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HEALTH PROFILE: Burundi

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    Burundi
    COUNTRY PROFILE
    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
    Burundi BURUNDI LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    61.5
    66.1
    157
    154
    Age 5
    65.6
    69.8
    163
    160
    Age 10
    66.3
    70.5
    164
    158
    Age 15
    66.9
    71.0
    163
    157
    Age 20
    67.4
    71.3
    163
    157
    Age 25
    67.9
    71.7
    162
    158
    Age 30
    68.5
    72.1
    162
    158
    Age 35
    69.1
    72.6
    163
    158
    Age 40
    69.8
    73.3
    165
    161
    Age 45
    70.7
    74.1
    165
    161
    Age 50
    71.9
    75.0
    164
    162
    Age 55
    73.4
    76.2
    163
    163
    Age 60
    75.2
    77.6
    162
    162
    Age 65
    77.4
    79.4
    161
    161
    Age 70
    79.9
    81.4
    159
    158
    Age 75
    82.8
    83.8
    153
    154
    Age 80
    85.9
    86.7
    150
    148
    Age 85
    89.4
    90.0
    140
    134
    Burundi BURUNDI TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Stroke
    120.74
    38
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    108.07
    22
    3. Coronary Heart Disease
    106.91
    96
    4. Diarrhoeal diseases
    82.80
    11
    5. Cervical Cancer
    54.69
    4
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    52.10
    7
    7. Malaria
    47.79
    13
    8. Lung Disease
    39.25
    29
    9. Liver Disease
    37.93
    30
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    36.33
    72
    11. Hypertension
    34.16
    33
    12. Tuberculosis
    32.77
    33
    13. Prostate Cancer
    29.71
    28
    14. Malnutrition
    24.88
    5
    15. Kidney Disease
    23.88
    87
    16. HIV/AIDS
    21.41
    42
    17. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.72
    73
    18. Asthma
    16.37
    33
    19. Other Injuries
    15.70
    18
    20. Maternal Conditions
    14.09
    18
    21. Meningitis
    13.34
    22
    22. Breast Cancer
    12.68
    135
    23. Suicide
    12.12
    51
    24. Oesophagus Cancer
    11.03
    10
    25. Low Birth Weight
    9.11
    44
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Birth Trauma
    9.01
    35
    27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.72
    92
    28. Falls
    8.15
    48
    29. Violence
    7.34
    64
    30. Liver Cancer
    7.21
    55
    31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    7.20
    29
    32. Congenital Anomalies
    6.87
    55
    33. Oral Cancer
    5.99
    31
    34. Lymphomas
    5.92
    47
    35. Stomach Cancer
    5.17
    103
    36. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.86
    89
    37. Fires
    4.37
    19
    38. Schistosomiasis
    4.29
    3
    39. Ovary Cancer
    4.07
    105
    40. Drownings
    4.01
    46
    41. Poisonings
    3.80
    9
    42. Parkinson's Disease
    3.74
    116
    43. Endocrine Disorders
    3.29
    98
    44. Skin Cancers
    3.16
    27
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    3.07
    40
    46. Uterin Cancer
    2.95
    57
    47. Epilepsy
    2.66
    39
    48. Bladder Cancer
    2.61
    67
    49. Leukemia
    1.96
    153
    50. Lung Cancers
    1.91
    174
    Burundi BURUNDI TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    7,810
    11.30
    2. Diarrhoeal diseases
    6,046
    8.75
    3. Malaria
    5,163
    7.47
    4. Stroke
    4,323
    6.26
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,089
    5.92
    6. Coronary Heart Disease
    3,718
    5.38
    7. Birth Trauma
    3,183
    4.61
    8. Low Birth Weight
    3,171
    4.59
    9. Malnutrition
    2,500
    3.62
    10. Tuberculosis
    2,385
    3.45
    11. HIV/AIDS
    1,814
    2.63
    12. Congenital Anomalies
    1,788
    2.59
    13. Liver Disease
    1,767
    2.56
    14. Cervical Cancer
    1,474
    2.13
    15. Other Injuries
    1,413
    2.04
    16. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,383
    2.00
    17. Lung Disease
    1,349
    1.95
    18. Maternal Conditions
    1,332
    1.93
    19. Meningitis
    1,322
    1.91
    20. Hypertension
    1,113
    1.61
    21. Kidney Disease
    1,001
    1.45
    22. Asthma
    836
    1.21
    23. Violence
    760
    1.10
    24. Suicide
    720
    1.04
    25. Drownings
    598
    0.87
      Deaths %
    26. Oesophagus Cancer
    455
    0.66
    27. Alzheimers & Dementia
    426
    0.62
    28. Fires
    425
    0.62
    29. Liver Cancer
    389
    0.56
    30. Falls
    385
    0.56
    31. Lymphomas
    379
    0.55
    32. Pertussis
    378
    0.55
    33. Prostate Cancer
    374
    0.54
    34. Poisonings
    369
    0.53
    35. Breast Cancer
    355
    0.51
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    340
    0.49
    37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    324
    0.47
    38. Inflammatory/Heart
    311
    0.45
    39. Oral Cancer
    285
    0.41
    40. Endocrine Disorders
    275
    0.40
    41. Epilepsy
    234
    0.34
    42. Schistosomiasis
    211
    0.31
    43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    181
    0.26
    44. Stomach Cancer
    180
    0.26
    45. Tetanus
    178
    0.26
    46. Upper Respiratory
    136
    0.20
    47. Leukemia
    135
    0.20
    48. Skin Cancers
    121
    0.18
    49. Bladder Cancer
    109
    0.16
    50. Appendicitis
    109
    0.16
    Burundi BURUNDI CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Cervical Cancer
    54.69
    4
    2. Prostate Cancer
    29.71
    28
    3. Breast Cancer
    12.68
    135
    4. Oesophagus Cancer
    11.03
    10
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.72
    92
    6. Liver Cancer
    7.21
    55
    7. Oral Cancer
    5.99
    31
    8. Lymphomas
    5.92
    47
      Rate World Rank
    9. Stomach Cancer
    5.17
    103
    10. Ovary Cancer
    4.07
    105
    11. Skin Cancers
    3.16
    27
    12. Uterin Cancer
    2.95
    57
    13. Bladder Cancer
    2.61
    67
    14. Leukemia
    1.96
    153
    15. Lung Cancers
    1.91
    174
    16. Pancreas Cancer
    1.71
    147
    Burundi BURUNDI HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    7.5
    69
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    15.8
    6.0
    131
    88
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    2.1
    8.6
    184
    167
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    N/D
    N/D
    Burundi BURUNDI LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    39.8
    43.0
    41.4
    144
    136
    141
    1970
    42.2
    45.4
    43.8
    152
    146
    148
    1980
    45.1
    48.5
    46.8
    156
    153
    156
    1990
    44.3
    47.9
    46.1
    175
    173
    175
    2000
    48.6
    53.0
    50.8
    165
    157
    161
    2010
    55.1
    58.5
    56.8
    167
    163
    165
    2019
    61.5
    66.1
    63.8
    157
    154
    157
    Burundi BURUNDI DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    12.241m
    76
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.99
    88
    Population 0-14
    43.8%
    11
    Population 15-64
    53.1%
    183
    Population 65 +
    3.1%
    171
    Birth Rate / 1000
    35.17
    16
    Death Rate / 1000
    5.96
    137
    Fertility Rate
    5.10
    10
    Infant Mortality
    38.96
    42
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.03
    153
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.01
    167
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.98
    116
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.75
    131
    Net Migration
    7.35
    7
    Population Growth
    3.68%
    2
    Literacy Total
    68.4%
    146
    Literacy Male
    76.3%
    130
    Literacy Female
    61.2%
    129
    Unemployment
    N/D
    N/D
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    63.8
    157
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    55.6
    157
    GDP per Capita USD
    $700
    193

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    54,721
    38
    3/1/24
    Burundi COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Burundi causes.

     
     
    Burundi COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Burundi COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    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.