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Zambia
COUNTRY #1
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ZAMBIA VS BURUNDI

Compare Zambia and Burundi 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.

Burundi
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
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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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Burundi Population Pyramid
25,324,770
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
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Burundi BURUNDI
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Burundi BURUNDI
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
  
39.8
43.0
41.4
144
136
141
1970
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
  
42.2
45.4
43.8
152
146
148
1980
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
  
45.1
48.5
46.8
156
153
156
1990
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
  
44.3
47.9
46.1
175
173
175
2000
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
  
48.6
53.0
50.8
165
157
161
2010
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
  
55.1
58.5
56.8
167
163
165
2019
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
  
61.5
66.1
63.8
157
154
157
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Burundi BURUNDI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.5
65.4
172
161
61.5
66.1
157
154
Age
59.5
65.4
172
161
61.5
66.1
157
154
Age 5
63.8
69.3
172
164
65.6
69.8
163
160
Age 10
64.2
69.7
172
164
66.3
70.5
164
158
Age 15
64.5
69.9
172
166
66.9
71.0
163
157
Age 20
64.9
70.2
171
166
67.4
71.3
163
157
Age 25
65.5
70.7
172
166
67.9
71.7
162
158
Age 30
66.1
71.3
172
166
68.5
72.1
162
158
Age 35
66.9
72.0
172
166
69.1
72.6
163
158
Age 40
67.9
72.9
171
165
69.8
73.3
165
161
Age 45
69.2
74.0
170
162
70.7
74.1
165
161
Age 50
70.8
75.2
170
159
71.9
75.0
164
162
Age 55
72.6
76.6
170
155
73.4
76.2
163
163
Age 60
74.7
78.1
171
153
75.2
77.6
162
162
Age 65
77.0
79.7
168
149
77.4
79.4
161
161
Age 70
79.7
81.7
167
146
79.9
81.4
159
158
Age 75
82.6
84.0
160
144
82.8
83.8
153
154
Age 80
85.8
86.7
155
139
85.9
86.7
150
148
Age 85
89.3
89.9
150
142
89.4
90.0
140
134
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Burundi BURUNDI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
156.50
19
120.74
38
2. HIV/AIDS
132.99
8
21.41
42
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.45
35
108.07
22
4. Coronary Heart Disease
85.40
126
106.91
96
5. Liver Disease
63.86
4
37.93
30
6. Hypertension
56.20
6
34.16
33
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
54.75
30
82.80
11
8. Malaria
54.16
2
47.79
13
9. Tuberculosis
49.91
19
32.77
33
10. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
54.69
4
11. Diabetes Mellitus
42.93
53
36.33
72
12. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
29.71
28
13. Road Traffic Accidents
32.93
43
52.10
7
14. Kidney Disease
29.46
63
23.88
87
15. Lung Disease
25.95
72
39.25
29
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.87
72
18.72
73
17. Malnutrition
17.63
11
24.88
5
18. Meningitis
15.31
15
13.34
22
19. Suicide
14.43
32
12.12
51
20. Other Injuries
13.38
34
15.70
18
21. Asthma
10.81
57
16.37
33
22. Birth Trauma
10.07
26
9.01
35
23. Low Birth Weight
9.64
36
9.11
44
24. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
12.68
135
25. Falls
9.14
30
8.15
48
26. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
24
6.87
55
27. Maternal Conditions
7.77
38
14.09
18
28. Violence
7.04
67
7.34
64
29. Lymphomas
6.38
29
5.92
47
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.33
60
4.86
89
31. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
11.03
10
32. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
1.91
174
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.09
94
3.74
116
34. Fires
3.87
31
4.37
19
35. Poisonings
3.48
11
3.80
9
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
77
7.20
29
37. Endocrine Disorders
3.28
99
3.29
98
38. Drownings
3.21
69
4.01
46
39. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
5.17
103
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
8.72
92
41. Leukemia
2.93
124
1.96
153
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.70
47
3.07
40
43. Epilepsy
2.68
38
2.66
39
44. Syphilis
2.49
3
0.45
63
45. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
5.99
31
46. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
2.61
67
47. Pertussis
2.30
37
1.69
49
48. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
7.21
55
49. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
4.07
105
50. Alcohol
1.90
63
1.64
76
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Burundi BURUNDI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
17,234
15.43
1,814
2.63
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,517
8.52
7,810
11.30
3. Stroke
7,948
7.12
4,323
6.26
4. Malaria
7,882
7.06
5,163
7.47
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,275
5.62
6,046
8.75
6. Tuberculosis
5,941
5.32
2,385
3.45
7. Birth Trauma
5,062
4.53
3,183
4.61
8. Low Birth Weight
4,857
4.35
3,171
4.59
9. Liver Disease
4,501
4.03
1,767
2.56
10. Coronary Heart Disease
4,432
3.97
3,718
5.38
11. Road Traffic Accidents
3,654
3.27
4,089
5.92
12. Congenital Anomalies
3,146
2.82
1,788
2.59
13. Hypertension
2,616
2.34
1,113
1.61
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
2.14
1,383
2.00
15. Malnutrition
2,303
2.06
2,500
3.62
16. Meningitis
1,976
1.77
1,322
1.91
17. Cervical Cancer
1,799
1.61
1,474
2.13
18. Kidney Disease
1,760
1.58
1,001
1.45
19. Other Injuries
1,729
1.55
1,413
2.04
20. Suicide
1,303
1.17
720
1.04
21. Lung Disease
1,273
1.14
1,349
1.95
22. Maternal Conditions
1,188
1.06
1,332
1.93
23. Violence
1,153
1.03
760
1.10
24. Syphilis
885
0.79
60
0.09
25. Pertussis
743
0.67
378
0.55
26. Asthma
741
0.66
836
1.21
27. Drownings
689
0.62
598
0.87
28. Falls
596
0.53
385
0.56
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
590
0.53
426
0.62
30. Prostate Cancer
561
0.50
374
0.54
31. Lymphomas
548
0.49
379
0.55
32. Fires
546
0.49
425
0.62
33. Inflammatory/Heart
501
0.45
311
0.45
34. Poisonings
456
0.41
369
0.53
35. Breast Cancer
366
0.33
355
0.51
36. Oesophagus Cancer
359
0.32
455
0.66
37. Endocrine Disorders
354
0.32
275
0.40
38. Epilepsy
332
0.30
234
0.34
39. Leukemia
261
0.23
135
0.20
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
246
0.22
340
0.49
41. Lung Cancers
226
0.20
76
0.11
42. Stomach Cancer
206
0.18
180
0.26
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
203
0.18
324
0.47
44. Tetanus
190
0.17
178
0.26
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
190
0.17
181
0.26
46. Liver Cancer
177
0.16
389
0.56
47. Parkinson's Disease
164
0.15
103
0.15
48. Oral Cancer
155
0.14
285
0.41
49. Alcohol
140
0.13
76
0.11
50. Bladder Cancer
132
0.12
109
0.16
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zambia ZAMBIA   Burundi BURUNDI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
48.42
6
54.69
4
2. Prostate Cancer
37.64
19
29.71
28
3. Breast Cancer
9.51
164
12.68
135
4. Lymphomas
6.38
29
5.92
47
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.61
32
11.03
10
6. Lung Cancers
4.41
142
1.91
174
7. Stomach Cancer
3.21
149
5.17
103
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.98
177
8.72
92
9. Leukemia
2.93
124
1.96
153
10. Oral Cancer
2.39
110
5.99
31
11. Bladder Cancer
2.36
75
2.61
67
12. Liver Cancer
2.22
179
7.21
55
13. Ovary Cancer
2.00
173
4.07
105
14. Skin Cancers
1.87
93
3.16
27
15. Uterin Cancer
0.90
164
2.95
57
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.68
175
1.71
147
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.