BURKINA FASO GLOBAL HEALTH COMPARISON INDEX

Burkina Faso

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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	BURKINA FASO
				World Rank						World Rank
	Male	Female	All	M	F	All	Male	Female	All	M	F	All
1960	37.3	36.0	36.7	154	165	160	68.2	74.2	71.1	9	4	9
1970	42.2	42.7	42.4	151	158	155	68.9	75.2	72.0	13	9	9
1980	46.3	48.4	47.3	153	154	154	70.7	76.8	73.7	16	14	17
1990	48.4	51.6	50.0	161	163	161	73.1	78.8	75.9	17	17	16
2000	48.8	52.1	50.4	160	160	161	75.4	80.2	77.7	19	23	22
2010	51.4	55.3	53.3	170	165	166	77.8	82.1	79.9	14	24	16

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	BURKINA FASO
			World Rank				World Rank
	Male	Female	M	F	Male	Female	M	F
At Birth	51.4	55.3	170	165	77.8	82.1	14	24
Age 6	59.9	67.3	179	162	79.5	83.6	21	28
Age 11	60.8	68.2	179	161	79.5	83.6	21	28
Age 16	61.4	68.7	177	160	79.5	83.7	21	28
Age 21	61.9	69.1	178	160	79.7	83.8	21	28
Age 26	62.9	69.8	178	159	79.9	83.8	21	28
Age 31	64.0	70.6	178	159	80.1	83.9	21	28
Age 36	65.2	71.5	178	161	80.3	84.0	21	29
Age 41	66.7	72.4	179	164	80.6	84.2	20	27
Age 46	68.4	73.4	181	165	81.0	84.4	20	28
Age 51	70.3	74.4	180	170	81.4	84.8	20	27
Age 56	72.3	75.6	180	170	82.0	85.2	20	27
Age 61	74.5	77.0	182	173	82.8	85.8	20	26
Age 66	76.9	78.7	186	175	83.8	86.5	23	25
Age 71	79.6	80.8	184	180	85.2	87.5	26	31
Age 76	82.6	83.4	189	184	86.9	88.8	26	32
Age 81	86.0	86.6	189	182	89.0	90.5	31	32
Age 86	89.8	90.2	187	182	91.8	92.8	38	33
Age 91	93.8	94.0	189	188	95.0	95.7	44	35
Age 96	98.1	98.2	189	188	98.8	99.2	46	37
Age 101	102.6	102.7	190	189	103.0	103.2	58	48

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1	Influenza & Pneumonia	196.86	9	23.69	125
2	Stroke	146.02	36	36.89	160
3	Coronary Heart Disease	120.30	82	68.80	155
4	Diarrhoeal diseases	113.78	13	1.95	119
5	Malaria	103.43	5	0.01	104
6	Tuberculosis	80.08	17	0.41	170
7	HIV/AIDS	72.71	29	0.40	137
8	Diabetes Mellitus	55.34	48	5.04	185
9	Lung Disease	41.85	43	21.47	98
10	Road Traffic Accidents	31.36	29	4.77	180
11	Maternal Conditions	29.45	17	0.15	151
12	Other Injuries	26.97	23	5.54	170
13	Hypertension	26.02	98	3.67	183
14	Kidney Disease	25.49	46	3.23	185
15	Low Birth Weight	23.41	23	3.39	144
16	Violence	22.66	31	1.14	160
17	Liver Cancer	18.18	14	3.07	164
18	Birth Trauma	18.13	28	0.64	166
19	Endocrine Disorders	18.01	28	3.13	147
20	Meningitis	17.42	22	0.41	149
21	Asthma	15.99	34	1.09	153
22	Schistosomiasis	15.68	5	0.00	64
23	Breast Cancer	15.48	107	23.62	20
24	Malnutrition	15.02	10	0.07	172
25	Inflammatory/Heart	14.93	35	2.97	152
26	Trypanosomiasis	13.26	6	0.00	192
27	Cervical Cancer	12.83	27	1.38	161
28	Epilepsy	10.42	14	1.57	104
29	Prostate Cancer	8.81	50	8.21	58
30	Alzheimers/Dementia	8.67	57	17.08	14
31	Liver Disease	8.21	112	9.48	96
32	Peptic Ulcer Disease	7.94	31	2.54	123
33	Suicide	7.36	95	6.90	101
34	Congenital Anomalies	7.28	56	3.68	164
35	Anaemia	6.40	37	0.15	171
36	Fires	5.57	25	0.45	158
37	Poisonings	5.30	42	2.81	89
38	Syphilis	5.20	8	0.00	147
39	Stomach Cancer	5.06	127	4.81	130
40	Skin Disease	4.61	46	1.50	104
41	Falls	4.37	77	3.51	109
42	Other Neoplasms	4.32	49	2.95	92
43	Vitamin A Deficiency	4.15	3	0.00	192
44	Drownings	4.07	78	0.35	187
45	Tetanus	3.96	5	0.00	192
46	Bladder Cancer	3.42	54	4.27	28
47	Lung Cancers	3.20	156	30.98	18
48	Colon-Rectum Cancers	3.06	176	15.49	33
49	Lymphomas	2.95	158	7.35	36
50	Upper Respiratory	2.55	28	0.07	144

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		BURKINA FASO
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1	Malaria	33,530	18.25	5	0.00
2	Influenza & Pneumonia	29,890	16.27	37,348	8.00
3	Diarrhoeal diseases	23,132	12.59	3,081	0.66
4	HIV/AIDS	8,188	4.46	266	0.06
5	Tuberculosis	8,154	4.44	443	0.09
6	Low Birth Weight	7,804	4.25	1,386	0.30
7	Stroke	6,176	3.36	55,919	11.98
8	Birth Trauma	6,043	3.29	262	0.06
9	Coronary Heart Disease	5,131	2.79	92,299	19.77
10	Maternal Conditions	4,027	2.19	81	0.02
11	Other Injuries	4,005	2.18	6,029	1.29
12	Malnutrition	3,664	1.99	85	0.02
13	Road Traffic Accidents	3,558	1.94	3,073	0.66
14	Meningitis	3,159	1.72	278	0.06
15	Violence	2,786	1.52	703	0.15
16	Diabetes Mellitus	2,484	1.35	6,682	1.43
17	Congenital Anomalies	2,148	1.17	1,950	0.42
18	Anaemia	1,929	1.05	260	0.06
19	Lung Disease	1,864	1.01	29,069	6.23
20	Trypanosomiasis	1,656	0.90	0	0.00
21	Kidney Disease	1,508	0.82	4,804	1.03
22	Syphilis	1,482	0.81	3	0.00
23	Vitamin A Deficiency	1,383	0.75	0	0.00
24	Tetanus	1,268	0.69	0	0.00
25	Endocrine Disorders	1,232	0.67	3,056	0.65
26	Schistosomiasis	1,213	0.66	1	0.00
27	Liver Cancer	1,202	0.65	3,470	0.74
28	Fires	1,086	0.59	380	0.08
29	Hypertension	1,053	0.57	5,191	1.11
30	Epilepsy	1,034	0.56	1,201	0.26
31	Asthma	962	0.52	1,260	0.27
32	Inflammatory/Heart	959	0.52	3,014	0.65
33	Cervical Cancer	838	0.46	1,322	0.28
34	Pertussis	820	0.45	6	0.00
35	Suicide	674	0.37	4,660	1.00
36	Drownings	647	0.35	233	0.05
37	Poisonings	556	0.30	1,805	0.39
38	Liver Disease	513	0.28	7,767	1.66
39	Hepatitis B	511	0.28	57	0.01
40	Breast Cancer	507	0.28	14,343	3.07
41	Peptic Ulcer Disease	452	0.25	3,294	0.71
42	Upper Respiratory	434	0.24	56	0.01
43	Falls	343	0.19	4,450	0.95
44	Other Neoplasms	301	0.16	3,829	0.82
45	Lymphomas	287	0.16	8,744	1.87
46	Stomach Cancer	273	0.15	6,006	1.29
47	Prostate Cancer	269	0.15	11,508	2.46
48	Alzheimers/Dementia	259	0.14	29,116	6.24
49	Skin Disease	206	0.11	2,188	0.47
50	Bladder Cancer	201	0.11	5,842	1.25

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		BURKINA FASO
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1	Liver Cancer	18.18	14	3.07	164
2	Breast Cancer	15.48	107	23.62	20
3	Cervical Cancer	12.83	27	1.38	161
4	Prostate Cancer	8.81	50	8.21	58
5	Stomach Cancer	5.06	127	4.81	130
6	Other Neoplasms	4.32	49	2.95	92
7	Bladder Cancer	3.42	54	4.27	28
8	Lung Cancers	3.20	156	30.98	18
9	Colon-Rectum Cancers	3.06	176	15.49	33
10	Lymphomas	2.95	158	7.35	36
11	Oesophagus Cancer	2.36	107	7.62	30
12	Oral Cancer	2.08	132	2.39	113
13	Ovary Cancer	1.58	148	3.96	20
14	Leukemia	1.57	175	4.39	63
15	Pancreas Cancer	1.02	167	6.81	39
16	Skin Cancers	0.71	134	2.74	32
17	Uterin Cancer	0.71	122	1.53	64

DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY

	BURKINA FASO
	Value	World Rank	Value	World Rank
Population Total	15,746,232	59	61,113,205	22
Sex Ratio M / F	0.99	102	0.98	125
Population 0-14	46.2 %	9	16.7 %	158
Population 15-64	51.3 %	184	67.1 %	64
Population 65 +	2.5 %	184	16.2 %	23
Birth Rate / 1000	44.33	6	10.65	155
Death Rate / 1000	13.30	29	10.02	61
Fertulity Rate	6.28	8	1.66	153
Infant Mortality	84.49	15	4.85	167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F	1.03	185	1.05	130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F	1.01	182	1.05	77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F	0.99	128	1.03	46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F	0.65	164	0.76	105
Net Migrattion	N/A	N/A	2.16	29
Population Growth	3.10	9	0.28	152
Literacy Total	21.8	189	99.0	41
Literacy Male	29.4	181	99.0	50
Literacy Female	15.2	178	99.0	41
Unemployment	77.0	4	5.5	113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH	53.3	166	79.9	16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY	43.0	177	72.0	27
GDP PER CAPITA USD	$1,200	172	$36,600	23