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Jamaica
COUNTRY #1
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JAMAICA VS BURUNDI

Compare Jamaica 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
Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
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
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Burundi BURUNDI
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Burundi BURUNDI
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
  
39.8
43.0
41.4
144
136
141
1970
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
  
42.2
45.4
43.8
152
146
148
1980
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
  
45.1
48.5
46.8
156
153
156
1990
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
  
44.3
47.9
46.1
175
173
175
2000
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
  
48.6
53.0
50.8
165
157
161
2010
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
  
55.1
58.5
56.8
167
163
165
2019
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
  
61.5
66.1
63.8
157
154
157
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Burundi BURUNDI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.4
77.7
57
82
61.5
66.1
157
154
Age
74.4
77.7
57
82
61.5
66.1
157
154
Age 5
75.5
78.6
50
78
65.6
69.8
163
160
Age 10
75.6
78.7
51
77
66.3
70.5
164
158
Age 15
75.7
78.8
51
77
66.9
71.0
163
157
Age 20
75.9
78.9
51
78
67.4
71.3
163
157
Age 25
76.1
79.1
53
77
67.9
71.7
162
158
Age 30
76.4
79.3
54
76
68.5
72.1
162
158
Age 35
76.7
79.6
53
74
69.1
72.6
163
158
Age 40
77.1
80.0
51
73
69.8
73.3
165
161
Age 45
77.6
80.4
49
71
70.7
74.1
165
161
Age 50
78.2
81.0
52
69
71.9
75.0
164
162
Age 55
79.0
81.8
53
64
73.4
76.2
163
163
Age 60
80.1
82.6
55
61
75.2
77.6
162
162
Age 65
81.4
83.8
52
58
77.4
79.4
161
161
Age 70
83.1
85.2
54
54
79.9
81.4
159
158
Age 75
85.4
86.9
50
50
82.8
83.8
153
154
Age 80
88.1
89.1
40
42
85.9
86.7
150
148
Age 85
91.1
91.5
20
25
89.4
90.0
140
134
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Burundi BURUNDI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
70.26
104
120.74
38
2. Diabetes Mellitus
61.66
24
36.33
72
3. Prostate Cancer
53.37
3
29.71
28
4. Coronary Heart Disease
49.69
162
106.91
96
5. Violence
47.92
4
7.34
64
6. Breast Cancer
25.54
24
12.68
135
7. HIV/AIDS
25.41
38
21.41
42
8. Kidney Disease
23.98
84
23.88
87
9. Cervical Cancer
22.18
32
54.69
4
10. Hypertension
18.75
89
34.16
33
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.09
133
18.72
73
12. Lung Cancers
14.66
78
1.91
174
13. Road Traffic Accidents
14.23
101
52.10
7
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.25
39
8.72
92
15. Lung Disease
13.20
151
39.25
29
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.23
153
108.07
22
17. Lymphomas
7.87
10
5.92
47
18. Stomach Cancer
7.00
77
5.17
103
19. Low Birth Weight
6.72
67
9.11
44
20. Uterin Cancer
6.42
8
2.95
57
21. Ovary Cancer
5.85
38
4.07
105
22. Endocrine Disorders
5.56
60
3.29
98
23. Liver Disease
4.80
162
37.93
30
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.63
124
6.87
55
25. Skin Disease
4.13
19
1.71
84
26. Leukemia
4.13
63
1.96
153
27. Inflammatory/Heart
4.11
112
4.86
89
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.69
118
3.74
116
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.62
94
1.71
147
30. Liver Cancer
3.14
161
7.21
55
31. Other Injuries
2.77
173
15.70
18
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.47
92
7.20
29
33. Falls
2.34
167
8.15
48
34. Suicide
2.28
175
12.12
51
35. Oesophagus Cancer
2.28
95
11.03
10
36. Asthma
2.02
115
16.37
33
37. Oral Cancer
1.87
141
5.99
31
38. Birth Trauma
1.82
96
9.01
35
39. Bladder Cancer
1.77
108
2.61
67
40. Epilepsy
1.48
101
2.66
39
41. Malnutrition
1.43
90
24.88
5
42. Maternal Conditions
1.15
81
14.09
18
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.06
133
82.80
11
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.85
127
3.07
40
45. Other Neoplasms
0.57
80
0.25
150
46. Meningitis
0.49
116
13.34
22
47. Fires
0.47
145
4.37
19
48. Encephalitis
0.43
90
0.52
74
49. Drug Use
0.40
169
0.77
134
50. Drownings
0.34
182
4.01
46
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Burundi BURUNDI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2,415
13.82
4,323
6.26
2. Diabetes Mellitus
2,077
11.88
1,383
2.00
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,726
9.88
3,718
5.38
4. Violence
1,484
8.49
760
1.10
5. Prostate Cancer
883
5.05
374
0.54
6. Kidney Disease
793
4.54
1,001
1.45
7. HIV/AIDS
757
4.33
1,814
2.63
8. Hypertension
651
3.73
1,113
1.61
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
587
3.36
426
0.62
10. Lung Cancers
472
2.70
76
0.11
11. Lung Disease
452
2.59
1,349
1.95
12. Road Traffic Accidents
444
2.54
4,089
5.92
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
436
2.49
324
0.47
14. Breast Cancer
413
2.36
355
0.51
15. Influenza and Pneumonia
393
2.25
7,810
11.30
16. Cervical Cancer
358
2.05
1,474
2.13
17. Lymphomas
251
1.44
379
0.55
18. Low Birth Weight
241
1.38
3,171
4.59
19. Stomach Cancer
231
1.32
180
0.26
20. Endocrine Disorders
176
1.01
275
0.40
21. Liver Disease
155
0.89
1,767
2.56
22. Skin Disease
145
0.83
91
0.13
23. Congenital Anomalies
139
0.80
1,788
2.59
24. Inflammatory/Heart
133
0.76
311
0.45
25. Parkinson's Disease
132
0.76
103
0.15
26. Leukemia
129
0.74
135
0.20
27. Pancreas Cancer
119
0.68
66
0.10
28. Uterin Cancer
106
0.61
67
0.10
29. Liver Cancer
101
0.58
389
0.56
30. Ovary Cancer
97
0.56
106
0.15
31. Other Injuries
91
0.52
1,413
2.04
32. Falls
82
0.47
385
0.56
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
82
0.47
340
0.49
34. Oesophagus Cancer
74
0.42
455
0.66
35. Suicide
70
0.40
720
1.04
36. Asthma
65
0.37
836
1.21
37. Birth Trauma
65
0.37
3,183
4.61
38. Bladder Cancer
60
0.34
109
0.16
39. Oral Cancer
59
0.34
285
0.41
40. Malnutrition
48
0.27
2,500
3.62
41. Epilepsy
46
0.26
234
0.34
42. Maternal Conditions
35
0.20
1,332
1.93
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
35
0.20
6,046
8.75
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
27
0.15
181
0.26
45. Other Neoplasms
19
0.11
10
0.01
46. Fires
16
0.09
425
0.62
47. Meningitis
16
0.09
1,322
1.91
48. Drug Use
13
0.07
52
0.08
49. Encephalitis
13
0.07
46
0.07
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
11
0.06
17
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Burundi BURUNDI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
53.37
3
29.71
28
2. Breast Cancer
25.54
24
12.68
135
3. Cervical Cancer
22.18
32
54.69
4
4. Lung Cancers
14.66
78
1.91
174
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.25
39
8.72
92
6. Lymphomas
7.87
10
5.92
47
7. Stomach Cancer
7.00
77
5.17
103
8. Uterin Cancer
6.42
8
2.95
57
9. Ovary Cancer
5.85
38
4.07
105
10. Leukemia
4.13
63
1.96
153
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.62
94
1.71
147
12. Liver Cancer
3.14
161
7.21
55
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.28
95
11.03
10
14. Oral Cancer
1.87
141
5.99
31
15. Bladder Cancer
1.77
108
2.61
67
16. Skin Cancers
0.29
168
3.16
27
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.