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Cameroon
COUNTRY #1
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CAMEROON VS BURKINA FASO

Compare Cameroon and Burkina Faso 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.

Burkina Faso
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
Cameroon Population Pyramid
50,573,036
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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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
  
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
  
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
  
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
  
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
  
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
  
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
  
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
60.3
64.5
168
168
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
131.79
66
2. Stroke
118.87
44
95.70
77
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
122.30
12
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
20.42
43
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
37.67
65
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
83.63
10
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
31.16
51
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
15.11
55
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
43.30
16
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
32.34
53
11. Malaria
34.53
28
49.69
7
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
27.33
35
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
18.73
110
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
16.06
101
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
42.15
12
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
31.19
42
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
20.98
34
18. Suicide
15.92
25
14.38
33
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
16.52
15
20. Asthma
14.72
40
11.80
54
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
18.01
8
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
8.05
37
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
10.42
22
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
10.86
31
25. Falls
10.66
18
10.27
19
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
7.94
34
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
25.05
2
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
9.08
35
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
14.45
15
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
5.51
35
31. Violence
6.68
73
11.16
45
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
5.07
57
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
2.71
95
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
6.07
134
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
14.30
17
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
1.42
72
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
1.97
44
38. Fires
4.38
18
4.29
22
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
9.32
49
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
3.04
29
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
3.23
139
42. Drownings
3.78
50
3.55
61
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
2.01
142
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
2.58
161
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
2.01
66
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
3.69
10
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
3.02
158
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
3.06
42
49. War
2.54
11
4.60
10
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
2.73
10
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
16,807
12.47
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
3,100
2.30
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
11,887
8.82
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
14,602
10.84
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
6,324
4.69
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
8,117
6.02
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
6,426
4.77
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
6,809
5.05
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
6,303
4.68
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
1,968
1.46
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
2,609
1.94
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
3,515
2.61
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
2,398
1.78
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
2,722
2.02
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
3,375
2.50
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
2,637
1.96
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
1,379
1.02
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
4,794
3.56
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
1,521
1.13
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
1,161
0.86
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
746
0.55
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
2,020
1.50
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
862
0.64
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
1,943
1.44
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
941
0.70
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
2,122
1.57
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
828
0.61
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
2,868
2.13
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
910
0.68
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
294
0.22
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
767
0.57
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
1,196
0.89
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
743
0.55
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
514
0.38
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
172
0.13
36. Fires
908
0.51
704
0.52
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
1,309
0.97
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
477
0.35
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
227
0.17
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
410
0.30
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
620
0.46
42. War
643
0.36
884
0.66
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
478
0.35
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
280
0.21
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
777
0.58
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
252
0.19
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
164
0.12
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
174
0.13
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
269
0.20
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
174
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
27.33
35
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
16.06
101
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
42.15
12
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
14.45
15
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
2.71
95
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
6.07
134
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
9.32
49
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
3.23
139
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
2.01
142
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
2.58
161
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
3.02
158
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
2.91
34
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
0.82
172
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
1.17
147
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
1.67
129
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
3.26
49
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.