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Burkina Faso
COUNTRY #1
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BURKINA FASO VS GHANA

Compare Burkina Faso 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
Burkina Faso Population Pyramid
43,432,174
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Ghana GHANA
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.1
65.2
169
162
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
60.1
65.2
169
162
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
66.1
71.0
159
150
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
66.7
71.7
160
146
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
67.1
72.1
159
147
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
67.6
72.4
159
147
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
68.1
72.8
159
146
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
68.7
73.2
159
146
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
69.3
73.7
158
147
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
70.0
74.2
159
149
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
71.0
74.9
159
150
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
72.1
75.7
162
150
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
73.5
76.8
162
151
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
75.2
78.1
161
152
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
77.4
79.7
163
152
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
79.8
81.6
161
149
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
82.7
84.1
157
140
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
85.9
86.9
151
128
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.5
90.3
128
104
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
131.79
66
119.93
79
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
122.30
12
99.08
26
3. Stroke
95.70
77
124.02
35
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
83.63
10
30.48
50
5. Malaria
49.69
7
48.00
12
6. Road Traffic Accidents
43.30
16
31.33
46
7. Cervical Cancer
42.15
12
24.53
27
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.67
65
44.68
47
9. Liver Disease
32.34
53
36.74
35
10. Hypertension
31.19
42
17.73
94
11. Kidney Disease
31.16
51
30.38
56
12. Prostate Cancer
27.33
35
24.21
50
13. Endocrine Disorders
25.05
2
6.88
37
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.98
34
17.79
85
15. HIV/AIDS
20.42
43
51.92
22
16. Lung Disease
18.73
110
26.48
69
17. Meningitis
18.01
8
13.70
21
18. Other Injuries
16.52
15
10.75
58
19. Breast Cancer
16.06
101
19.09
60
20. Tuberculosis
15.11
55
44.25
21
21. Liver Cancer
14.45
15
17.60
10
22. Suicide
14.38
33
10.54
64
23. Malnutrition
14.30
17
8.62
36
24. Asthma
11.80
54
13.95
42
25. Violence
11.16
45
6.73
72
26. Low Birth Weight
10.86
31
9.43
38
27. Birth Trauma
10.42
22
8.81
36
28. Falls
10.27
19
8.85
34
29. Stomach Cancer
9.32
49
6.41
86
30. Inflammatory/Heart
9.08
35
11.13
23
31. Maternal Conditions
8.05
37
6.87
40
32. Congenital Anomalies
7.94
34
7.03
51
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.07
134
6.86
121
34. Parkinson's Disease
5.51
35
4.48
70
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.07
57
2.19
103
36. War
4.60
10
0.10
51
37. Fires
4.29
22
3.31
41
38. Poisonings
3.69
10
2.15
42
39. Drownings
3.55
61
2.38
93
40. Bladder Cancer
3.26
49
1.91
102
41. Ovary Cancer
3.23
139
8.00
7
42. Measles
3.12
21
0.29
39
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
42
1.73
80
44. Epilepsy
3.04
29
1.45
103
45. Lung Cancers
3.02
158
1.71
177
46. Skin Cancers
2.91
34
1.57
114
47. Schistosomiasis
2.73
10
1.56
30
48. Oral Cancer
2.71
95
2.86
86
49. Lymphomas
2.58
161
5.70
55
50. Pancreas Cancer
2.01
142
2.52
128
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,807
12.47
16,262
9.29
2. Malaria
14,602
10.84
11,162
6.38
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,887
8.82
6,538
3.74
4. Coronary Heart Disease
8,117
6.02
14,103
8.06
5. Low Birth Weight
6,809
5.05
6,662
3.81
6. Birth Trauma
6,426
4.77
6,194
3.54
7. Stroke
6,324
4.69
15,163
8.67
8. Road Traffic Accidents
6,303
4.68
7,808
4.46
9. Endocrine Disorders
4,794
3.56
1,965
1.12
10. Congenital Anomalies
3,515
2.61
3,935
2.25
11. Meningitis
3,375
2.50
2,983
1.70
12. HIV/AIDS
3,100
2.30
13,565
7.75
13. Malnutrition
2,868
2.13
1,868
1.07
14. Liver Disease
2,722
2.02
6,053
3.46
15. Other Injuries
2,637
1.96
2,433
1.39
16. Diabetes Mellitus
2,609
1.94
5,929
3.39
17. Kidney Disease
2,398
1.78
4,161
2.38
18. Cervical Cancer
2,122
1.57
2,161
1.24
19. Hypertension
2,020
1.50
2,231
1.28
20. Tuberculosis
1,968
1.46
10,214
5.84
21. Violence
1,943
1.44
1,857
1.06
22. Suicide
1,521
1.13
1,993
1.14
23. Maternal Conditions
1,379
1.02
1,991
1.14
24. Liver Cancer
1,309
0.97
2,851
1.63
25. Measles
1,196
0.89
135
0.08
26. Lung Disease
1,161
0.86
3,120
1.78
27. Asthma
941
0.70
1,979
1.13
28. Drownings
910
0.68
740
0.42
29. War
884
0.66
29
0.02
30. Breast Cancer
862
0.64
1,937
1.11
31. Falls
828
0.61
1,168
0.67
32. Stomach Cancer
777
0.58
870
0.50
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
767
0.57
1,294
0.74
34. Pertussis
746
0.55
744
0.43
35. Inflammatory/Heart
743
0.55
1,615
0.92
36. Fires
704
0.52
729
0.42
37. Poisonings
620
0.46
522
0.30
38. Prostate Cancer
514
0.38
1,031
0.59
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
478
0.35
803
0.46
40. Epilepsy
477
0.35
329
0.19
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
410
0.30
321
0.18
42. Syphilis
294
0.22
483
0.28
43. Lymphomas
280
0.21
875
0.50
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
269
0.20
256
0.15
45. Bladder Cancer
265
0.20
245
0.14
46. Parkinson's Disease
252
0.19
387
0.22
47. Schistosomiasis
249
0.18
257
0.15
48. Lung Cancers
242
0.18
237
0.14
49. Oral Cancer
227
0.17
483
0.28
50. Skin Cancers
220
0.16
214
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
42.15
12
24.53
27
2. Prostate Cancer
27.33
35
24.21
50
3. Breast Cancer
16.06
101
19.09
60
4. Liver Cancer
14.45
15
17.60
10
5. Stomach Cancer
9.32
49
6.41
86
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.07
134
6.86
121
7. Bladder Cancer
3.26
49
1.91
102
8. Ovary Cancer
3.23
139
8.00
7
9. Lung Cancers
3.02
158
1.71
177
10. Skin Cancers
2.91
34
1.57
114
11. Oral Cancer
2.71
95
2.86
86
12. Lymphomas
2.58
161
5.70
55
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.01
142
2.52
128
14. Uterin Cancer
1.67
129
2.86
68
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
147
2.61
87
16. Leukemia
0.82
172
1.38
163
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.