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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana
GHANA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
57.9
59.1
58.5
136
144
138
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
59.4
61.8
60.6
148
149
150
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Ghana
GHANA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
59.4
61.8
148
149
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
62.2
69.0
167
152
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
62.7
69.4
167
152
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
63.1
69.7
167
152
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
63.6
70.1
167
153
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
64.5
70.7
167
153
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
65.4
71.5
167
154
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
66.5
72.5
167
152
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
67.9
73.5
167
149
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
69.4
74.5
168
151
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
71.1
75.6
169
149
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
72.9
76.8
169
148
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
75.0
78.1
168
150
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.4
79.7
166
149
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.0
81.7
166
147
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.9
84.1
169
149
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.2
87.0
170
150
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.9
90.4
170
147
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.2
169
143
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.3
159
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.8
180
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana
GHANA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Diarrhoeal diseases
175.69
2
  
1.95
119
2 Stroke
125.45
55
  
36.89
160
3 Coronary Heart Disease
120.08
83
  
68.80
155
4 HIV/AIDS
91.00
26
  
0.40
137
5 Influenza & Pneumonia
72.88
64
  
23.69
125
6 Tuberculosis
60.37
29
  
0.41
170
7 Lung Disease
42.09
41
  
21.47
98
8 Malaria
31.84
32
  
0.01
104
9 Road Traffic Accidents
28.11
41
  
4.77
180
10 Kidney Disease
26.72
38
  
3.23
185
11 Diabetes Mellitus
23.47
111
  
5.04
185
12 Other Injuries
19.89
45
  
5.54
170
13 Hypertension
18.91
128
  
3.67
183
14 Violence
18.54
44
  
1.14
160
15 Liver Cancer
18.50
12
  
3.07
164
16 Schistosomiasis
18.04
3
  
0.00
64
17 Liver Disease
17.56
43
  
9.48
96
18 Breast Cancer
16.48
94
  
23.62
20
19 Low Birth Weight
16.06
52
  
3.39
144
20 Skin Disease
15.83
1
  
1.50
104
21 Asthma
15.40
38
  
1.09
153
22 Cervical Cancer
15.08
16
  
1.38
161
23 Birth Trauma
15.04
42
  
0.64
166
24 Inflammatory/Heart
13.01
50
  
2.97
152
25 Maternal Conditions
11.97
39
  
0.15
151
26 Epilepsy
10.86
10
  
1.57
104
27 Trypanosomiasis
10.47
11
  
0.00
192
28 Prostate Cancer
9.54
45
  
8.21
58
29 Malnutrition
9.18
38
  
0.07
172
30 Suicide
7.34
97
  
6.90
101
31 Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.11
13
  
0.90
140
32 Hepatitis B
6.10
7
  
0.07
177
33 Endocrine Disorders
6.01
102
  
3.13
147
34 Congenital Anomalies
5.75
109
  
3.68
164
35 Syphilis
5.46
5
  
0.00
147
36 Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.27
67
  
2.54
123
37 Poisonings
4.67
47
  
2.81
89
38 Stomach Cancer
4.57
134
  
4.81
130
39 Falls
4.39
76
  
3.51
109
40 Fires
4.11
61
  
0.45
158
41 Meningitis
4.07
68
  
0.41
149
42 Lymphomas
3.76
138
  
7.35
36
43 Drownings
3.63
92
  
0.35
187
44 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.41
171
  
15.49
33
45 Lung Cancers
3.13
157
  
30.98
18
46 Measles
3.03
19
  
0.00
97
47 Hepatitis C
2.72
6
  
0.23
107
48 Alzheimers/Dementia
2.53
128
  
17.08
14
49 Other Neoplasms
2.50
112
  
2.95
92
50 Oral Cancer
2.31
120
  
2.39
113
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Ghana
GHANA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Diarrhoeal diseases
23,516
12.53
  
3,081
0.66
2 HIV/AIDS
18,465
9.84
  
266
0.06
3 Stroke
13,780
7.34
  
55,919
11.98
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
13,390
7.14
  
37,348
8.00
5 Coronary Heart Disease
13,086
6.97
  
92,299
19.77
6 Tuberculosis
11,738
6.25
  
443
0.09
7 Malaria
11,300
6.02
  
5
0.00
8 Low Birth Weight
6,056
3.23
  
1,386
0.30
9 Birth Trauma
5,674
3.02
  
262
0.06
10 Road Traffic Accidents
5,032
2.68
  
3,073
0.66
11 Lung Disease
4,492
2.39
  
29,069
6.23
12 Other Injuries
3,772
2.01
  
6,029
1.29
13 Violence
3,646
1.94
  
703
0.15
14 Kidney Disease
3,269
1.74
  
4,804
1.03
15 Schistosomiasis
2,914
1.55
  
1
0.00
16 Diabetes Mellitus
2,752
1.47
  
6,682
1.43
17 Maternal Conditions
2,674
1.42
  
81
0.02
18 Liver Cancer
2,529
1.35
  
3,470
0.74
19 Trypanosomiasis
2,329
1.24
  
0
0.00
20 Liver Disease
2,293
1.22
  
7,767
1.66
21 Congenital Anomalies
2,076
1.11
  
1,950
0.42
22 Hypertension
2,054
1.09
  
5,191
1.11
23 Cervical Cancer
2,006
1.07
  
1,322
0.28
24 Epilepsy
1,993
1.06
  
1,201
0.26
25 Asthma
1,917
1.02
  
1,260
0.27
26 Skin Disease
1,828
0.97
  
2,188
0.47
27 Inflammatory/Heart
1,715
0.91
  
3,014
0.65
28 Suicide
1,172
0.62
  
4,660
1.00
29 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,149
0.61
  
1,204
0.26
30 Measles
1,141
0.61
  
2
0.00
31 Breast Cancer
1,137
0.61
  
14,343
3.07
32 Malnutrition
1,111
0.59
  
85
0.02
33 Syphilis
1,105
0.59
  
3
0.00
34 Prostate Cancer
962
0.51
  
11,508
2.46
35 Meningitis
923
0.49
  
278
0.06
36 Endocrine Disorders
876
0.47
  
3,056
0.65
37 Hepatitis B
829
0.44
  
57
0.01
38 Fires
828
0.44
  
380
0.08
39 Drownings
802
0.43
  
233
0.05
40 Poisonings
773
0.41
  
1,805
0.39
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
686
0.37
  
3,294
0.71
42 Lymphomas
657
0.35
  
8,744
1.87
43 Pertussis
605
0.32
  
6
0.00
44 Stomach Cancer
568
0.30
  
6,006
1.29
45 Falls
558
0.30
  
4,450
0.95
46 Colon-Rectum Cancers
455
0.24
  
18,951
4.06
47 Lung Cancers
403
0.21
  
35,845
7.68
48 Other Neoplasms
372
0.20
  
3,829
0.82
49 Hepatitis C
370
0.20
  
189
0.04
50 Drug Use
340
0.18
  
1,247
0.27
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana
GHANA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Liver Cancer
18.50
12
  
3.07
164
2 Breast Cancer
16.48
94
  
23.62
20
3 Cervical Cancer
15.08
16
  
1.38
161
4 Prostate Cancer
9.54
45
  
8.21
58
5 Stomach Cancer
4.57
134
  
4.81
130
6 Lymphomas
3.76
138
  
7.35
36
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.41
171
  
15.49
33
8 Lung Cancers
3.13
157
  
30.98
18
9 Other Neoplasms
2.50
112
  
2.95
92
10 Oral Cancer
2.31
120
  
2.39
113
11 Bladder Cancer
1.91
105
  
4.27
28
12 Leukemia
1.63
173
  
4.39
63
13 Ovary Cancer
1.52
157
  
3.96
20
14 Oesophagus Cancer
1.42
146
  
7.62
30
15 Pancreas Cancer
1.02
167
  
6.81
39
16 Skin Cancers
0.75
129
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.41
163
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Ghana
GHANA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
23,832,495
47
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
37.3 %
55
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
59.1 %
135
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.6 %
138
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
28.58
47
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
9.24
75
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
3.68
49
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
51.09
47
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.02
158
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.00
107
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.85
51
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.53
93
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.88
59
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
57.9
162
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
66.4
156
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
49.8
153
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
11.0
57
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
60.6
150
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
50.0
160
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$1,500
165
  
$36,600
23
 

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