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Burundi
COUNTRY #1
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BURUNDI VS DR CONGO

Compare Burundi and DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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
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%
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DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
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
  Burundi BURUNDI   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Burundi BURUNDI   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.8
43.0
41.4
144
136
141
  
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
42.2
45.4
43.8
152
146
148
  
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
45.1
48.5
46.8
156
153
156
  
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
44.3
47.9
46.1
175
173
175
  
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
48.6
53.0
50.8
165
157
161
  
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
55.1
58.5
56.8
167
163
165
  
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
61.5
66.1
63.8
157
154
157
  
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.5
66.1
157
154
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
61.5
66.1
157
154
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
65.6
69.8
163
160
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
66.3
70.5
164
158
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
66.9
71.0
163
157
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
67.4
71.3
163
157
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
67.9
71.7
162
158
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
68.5
72.1
162
158
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
69.1
72.6
163
158
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
69.8
73.3
165
161
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
70.7
74.1
165
161
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
71.9
75.0
164
162
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
73.4
76.2
163
163
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
75.2
77.6
162
162
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
77.4
79.4
161
161
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
79.9
81.4
159
158
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
82.8
83.8
153
154
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
85.9
86.7
150
148
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
89.4
90.0
140
134
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
120.74
38
112.53
56
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
108.07
22
117.32
16
3. Coronary Heart Disease
106.91
96
108.48
92
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
82.80
11
55.99
28
5. Cervical Cancer
54.69
4
22.64
30
6. Road Traffic Accidents
52.10
7
39.80
25
7. Malaria
47.79
13
28.55
33
8. Lung Disease
39.25
29
44.15
23
9. Liver Disease
37.93
30
36.25
41
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.33
72
36.82
69
11. Hypertension
34.16
33
50.51
14
12. Tuberculosis
32.77
33
79.20
9
13. Prostate Cancer
29.71
28
31.05
27
14. Malnutrition
24.88
5
11.91
24
15. Kidney Disease
23.88
87
24.38
79
16. HIV/AIDS
21.41
42
19.43
44
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.72
73
19.83
52
18. Asthma
16.37
33
20.76
18
19. Other Injuries
15.70
18
12.62
40
20. Maternal Conditions
14.09
18
16.42
13
21. Meningitis
13.34
22
11.11
32
22. Breast Cancer
12.68
135
15.42
112
23. Suicide
12.12
51
12.41
45
24. Oesophagus Cancer
11.03
10
2.18
101
25. Low Birth Weight
9.11
44
11.44
22
26. Birth Trauma
9.01
35
10.95
18
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.72
92
9.05
87
28. Falls
8.15
48
8.41
41
29. Violence
7.34
64
16.45
27
30. Liver Cancer
7.21
55
9.59
31
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.20
29
5.00
58
32. Congenital Anomalies
6.87
55
7.74
35
33. Oral Cancer
5.99
31
2.21
121
34. Lymphomas
5.92
47
4.48
101
35. Stomach Cancer
5.17
103
6.55
82
36. Inflammatory/Heart
4.86
89
9.82
29
37. Fires
4.37
19
3.03
48
38. Schistosomiasis
4.29
3
2.63
13
39. Ovary Cancer
4.07
105
3.08
143
40. Drownings
4.01
46
3.10
72
41. Poisonings
3.80
9
2.58
30
42. Parkinson's Disease
3.74
116
3.70
117
43. Endocrine Disorders
3.29
98
10.69
18
44. Skin Cancers
3.16
27
2.16
74
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.07
40
4.14
24
46. Uterin Cancer
2.95
57
1.91
111
47. Epilepsy
2.66
39
2.36
50
48. Bladder Cancer
2.61
67
0.78
167
49. Leukemia
1.96
153
3.40
102
50. Lung Cancers
1.91
174
3.48
152
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Burundi BURUNDI   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,810
11.30
73,546
11.18
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,046
8.75
41,301
6.28
3. Malaria
5,163
7.47
41,813
6.35
4. Stroke
4,323
6.26
36,596
5.56
5. Road Traffic Accidents
4,089
5.92
30,256
4.60
6. Coronary Heart Disease
3,718
5.38
34,713
5.28
7. Birth Trauma
3,183
4.61
33,075
5.03
8. Low Birth Weight
3,171
4.59
34,668
5.27
9. Malnutrition
2,500
3.62
8,910
1.35
10. Tuberculosis
2,385
3.45
43,759
6.65
11. HIV/AIDS
1,814
2.63
13,286
2.02
12. Congenital Anomalies
1,788
2.59
16,256
2.47
13. Liver Disease
1,767
2.56
15,044
2.29
14. Cervical Cancer
1,474
2.13
4,823
0.73
15. Other Injuries
1,413
2.04
8,272
1.26
16. Diabetes Mellitus
1,383
2.00
12,902
1.96
17. Lung Disease
1,349
1.95
13,527
2.06
18. Maternal Conditions
1,332
1.93
10,513
1.60
19. Meningitis
1,322
1.91
11,568
1.76
20. Hypertension
1,113
1.61
15,743
2.39
21. Kidney Disease
1,001
1.45
9,077
1.38
22. Asthma
836
1.21
7,733
1.18
23. Violence
760
1.10
11,120
1.69
24. Suicide
720
1.04
5,812
0.88
25. Drownings
598
0.87
3,454
0.52
26. Oesophagus Cancer
455
0.66
790
0.12
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
426
0.62
4,548
0.69
28. Fires
425
0.62
2,007
0.31
29. Liver Cancer
389
0.56
3,840
0.58
30. Falls
385
0.56
3,483
0.53
31. Lymphomas
379
0.55
2,061
0.31
32. Pertussis
378
0.55
7,921
1.20
33. Prostate Cancer
374
0.54
3,948
0.60
34. Poisonings
369
0.53
1,729
0.26
35. Breast Cancer
355
0.51
3,416
0.52
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
340
0.49
1,923
0.29
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
324
0.47
2,966
0.45
38. Inflammatory/Heart
311
0.45
4,045
0.61
39. Oral Cancer
285
0.41
1,003
0.15
40. Endocrine Disorders
275
0.40
7,380
1.12
41. Epilepsy
234
0.34
1,727
0.26
42. Schistosomiasis
211
0.31
1,071
0.16
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
181
0.26
1,728
0.26
44. Stomach Cancer
180
0.26
2,579
0.39
45. Tetanus
178
0.26
1,166
0.18
46. Upper Respiratory
136
0.20
370
0.06
47. Leukemia
135
0.20
1,871
0.28
48. Skin Cancers
121
0.18
765
0.12
49. Bladder Cancer
109
0.16
270
0.04
50. Appendicitis
109
0.16
703
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
54.69
4
22.64
30
2. Prostate Cancer
29.71
28
31.05
27
3. Breast Cancer
12.68
135
15.42
112
4. Oesophagus Cancer
11.03
10
2.18
101
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.72
92
9.05
87
6. Liver Cancer
7.21
55
9.59
31
7. Oral Cancer
5.99
31
2.21
121
8. Lymphomas
5.92
47
4.48
101
9. Stomach Cancer
5.17
103
6.55
82
10. Ovary Cancer
4.07
105
3.08
143
11. Skin Cancers
3.16
27
2.16
74
12. Uterin Cancer
2.95
57
1.91
111
13. Bladder Cancer
2.61
67
0.78
167
14. Leukemia
1.96
153
3.40
102
15. Lung Cancers
1.91
174
3.48
152
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.71
147
2.92
114
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.