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Switzerland
COUNTRY #1
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SWITZERLAND VS BURKINA FASO

Compare Switzerland 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
Switzerland Population Pyramid
9,817,716
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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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
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.7
74.1
71.3
7
6
6
  
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
70.0
76.2
73.0
6
5
5
  
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
72.2
78.9
75.5
8
4
5
  
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
73.9
80.7
77.2
9
3
4
  
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
76.8
82.5
79.7
4
4
2
  
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
80.0
84.5
82.3
2
5
2
  
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
81.8
85.1
83.4
1
7
2
  
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.8
85.1
1
7
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
81.8
85.1
1
7
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
82.1
85.4
1
6
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
82.1
85.4
1
6
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
82.2
85.4
1
6
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
82.2
85.5
1
6
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
82.3
85.5
1
6
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
82.5
85.6
1
6
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
82.6
85.6
1
6
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
82.7
85.7
1
6
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
82.9
85.8
1
6
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
83.1
86.0
2
7
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
83.5
86.3
2
8
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
84.1
86.7
2
8
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
84.9
87.2
2
9
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
85.9
87.8
4
10
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
87.2
88.7
7
13
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
88.8
89.8
11
15
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
90.9
91.5
30
26
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
41.51
170
131.79
66
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.78
19
20.98
34
3. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
3.02
158
4. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
16.06
101
5. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
27.33
35
6. Stroke
14.92
183
95.70
77
7. Lung Disease
12.25
158
18.73
110
8. Suicide
9.83
72
14.38
33
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
6.07
134
10. Hypertension
8.02
143
31.19
42
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.01
142
12. Falls
7.39
65
10.27
19
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.97
177
122.30
12
14. Lymphomas
5.46
65
2.58
161
15. Kidney Disease
4.61
174
31.16
51
16. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
3.23
139
17. Liver Disease
4.37
167
32.34
53
18. Diabetes Mellitus
4.37
174
37.67
65
19. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
14.45
15
20. Inflammatory/Heart
4.21
106
9.08
35
21. Congenital Anomalies
3.56
145
7.94
34
22. Leukemia
3.37
106
0.82
172
23. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
9.32
49
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
102
25.05
2
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.24
133
5.51
35
26. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
3.26
49
27. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
2.71
95
28. Other Neoplasms
2.81
35
0.39
107
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
1.17
147
30. Other Injuries
2.56
176
16.52
15
31. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
2.91
34
32. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
1.67
129
33. Drug Use
1.84
54
1.42
72
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.71
180
43.30
16
35. Low Birth Weight
1.58
154
10.86
31
36. Alcohol
1.53
81
1.72
72
37. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
42.15
12
38. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
10
0.24
69
39. Epilepsy
0.95
141
3.04
29
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.71
151
83.63
10
41. Osteoarthritis
0.57
4
0.00
73
42. Skin Disease
0.51
139
2.01
66
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
175
5.07
57
44. Schizophrenia
0.50
8
0.00
76
45. Birth Trauma
0.48
153
10.42
22
46. Drownings
0.47
172
3.55
61
47. Violence
0.45
179
11.16
45
48. Asthma
0.42
169
11.80
54
49. Anemia
0.32
40
0.00
80
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.31
170
3.06
42
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,713
18.49
8,117
6.02
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,192
12.41
767
0.57
3. Stroke
3,918
6.76
6,324
4.69
4. Lung Cancers
3,520
6.08
242
0.18
5. Lung Disease
2,902
5.01
1,161
0.86
6. Hypertension
2,471
4.26
2,020
1.50
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,995
3.44
478
0.35
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,949
3.36
16,807
12.47
9. Falls
1,919
3.31
828
0.61
10. Prostate Cancer
1,579
2.73
514
0.38
11. Breast Cancer
1,577
2.72
862
0.64
12. Pancreas Cancer
1,486
2.56
148
0.11
13. Kidney Disease
1,261
2.18
2,398
1.78
14. Suicide
1,249
2.16
1,521
1.13
15. Lymphomas
1,131
1.95
280
0.21
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,027
1.77
743
0.55
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,022
1.76
2,609
1.94
18. Parkinson's Disease
857
1.48
252
0.19
19. Liver Cancer
805
1.39
1,309
0.97
20. Other Neoplasms
681
1.18
23
0.02
21. Liver Disease
677
1.17
2,722
2.02
22. Leukemia
671
1.16
112
0.08
23. Bladder Cancer
669
1.15
265
0.20
24. Stomach Cancer
614
1.06
777
0.58
25. Endocrine Disorders
593
1.02
4,794
3.56
26. Oral Cancer
500
0.86
227
0.17
27. Skin Cancers
493
0.85
220
0.16
28. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.85
101
0.07
29. Ovary Cancer
457
0.79
174
0.13
30. Other Injuries
410
0.71
2,637
1.96
31. Congenital Anomalies
305
0.53
3,515
2.61
32. Alcohol
229
0.40
152
0.11
33. Uterin Cancer
224
0.39
74
0.05
34. Road Traffic Accidents
193
0.33
6,303
4.68
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
186
0.32
11,887
8.82
36. Drug Use
176
0.30
172
0.13
37. Osteoarthritis
170
0.29
0
0.00
38. Multiple Sclerosis
160
0.28
24
0.02
39. Epilepsy
159
0.27
477
0.35
40. Skin Disease
129
0.22
174
0.13
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
122
0.21
410
0.30
42. Low Birth Weight
105
0.18
6,809
5.05
43. Cervical Cancer
105
0.18
2,122
1.57
44. Anemia
102
0.18
0
0.00
45. Schizophrenia
96
0.17
0
0.00
46. Asthma
95
0.16
941
0.70
47. Malnutrition
84
0.14
2,868
2.13
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
78
0.13
269
0.20
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
68
0.12
15
0.01
50. Drownings
49
0.08
910
0.68
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Switzerland SWITZERLAND   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.52
54
3.02
158
2. Breast Cancer
15.52
110
16.06
101
3. Prostate Cancer
15.31
99
27.33
35
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.81
78
6.07
134
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.68
28
2.01
142
6. Lymphomas
5.46
65
2.58
161
7. Ovary Cancer
4.58
84
3.23
139
8. Liver Cancer
4.35
117
14.45
15
9. Leukemia
3.37
106
0.82
172
10. Stomach Cancer
3.30
145
9.32
49
11. Bladder Cancer
2.97
56
3.26
49
12. Oral Cancer
2.84
88
2.71
95
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.67
84
1.17
147
14. Skin Cancers
2.39
55
2.91
34
15. Uterin Cancer
1.99
108
1.67
129
16. Cervical Cancer
1.28
182
42.15
12
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.