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Syria
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Syria 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
Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
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%
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
  Syria SYRIA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Syria SYRIA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
 
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
 
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
 
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
 
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
 
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
 
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
 
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
131.79
66
2. Stroke
79.31
95
95.70
77
3. War
68.78
2
4.60
10
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
16.06
101
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
31.16
51
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
122.30
12
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
3.02
158
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
20.98
34
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
43.30
16
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
18.73
110
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
32.34
53
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
37.67
65
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.07
134
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
83.63
10
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
27.33
35
16. Asthma
9.65
67
11.80
54
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
7.94
34
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
3.26
49
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
2.58
161
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
31.19
42
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
9.32
49
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
0.82
172
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
3.23
139
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
10.86
31
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
5.51
35
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
2.01
142
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
16.52
15
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
14.45
15
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
42.15
12
30. Falls
3.00
148
10.27
19
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
25.05
2
32. Violence
2.84
116
11.16
45
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
2.91
34
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
9.08
35
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.67
129
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.71
95
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
10.42
22
38. Suicide
2.11
177
14.38
33
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
1.42
72
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
18.01
8
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
3.06
42
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
1.97
44
43. Drownings
1.21
137
3.55
61
44. Fires
1.16
103
4.29
22
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
1.17
147
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
5.07
57
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
3.69
10
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
3.04
29
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
8.05
37
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
14.30
17
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
8,117
6.02
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
6,324
4.69
3. War
7,760
9.40
884
0.66
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
16,807
12.47
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
6,303
4.68
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
2,398
1.78
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
11,887
8.82
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
3,515
2.61
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
242
0.18
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
862
0.64
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
2,722
2.02
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
6,809
5.05
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
1,161
0.86
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
767
0.57
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
2,609
1.94
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
478
0.35
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
941
0.70
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
280
0.21
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
112
0.08
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
265
0.20
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
6,426
4.77
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
777
0.58
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
2,020
1.50
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
2,637
1.96
25. Violence
444
0.54
1,943
1.44
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
4,794
3.56
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
148
0.11
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
514
0.38
29. Falls
383
0.46
828
0.61
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
252
0.19
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
1,309
0.97
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
743
0.55
33. Suicide
333
0.40
1,521
1.13
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
174
0.13
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
3,375
2.50
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
746
0.55
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
227
0.17
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
220
0.16
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
172
0.13
40. Drownings
215
0.26
910
0.68
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
269
0.20
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
2,122
1.57
43. Fires
179
0.22
704
0.52
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
74
0.05
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
1,379
1.02
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
620
0.46
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
101
0.07
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
477
0.35
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
410
0.30
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
83
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
16.06
101
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
3.02
158
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
6.07
134
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
27.33
35
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
3.26
49
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
2.58
161
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
9.32
49
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
0.82
172
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
3.23
139
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
2.01
142
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
14.45
15
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
42.15
12
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
2.91
34
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.67
129
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.71
95
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
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.