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Burkina Faso
COUNTRY #1
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BURKINA FASO VS URUGUAY

Compare Burkina Faso and Uruguay 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.

Uruguay
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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Uruguay Population Pyramid
3,639,106
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   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Uruguay URUGUAY
       
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
  
64.9
71.2
68.0
32
28
33
1970
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
  
65.6
72.1
68.8
44
38
38
1980
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
  
67.1
73.9
70.4
41
41
40
1990
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
  
69.0
76.5
72.6
44
34
38
2000
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
  
71.2
78.9
75.1
43
33
35
2010
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
  
72.7
79.7
76.3
51
40
40
2019
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
  
73.5
80.6
77.1
63
44
52
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Uruguay URUGUAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.1
65.2
169
162
73.5
80.6
63
44
Age
60.1
65.2
169
162
73.5
80.6
63
44
Age 5
66.1
71.0
159
150
74.0
81.1
68
47
Age 10
66.7
71.7
160
146
74.0
81.1
69
47
Age 15
67.1
72.1
159
147
74.1
81.1
70
47
Age 20
67.6
72.4
159
147
74.4
81.3
70
46
Age 25
68.1
72.8
159
146
74.9
81.4
70
46
Age 30
68.7
73.2
159
146
75.3
81.6
69
46
Age 35
69.3
73.7
158
147
75.7
81.8
68
46
Age 40
70.0
74.2
159
149
76.1
82.0
66
44
Age 45
71.0
74.9
159
150
76.6
82.3
67
44
Age 50
72.1
75.7
162
150
77.1
82.7
68
44
Age 55
73.5
76.8
162
151
77.9
83.2
72
43
Age 60
75.2
78.1
161
152
79.0
84.0
73
42
Age 65
77.4
79.7
163
152
80.4
84.9
71
41
Age 70
79.8
81.6
161
149
82.2
86.1
70
41
Age 75
82.7
84.1
157
140
84.5
87.7
70
38
Age 80
85.9
86.9
151
128
87.1
89.6
70
22
Age 85
89.5
90.3
128
104
90.1
92.1
73
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TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Uruguay URUGUAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
131.79
66
59.81
151
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
122.30
12
17.00
126
3. Stroke
95.70
77
38.74
139
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
83.63
10
1.91
106
5. Malaria
49.69
7
0.00
181
6. Road Traffic Accidents
43.30
16
13.84
106
7. Cervical Cancer
42.15
12
7.07
104
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.67
65
11.96
136
9. Liver Disease
32.34
53
4.17
168
10. Hypertension
31.19
42
8.00
144
11. Kidney Disease
31.16
51
14.07
124
12. Prostate Cancer
27.33
35
26.87
37
13. Endocrine Disorders
25.05
2
7.33
31
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.98
34
19.49
56
15. HIV/AIDS
20.42
43
5.35
74
16. Lung Disease
18.73
110
25.09
79
17. Meningitis
18.01
8
0.23
152
18. Other Injuries
16.52
15
12.74
38
19. Breast Cancer
16.06
101
26.62
18
20. Tuberculosis
15.11
55
1.72
112
21. Liver Cancer
14.45
15
2.67
174
22. Suicide
14.38
33
18.83
16
23. Malnutrition
14.30
17
1.10
98
24. Asthma
11.80
54
2.01
116
25. Violence
11.16
45
8.60
60
26. Low Birth Weight
10.86
31
2.08
146
27. Birth Trauma
10.42
22
0.62
141
28. Falls
10.27
19
0.90
181
29. Stomach Cancer
9.32
49
8.46
58
30. Inflammatory/Heart
9.08
35
5.26
80
31. Maternal Conditions
8.05
37
0.28
127
32. Congenital Anomalies
7.94
34
5.33
104
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.07
134
19.66
8
34. Parkinson's Disease
5.51
35
3.89
103
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.07
57
0.81
156
36. War
4.60
10
0.01
155
37. Fires
4.29
22
1.21
101
38. Poisonings
3.69
10
0.34
119
39. Drownings
3.55
61
1.79
121
40. Bladder Cancer
3.26
49
4.18
22
41. Ovary Cancer
3.23
139
5.40
54
42. Measles
3.12
21
0.00
181
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
42
0.65
142
44. Epilepsy
3.04
29
1.83
79
45. Lung Cancers
3.02
158
27.49
20
46. Skin Cancers
2.91
34
2.34
59
47. Schistosomiasis
2.73
10
0.00
180
48. Oral Cancer
2.71
95
3.06
82
49. Lymphomas
2.58
161
7.95
9
50. Pancreas Cancer
2.01
142
11.08
1
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,807
12.47
1,370
4.89
2. Malaria
14,602
10.84
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,887
8.82
134
0.48
4. Coronary Heart Disease
8,117
6.02
4,265
15.23
5. Low Birth Weight
6,809
5.05
73
0.26
6. Birth Trauma
6,426
4.77
22
0.08
7. Stroke
6,324
4.69
2,850
10.18
8. Road Traffic Accidents
6,303
4.68
512
1.83
9. Endocrine Disorders
4,794
3.56
487
1.74
10. Congenital Anomalies
3,515
2.61
170
0.61
11. Meningitis
3,375
2.50
10
0.04
12. HIV/AIDS
3,100
2.30
195
0.70
13. Malnutrition
2,868
2.13
73
0.26
14. Liver Disease
2,722
2.02
206
0.74
15. Other Injuries
2,637
1.96
774
2.76
16. Diabetes Mellitus
2,609
1.94
747
2.67
17. Kidney Disease
2,398
1.78
1,040
3.71
18. Cervical Cancer
2,122
1.57
172
0.61
19. Hypertension
2,020
1.50
648
2.31
20. Tuberculosis
1,968
1.46
81
0.29
21. Violence
1,943
1.44
295
1.05
22. Suicide
1,521
1.13
735
2.63
23. Maternal Conditions
1,379
1.02
9
0.03
24. Liver Cancer
1,309
0.97
147
0.53
25. Measles
1,196
0.89
0
0.00
26. Lung Disease
1,161
0.86
1,706
6.09
27. Asthma
941
0.70
127
0.45
28. Drownings
910
0.68
65
0.23
29. War
884
0.66
0
0.00
30. Breast Cancer
862
0.64
848
3.03
31. Falls
828
0.61
55
0.20
32. Stomach Cancer
777
0.58
480
1.71
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
767
0.57
1,899
6.78
34. Pertussis
746
0.55
0
0.00
35. Inflammatory/Heart
743
0.55
314
1.12
36. Fires
704
0.52
54
0.19
37. Poisonings
620
0.46
17
0.06
38. Prostate Cancer
514
0.38
707
2.53
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
478
0.35
1,245
4.45
40. Epilepsy
477
0.35
86
0.31
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
410
0.30
57
0.20
42. Syphilis
294
0.22
3
0.01
43. Lymphomas
280
0.21
457
1.63
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
269
0.20
39
0.14
45. Bladder Cancer
265
0.20
276
0.99
46. Parkinson's Disease
252
0.19
320
1.14
47. Schistosomiasis
249
0.18
0
0.00
48. Lung Cancers
242
0.18
1,463
5.23
49. Oral Cancer
227
0.17
167
0.60
50. Skin Cancers
220
0.16
149
0.53
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Uruguay URUGUAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
42.15
12
7.07
104
2. Prostate Cancer
27.33
35
26.87
37
3. Breast Cancer
16.06
101
26.62
18
4. Liver Cancer
14.45
15
2.67
174
5. Stomach Cancer
9.32
49
8.46
58
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.07
134
19.66
8
7. Bladder Cancer
3.26
49
4.18
22
8. Ovary Cancer
3.23
139
5.40
54
9. Lung Cancers
3.02
158
27.49
20
10. Skin Cancers
2.91
34
2.34
59
11. Oral Cancer
2.71
95
3.06
82
12. Lymphomas
2.58
161
7.95
9
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.01
142
11.08
1
14. Uterin Cancer
1.67
129
3.22
46
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
147
4.86
37
16. Leukemia
0.82
172
4.88
24
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.