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HEALTH PROFILE: Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Burkina Faso
    COUNTRY PROFILE
    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
    Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    60.1
    65.2
    169
    162
    Age 5
    66.1
    71.0
    159
    150
    Age 10
    66.7
    71.7
    160
    146
    Age 15
    67.1
    72.1
    159
    147
    Age 20
    67.6
    72.4
    159
    147
    Age 25
    68.1
    72.8
    159
    146
    Age 30
    68.7
    73.2
    159
    146
    Age 35
    69.3
    73.7
    158
    147
    Age 40
    70.0
    74.2
    159
    149
    Age 45
    71.0
    74.9
    159
    150
    Age 50
    72.1
    75.7
    162
    150
    Age 55
    73.5
    76.8
    162
    151
    Age 60
    75.2
    78.1
    161
    152
    Age 65
    77.4
    79.7
    163
    152
    Age 70
    79.8
    81.6
    161
    149
    Age 75
    82.7
    84.1
    157
    140
    Age 80
    85.9
    86.9
    151
    128
    Age 85
    89.5
    90.3
    128
    104
    Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    131.79
    66
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    122.30
    12
    3. Stroke
    95.70
    77
    4. Diarrhoeal diseases
    83.63
    10
    5. Malaria
    49.69
    7
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    43.30
    16
    7. Cervical Cancer
    42.15
    12
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    37.67
    65
    9. Liver Disease
    32.34
    53
    10. Hypertension
    31.19
    42
    11. Kidney Disease
    31.16
    51
    12. Prostate Cancer
    27.33
    35
    13. Endocrine Disorders
    25.05
    2
    14. Alzheimers & Dementia
    20.98
    34
    15. HIV/AIDS
    20.42
    43
    16. Lung Disease
    18.73
    110
    17. Meningitis
    18.01
    8
    18. Other Injuries
    16.52
    15
    19. Breast Cancer
    16.06
    101
    20. Tuberculosis
    15.11
    55
    21. Liver Cancer
    14.45
    15
    22. Suicide
    14.38
    33
    23. Malnutrition
    14.30
    17
    24. Asthma
    11.80
    54
    25. Violence
    11.16
    45
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Low Birth Weight
    10.86
    31
    27. Birth Trauma
    10.42
    22
    28. Falls
    10.27
    19
    29. Stomach Cancer
    9.32
    49
    30. Inflammatory/Heart
    9.08
    35
    31. Maternal Conditions
    8.05
    37
    32. Congenital Anomalies
    7.94
    34
    33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.07
    134
    34. Parkinson's Disease
    5.51
    35
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    5.07
    57
    36. War
    4.60
    10
    37. Fires
    4.29
    22
    38. Poisonings
    3.69
    10
    39. Drownings
    3.55
    61
    40. Bladder Cancer
    3.26
    49
    41. Ovary Cancer
    3.23
    139
    42. Measles
    3.12
    21
    43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    3.06
    42
    44. Epilepsy
    3.04
    29
    45. Lung Cancers
    3.02
    158
    46. Skin Cancers
    2.91
    34
    47. Schistosomiasis
    2.73
    10
    48. Oral Cancer
    2.71
    95
    49. Lymphomas
    2.58
    161
    50. Pancreas Cancer
    2.01
    142
    Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16,807
    12.47
    2. Malaria
    14,602
    10.84
    3. Diarrhoeal diseases
    11,887
    8.82
    4. Coronary Heart Disease
    8,117
    6.02
    5. Low Birth Weight
    6,809
    5.05
    6. Birth Trauma
    6,426
    4.77
    7. Stroke
    6,324
    4.69
    8. Road Traffic Accidents
    6,303
    4.68
    9. Endocrine Disorders
    4,794
    3.56
    10. Congenital Anomalies
    3,515
    2.61
    11. Meningitis
    3,375
    2.50
    12. HIV/AIDS
    3,100
    2.30
    13. Malnutrition
    2,868
    2.13
    14. Liver Disease
    2,722
    2.02
    15. Other Injuries
    2,637
    1.96
    16. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,609
    1.94
    17. Kidney Disease
    2,398
    1.78
    18. Cervical Cancer
    2,122
    1.57
    19. Hypertension
    2,020
    1.50
    20. Tuberculosis
    1,968
    1.46
    21. Violence
    1,943
    1.44
    22. Suicide
    1,521
    1.13
    23. Maternal Conditions
    1,379
    1.02
    24. Liver Cancer
    1,309
    0.97
    25. Measles
    1,196
    0.89
      Deaths %
    26. Lung Disease
    1,161
    0.86
    27. Asthma
    941
    0.70
    28. Drownings
    910
    0.68
    29. War
    884
    0.66
    30. Breast Cancer
    862
    0.64
    31. Falls
    828
    0.61
    32. Stomach Cancer
    777
    0.58
    33. Alzheimers & Dementia
    767
    0.57
    34. Pertussis
    746
    0.55
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    743
    0.55
    36. Fires
    704
    0.52
    37. Poisonings
    620
    0.46
    38. Prostate Cancer
    514
    0.38
    39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    478
    0.35
    40. Epilepsy
    477
    0.35
    41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    410
    0.30
    42. Syphilis
    294
    0.22
    43. Lymphomas
    280
    0.21
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    269
    0.20
    45. Bladder Cancer
    265
    0.20
    46. Parkinson's Disease
    252
    0.19
    47. Schistosomiasis
    249
    0.18
    48. Lung Cancers
    242
    0.18
    49. Oral Cancer
    227
    0.17
    50. Skin Cancers
    220
    0.16
    Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Cervical Cancer
    42.15
    12
    2. Prostate Cancer
    27.33
    35
    3. Breast Cancer
    16.06
    101
    4. Liver Cancer
    14.45
    15
    5. Stomach Cancer
    9.32
    49
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    6.07
    134
    7. Bladder Cancer
    3.26
    49
    8. Ovary Cancer
    3.23
    139
      Rate World Rank
    9. Lung Cancers
    3.02
    158
    10. Skin Cancers
    2.91
    34
    11. Oral Cancer
    2.71
    95
    12. Lymphomas
    2.58
    161
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    2.01
    142
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.67
    129
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.17
    147
    16. Leukemia
    0.82
    172
    Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    11.0
    25
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    21.8
    6.0
    106
    89
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    2.6
    8.1
    179
    170
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    4.67
    108
    Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    37.3
    36.0
    36.7
    154
    165
    160
    1970
    42.2
    42.7
    42.4
    151
    158
    155
    1980
    46.3
    48.4
    47.3
    153
    154
    154
    1990
    48.4
    51.6
    50.0
    161
    163
    161
    2000
    48.8
    51.4
    50.1
    164
    165
    163
    2010
    56.6
    58.3
    57.5
    159
    164
    162
    2019
    60.1
    65.2
    62.7
    169
    162
    166
    Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    21.383m
    58
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.96
    136
    Population 0-14
    43.6%
    12
    Population 15-64
    53.3%
    182
    Population 65 +
    3.2%
    165
    Birth Rate / 1000
    33.57
    19
    Death Rate / 1000
    7.71
    83
    Fertility Rate
    4.39
    23
    Infant Mortality
    50.71
    21
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.03
    144
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.03
    136
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.91
    183
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.76
    125
    Net Migration
    -0.62
    107
    Population Growth
    2.58%
    15
    Literacy Total
    39.3%
    168
    Literacy Male
    49.2%
    153
    Literacy Female
    31.0%
    150
    Unemployment
    77.0%
    1
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    62.7
    166
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    54.9
    161
    GDP per Capita USD
    $2,200
    174

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    22,109
    400
    4/1/24
    Burkina Faso COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Burkina Faso causes.

     
     
    Burkina Faso COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Burkina Faso COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    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.