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Thailand
COUNTRY #1
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THAILAND VS GHANA

Compare Thailand 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
Thailand Population Pyramid
65,940,494
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
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Thailand THAILAND   Ghana GHANA
  Thailand THAILAND   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.4
57.0
55.1
77
78
77
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
57.4
62.1
59.7
84
84
83
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
60.9
67.1
63.9
89
82
85
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
63.6
70.6
67.0
101
88
96
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
67.8
74.6
71.1
83
72
79
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
70.9
77.1
73.9
74
68
70
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
74.4
81.0
77.7
56
40
47
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Thailand THAILAND   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.4
81.0
56
40
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
74.4
81.0
56
40
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
75.1
81.7
57
40
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
75.2
81.8
57
40
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
75.4
82.0
56
39
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
75.8
82.1
53
38
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
76.3
82.2
50
38
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
76.9
82.4
46
38
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
77.6
82.7
44
36
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
78.4
83.0
42
36
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
79.2
83.3
41
36
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
80.1
83.7
39
36
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
81.0
84.2
34
37
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
82.1
84.8
32
37
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
83.4
85.7
30
36
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
84.9
86.7
24
33
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
86.8
88.1
13
27
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
89.1
89.8
7
14
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
91.6
92.0
6
14
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Thailand THAILAND   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
46.81
134
124.02
35
2. Coronary Heart Disease
46.80
165
119.93
79
3. Road Traffic Accidents
30.48
47
31.33
46
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.71
85
99.08
26
5. Kidney Disease
25.13
74
30.38
56
6. Liver Cancer
23.18
8
17.60
10
7. Lung Cancers
21.30
47
1.71
177
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.33
61
17.79
85
9. Liver Disease
17.93
96
36.74
35
10. Diabetes Mellitus
17.78
112
44.68
47
11. Lung Disease
17.59
122
26.48
69
12. HIV/AIDS
17.53
46
51.92
22
13. Breast Cancer
11.63
144
19.09
60
14. Tuberculosis
9.62
67
44.25
21
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.60
81
6.86
121
16. Cervical Cancer
9.60
86
24.53
27
17. Suicide
7.95
100
10.54
64
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.97
72
30.48
50
19. Prostate Cancer
6.50
150
24.21
50
20. Other Injuries
5.93
119
10.75
58
21. Falls
5.66
91
8.85
34
22. Drownings
5.49
22
2.38
93
23. Oral Cancer
4.94
38
2.86
86
24. Lymphomas
4.61
94
5.70
55
25. Leukemia
4.55
40
1.38
163
26. Congenital Anomalies
4.31
129
7.03
51
27. Violence
4.23
97
6.73
72
28. Asthma
3.93
96
13.95
42
29. Ovary Cancer
3.83
116
8.00
7
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.82
108
4.48
70
31. Stomach Cancer
3.41
141
6.41
86
32. Skin Disease
3.15
25
1.87
77
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.06
70
2.61
87
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
137
11.13
23
35. Low Birth Weight
2.91
127
9.43
38
36. Pancreas Cancer
2.30
135
2.52
128
37. Endocrine Disorders
2.02
150
6.88
37
38. Hypertension
1.97
177
17.73
94
39. Bladder Cancer
1.70
114
1.91
102
40. Uterin Cancer
1.54
135
2.86
68
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.54
132
2.19
103
42. Skin Cancers
1.12
133
1.57
114
43. Drug Use
1.11
103
3.31
22
44. Meningitis
1.08
76
13.70
21
45. Birth Trauma
1.01
122
8.81
36
46. Encephalitis
0.85
35
1.69
8
47. Epilepsy
0.85
147
1.45
103
48. Malnutrition
0.84
106
8.62
36
49. Fires
0.73
123
3.31
41
50. Alcohol
0.62
135
1.37
94
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Thailand THAILAND   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
51,305
11.53
14,103
8.06
2. Stroke
50,273
11.30
15,163
8.67
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
31,289
7.03
16,262
9.29
4. Kidney Disease
26,822
6.03
4,161
2.38
5. Liver Cancer
23,883
5.37
2,851
1.63
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22,851
5.13
1,294
0.74
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22,428
5.04
7,808
4.46
8. Lung Cancers
22,296
5.01
237
0.14
9. Lung Disease
19,474
4.38
3,120
1.78
10. Diabetes Mellitus
18,776
4.22
5,929
3.39
11. Liver Disease
17,596
3.95
6,053
3.46
12. HIV/AIDS
13,922
3.13
13,565
7.75
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,908
2.23
803
0.46
14. Tuberculosis
9,551
2.15
10,214
5.84
15. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,863
1.54
6,538
3.74
16. Suicide
6,147
1.38
1,993
1.14
17. Breast Cancer
6,053
1.36
1,937
1.11
18. Falls
5,409
1.22
1,168
0.67
19. Cervical Cancer
5,110
1.15
2,161
1.24
20. Oral Cancer
4,961
1.11
483
0.28
21. Other Injuries
4,869
1.09
2,433
1.39
22. Lymphomas
4,539
1.02
875
0.50
23. Parkinson's Disease
4,292
0.96
387
0.22
24. Asthma
4,182
0.94
1,979
1.13
25. Drownings
3,956
0.89
740
0.42
26. Leukemia
3,902
0.88
340
0.19
27. Stomach Cancer
3,451
0.78
870
0.50
28. Skin Disease
3,375
0.76
264
0.15
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3,156
0.71
285
0.16
30. Prostate Cancer
3,013
0.68
1,031
0.59
31. Violence
2,965
0.67
1,857
1.06
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2,879
0.65
1,615
0.92
33. Pancreas Cancer
2,383
0.54
334
0.19
34. Hypertension
2,179
0.49
2,231
1.28
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,107
0.47
3,935
2.25
36. Ovary Cancer
2,003
0.45
698
0.40
37. Endocrine Disorders
1,888
0.42
1,965
1.12
38. Bladder Cancer
1,798
0.40
245
0.14
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,679
0.38
321
0.18
40. Low Birth Weight
1,548
0.35
6,662
3.81
41. Skin Cancers
1,133
0.25
214
0.12
42. Malnutrition
962
0.22
1,868
1.07
43. Meningitis
931
0.21
2,983
1.70
44. Uterin Cancer
864
0.19
219
0.13
45. Drug Use
794
0.18
630
0.36
46. Encephalitis
722
0.16
357
0.20
47. Epilepsy
689
0.15
329
0.19
48. Fires
617
0.14
729
0.42
49. Alcohol
548
0.12
244
0.14
50. Birth Trauma
533
0.12
6,194
3.54
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Thailand THAILAND   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
23.18
8
17.60
10
2. Lung Cancers
21.30
47
1.71
177
3. Breast Cancer
11.63
144
19.09
60
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.60
81
6.86
121
5. Cervical Cancer
9.60
86
24.53
27
6. Prostate Cancer
6.50
150
24.21
50
7. Oral Cancer
4.94
38
2.86
86
8. Lymphomas
4.61
94
5.70
55
9. Leukemia
4.55
40
1.38
163
10. Ovary Cancer
3.83
116
8.00
7
11. Stomach Cancer
3.41
141
6.41
86
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.06
70
2.61
87
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.30
135
2.52
128
14. Bladder Cancer
1.70
114
1.91
102
15. Uterin Cancer
1.54
135
2.86
68
16. Skin Cancers
1.12
133
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.