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Burkina Faso
COUNTRY #1
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BURKINA FASO VS GUINEA

Compare Burkina Faso and Guinea 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.

Guinea
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
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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Guinea Population Pyramid
25,971,807
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
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Guinea GUINEA
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Guinea GUINEA
       
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
  
34.3
36.3
35.3
165
164
164
1970
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
  
37.3
39.1
38.2
168
166
168
1980
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
  
41.0
43.1
42.0
170
170
171
1990
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
  
46.0
48.8
47.4
169
169
169
2000
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
  
51.7
53.2
52.5
153
155
154
2010
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
  
56.6
59.0
57.8
158
159
160
2019
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
  
59.5
62.3
61.0
173
177
173
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Guinea GUINEA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.1
65.2
169
162
59.5
62.3
173
177
Age
60.1
65.2
169
162
59.5
62.3
173
177
Age 5
66.1
71.0
159
150
66.2
68.4
158
172
Age 10
66.7
71.7
160
146
67.0
69.2
156
170
Age 15
67.1
72.1
159
147
67.3
69.5
158
169
Age 20
67.6
72.4
159
147
67.8
69.9
157
169
Age 25
68.1
72.8
159
146
68.3
70.4
158
169
Age 30
68.7
73.2
159
146
68.8
70.9
156
168
Age 35
69.3
73.7
158
147
69.5
71.6
155
168
Age 40
70.0
74.2
159
149
70.3
72.4
155
167
Age 45
71.0
74.9
159
150
71.3
73.3
155
168
Age 50
72.1
75.7
162
150
72.5
74.4
155
170
Age 55
73.5
76.8
162
151
73.9
75.7
155
170
Age 60
75.2
78.1
161
152
75.6
77.2
155
170
Age 65
77.4
79.7
163
152
77.7
79.0
152
169
Age 70
79.8
81.6
161
149
80.1
81.1
152
167
Age 75
82.7
84.1
157
140
83.0
83.7
144
159
Age 80
85.9
86.9
151
128
86.0
86.6
136
153
Age 85
89.5
90.3
128
104
89.6
90.0
123
130
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Guinea GUINEA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
131.79
66
125.50
71
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
122.30
12
145.90
7
3. Stroke
95.70
77
121.12
37
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
83.63
10
78.04
14
5. Malaria
49.69
7
45.20
16
6. Road Traffic Accidents
43.30
16
38.43
29
7. Cervical Cancer
42.15
12
42.44
11
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.67
65
43.29
52
9. Liver Disease
32.34
53
42.03
20
10. Hypertension
31.19
42
27.96
49
11. Kidney Disease
31.16
51
35.30
37
12. Prostate Cancer
27.33
35
37.70
18
13. Endocrine Disorders
25.05
2
8.99
26
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.98
34
20.04
46
15. HIV/AIDS
20.42
43
31.46
33
16. Lung Disease
18.73
110
30.27
51
17. Meningitis
18.01
8
21.27
4
18. Other Injuries
16.52
15
15.68
19
19. Breast Cancer
16.06
101
10.16
156
20. Tuberculosis
15.11
55
27.05
39
21. Liver Cancer
14.45
15
19.78
9
22. Suicide
14.38
33
12.33
48
23. Malnutrition
14.30
17
8.88
33
24. Asthma
11.80
54
21.49
17
25. Violence
11.16
45
10.25
48
26. Low Birth Weight
10.86
31
11.00
28
27. Birth Trauma
10.42
22
11.93
12
28. Falls
10.27
19
8.84
35
29. Stomach Cancer
9.32
49
4.56
123
30. Inflammatory/Heart
9.08
35
7.28
46
31. Maternal Conditions
8.05
37
17.43
11
32. Congenital Anomalies
7.94
34
7.74
36
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.07
134
1.78
182
34. Parkinson's Disease
5.51
35
6.02
22
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.07
57
7.93
24
36. War
4.60
10
0.16
43
37. Fires
4.29
22
4.33
20
38. Poisonings
3.69
10
2.68
26
39. Drownings
3.55
61
3.61
59
40. Bladder Cancer
3.26
49
0.71
169
41. Ovary Cancer
3.23
139
2.45
163
42. Measles
3.12
21
26.13
3
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
42
3.89
28
44. Epilepsy
3.04
29
3.58
11
45. Lung Cancers
3.02
158
2.08
171
46. Skin Cancers
2.91
34
3.00
32
47. Schistosomiasis
2.73
10
3.80
4
48. Oral Cancer
2.71
95
2.29
115
49. Lymphomas
2.58
161
2.40
164
50. Pancreas Cancer
2.01
142
0.30
181
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Guinea GUINEA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,807
12.47
12,790
12.95
2. Malaria
14,602
10.84
8,180
8.28
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,887
8.82
6,788
6.87
4. Coronary Heart Disease
8,117
6.02
5,665
5.74
5. Low Birth Weight
6,809
5.05
4,319
4.37
6. Birth Trauma
6,426
4.77
4,797
4.86
7. Stroke
6,324
4.69
5,777
5.85
8. Road Traffic Accidents
6,303
4.68
3,788
3.83
9. Endocrine Disorders
4,794
3.56
1,140
1.15
10. Congenital Anomalies
3,515
2.61
2,181
2.21
11. Meningitis
3,375
2.50
2,633
2.67
12. HIV/AIDS
3,100
2.30
3,020
3.06
13. Malnutrition
2,868
2.13
1,032
1.04
14. Liver Disease
2,722
2.02
2,550
2.58
15. Other Injuries
2,637
1.96
1,504
1.52
16. Diabetes Mellitus
2,609
1.94
2,138
2.16
17. Kidney Disease
2,398
1.78
1,939
1.96
18. Cervical Cancer
2,122
1.57
1,491
1.51
19. Hypertension
2,020
1.50
1,348
1.36
20. Tuberculosis
1,968
1.46
2,369
2.40
21. Violence
1,943
1.44
1,128
1.14
22. Suicide
1,521
1.13
892
0.90
23. Maternal Conditions
1,379
1.02
1,793
1.82
24. Liver Cancer
1,309
0.97
1,167
1.18
25. Measles
1,196
0.89
6,025
6.10
26. Lung Disease
1,161
0.86
1,373
1.39
27. Asthma
941
0.70
1,179
1.19
28. Drownings
910
0.68
528
0.53
29. War
884
0.66
20
0.02
30. Breast Cancer
862
0.64
345
0.35
31. Falls
828
0.61
480
0.49
32. Stomach Cancer
777
0.58
245
0.25
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
767
0.57
579
0.59
34. Pertussis
746
0.55
1,165
1.18
35. Inflammatory/Heart
743
0.55
439
0.44
36. Fires
704
0.52
410
0.42
37. Poisonings
620
0.46
295
0.30
38. Prostate Cancer
514
0.38
525
0.53
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
478
0.35
100
0.10
40. Epilepsy
477
0.35
350
0.35
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
410
0.30
448
0.45
42. Syphilis
294
0.22
328
0.33
43. Lymphomas
280
0.21
158
0.16
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
269
0.20
238
0.24
45. Bladder Cancer
265
0.20
32
0.03
46. Parkinson's Disease
252
0.19
212
0.21
47. Schistosomiasis
249
0.18
232
0.23
48. Lung Cancers
242
0.18
128
0.13
49. Oral Cancer
227
0.17
122
0.12
50. Skin Cancers
220
0.16
152
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Guinea GUINEA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
42.15
12
42.44
11
2. Prostate Cancer
27.33
35
37.70
18
3. Breast Cancer
16.06
101
10.16
156
4. Liver Cancer
14.45
15
19.78
9
5. Stomach Cancer
9.32
49
4.56
123
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.07
134
1.78
182
7. Bladder Cancer
3.26
49
0.71
169
8. Ovary Cancer
3.23
139
2.45
163
9. Lung Cancers
3.02
158
2.08
171
10. Skin Cancers
2.91
34
3.00
32
11. Oral Cancer
2.71
95
2.29
115
12. Lymphomas
2.58
161
2.40
164
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.01
142
0.30
181
14. Uterin Cancer
1.67
129
1.17
156
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
147
0.42
178
16. Leukemia
0.82
172
0.20
182
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.