers
0.19
175
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.