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Costa Rica
COUNTRY #1
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COSTA RICA VS BURKINA FASO

Compare Costa Rica 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
Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
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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
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
  
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
  
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
  
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
  
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
  
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
  
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
  
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.3
83.4
32
27
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
78.3
83.4
32
27
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
79.0
84.1
28
21
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
79.1
84.2
28
21
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
79.2
84.2
28
20
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
79.5
84.3
28
20
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
80.0
84.4
25
18
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
80.4
84.6
23
16
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
80.8
84.7
20
15
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
81.2
84.9
20
15
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
81.7
85.2
15
13
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
82.2
85.5
14
11
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
82.8
85.9
12
11
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
83.6
86.4
10
11
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
84.7
87.2
5
8
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
85.9
88.0
5
8
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
87.3
89.1
4
7
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
89.1
90.5
6
7
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
91.3
92.3
11
6
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.74
171
131.79
66
2. Stroke
24.44
158
95.70
77
3. Kidney Disease
23.41
90
31.16
51
4. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
27.33
35
5. Lung Disease
15.14
143
18.73
110
6. Diabetes Mellitus
14.87
125
37.67
65
7. Road Traffic Accidents
14.00
103
43.30
16
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.17
146
122.30
12
9. Hypertension
12.84
115
31.19
42
10. Violence
12.02
40
11.16
45
11. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
16.06
101
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.59
153
20.98
34
13. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
9.32
49
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
6.07
134
15. Other Injuries
8.81
79
16.52
15
16. Suicide
7.62
107
14.38
33
17. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
68
7.94
34
18. Liver Disease
6.24
156
32.34
53
19. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
14.45
15
20. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.58
161
21. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
3.02
158
22. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
42.15
12
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
2.01
142
24. Leukemia
4.57
39
0.82
172
25. Other Neoplasms
4.26
19
0.39
107
26. HIV/AIDS
3.47
85
20.42
43
27. Low Birth Weight
3.45
117
10.86
31
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.09
134
9.08
35
29. Endocrine Disorders
3.05
107
25.05
2
30. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
3.23
139
31. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.67
129
32. Alcohol
2.21
55
1.72
72
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.10
159
5.51
35
34. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
2.91
34
35. Epilepsy
1.97
71
3.04
29
36. Falls
1.90
175
10.27
19
37. Skin Disease
1.88
76
2.01
66
38. Drownings
1.86
119
3.55
61
39. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.71
95
40. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
3.26
49
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.36
121
83.63
10
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
146
5.07
57
43. Drug Use
1.10
105
1.42
72
44. Asthma
1.02
134
11.80
54
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
1.17
147
46. Birth Trauma
0.93
125
10.42
22
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.85
13
0.25
107
48. Malnutrition
0.57
112
14.30
17
49. Tuberculosis
0.53
139
15.11
55
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.53
154
3.06
42
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
2,639
13.10
8,117
6.02
2. Stroke
1,624
8.06
6,324
4.69
3. Kidney Disease
1,482
7.35
2,398
1.78
4. Lung Disease
1,046
5.19
1,161
0.86
5. Diabetes Mellitus
953
4.73
2,609
1.94
6. Hypertension
863
4.28
2,020
1.50
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
836
4.15
16,807
12.47
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
818
4.06
767
0.57
9. Road Traffic Accidents
746
3.70
6,303
4.68
10. Stomach Cancer
661
3.28
777
0.58
11. Violence
635
3.15
1,943
1.44
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
621
3.08
478
0.35
13. Other Injuries
571
2.83
2,637
1.96
14. Prostate Cancer
448
2.22
514
0.38
15. Suicide
407
2.02
1,521
1.13
16. Breast Cancer
384
1.91
862
0.64
17. Liver Cancer
382
1.90
1,309
0.97
18. Liver Disease
370
1.84
2,722
2.02
19. Lymphomas
356
1.77
280
0.21
20. Lung Cancers
343
1.70
242
0.18
21. Congenital Anomalies
315
1.56
3,515
2.61
22. Pancreas Cancer
294
1.46
148
0.11
23. Other Neoplasms
266
1.32
23
0.02
24. Leukemia
262
1.30
112
0.08
25. HIV/AIDS
192
0.95
3,100
2.30
26. Inflammatory/Heart
191
0.95
743
0.55
27. Endocrine Disorders
183
0.91
4,794
3.56
28. Low Birth Weight
178
0.88
6,809
5.05
29. Cervical Cancer
159
0.79
2,122
1.57
30. Parkinson's Disease
138
0.68
252
0.19
31. Skin Cancers
137
0.68
220
0.16
32. Alcohol
126
0.63
152
0.11
33. Skin Disease
126
0.63
174
0.13
34. Epilepsy
116
0.58
477
0.35
35. Falls
116
0.58
828
0.61
36. Bladder Cancer
100
0.50
265
0.20
37. Drownings
97
0.48
910
0.68
38. Oral Cancer
96
0.48
227
0.17
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
87
0.43
11,887
8.82
40. Uterin Cancer
80
0.40
74
0.05
41. Ovary Cancer
80
0.40
174
0.13
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
74
0.37
410
0.30
43. Drug Use
63
0.31
172
0.13
44. Oesophagus Cancer
61
0.30
101
0.07
45. Asthma
60
0.30
941
0.70
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
55
0.27
15
0.01
47. Birth Trauma
48
0.24
6,426
4.77
48. Malnutrition
37
0.18
2,868
2.13
49. Tuberculosis
32
0.16
1,968
1.46
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
32
0.16
269
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Costa Rica COSTA RICA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
15.36
98
27.33
35
2. Breast Cancer
11.97
140
16.06
101
3. Stomach Cancer
10.69
34
9.32
49
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.02
75
6.07
134
5. Liver Cancer
6.19
70
14.45
15
6. Lymphomas
5.89
48
2.58
161
7. Lung Cancers
5.56
134
3.02
158
8. Cervical Cancer
5.34
121
42.15
12
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.73
71
2.01
142
10. Leukemia
4.57
39
0.82
172
11. Ovary Cancer
2.60
160
3.23
139
12. Uterin Cancer
2.50
80
1.67
129
13. Skin Cancers
2.09
79
2.91
34
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
153
2.71
95
15. Bladder Cancer
1.52
126
3.26
49
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.96
157
1.17
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.