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United Kingdom
COUNTRY #1
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Compare United Kingdom 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
United Kingdom Population Pyramid
74,081,983
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
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
 
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
 
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
 
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
16
16
 
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
75.3
80.1
77.8
18
23
20
 
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
78.1
82.2
80.2
15
26
21
 
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
79.8
83.0
81.4
19
31
25
 
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
83.0
19
31
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
79.8
83.0
19
31
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
80.2
83.3
19
30
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
80.2
83.3
19
30
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
80.2
83.4
19
30
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
80.3
83.4
20
31
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
80.4
83.5
21
31
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
80.6
83.6
22
31
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
80.8
83.7
23
31
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
81.0
83.8
22
31
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
81.3
84.0
21
30
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
81.8
84.3
21
30
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
82.3
84.7
22
31
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
83.0
85.2
21
31
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
83.9
85.9
18
31
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
85.0
86.8
20
31
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
86.5
87.9
22
31
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
88.4
89.4
21
32
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
90.7
91.3
40
40
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43.08
168
131.79
66
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
42.70
2
20.98
34
3. Lung Cancers
24.68
29
3.02
158
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.37
114
122.30
12
5. Stroke
20.17
169
95.70
77
6. Lung Disease
19.80
107
18.73
110
7. Breast Cancer
17.64
82
16.06
101
8. Prostate Cancer
16.66
82
27.33
35
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.09
50
6.07
134
10. Liver Disease
7.90
142
32.34
53
11. Suicide
6.88
116
14.38
33
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.20
52
2.01
142
13. Lymphomas
6.17
37
2.58
161
14. Oesophagus Cancer
6.08
28
1.17
147
15. Ovary Cancer
5.61
45
3.23
139
16. Parkinson's Disease
4.31
80
5.51
35
17. Falls
4.31
120
10.27
19
18. Drug Use
4.16
16
1.42
72
19. Liver Cancer
3.64
146
14.45
15
20. Other Injuries
3.64
157
16.52
15
21. Diabetes Mellitus
3.59
178
37.67
65
22. Leukemia
3.55
93
0.82
172
23. Bladder Cancer
3.54
40
3.26
49
24. Stomach Cancer
3.32
143
9.32
49
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.07
155
7.94
34
26. Uterin Cancer
2.98
56
1.67
129
27. Hypertension
2.97
167
31.19
42
28. Kidney Disease
2.86
179
31.16
51
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
119
25.05
2
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.81
173
43.30
16
31. Skin Cancers
2.62
46
2.91
34
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.47
151
9.08
35
33. Oral Cancer
2.46
105
2.71
95
34. Low Birth Weight
2.42
135
10.86
31
35. Other Neoplasms
2.38
45
0.39
107
36. Cervical Cancer
2.01
165
42.15
12
37. Alcohol
1.76
69
1.72
72
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.58
1
0.24
69
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
138
5.07
57
40. Epilepsy
1.31
114
3.04
29
41. Violence
1.22
144
11.16
45
42. Skin Disease
1.20
105
2.01
66
43. Asthma
0.86
140
11.80
54
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
147
83.63
10
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.59
38
0.25
107
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.54
153
3.06
42
47. Drownings
0.40
178
3.55
61
48. Birth Trauma
0.35
168
10.42
22
49. Fires
0.32
162
4.29
22
50. Hepatitis C
0.29
38
0.63
11
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
98,135
19.17
767
0.57
2. Coronary Heart Disease
71,728
14.01
8,117
6.02
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
40,540
7.92
16,807
12.47
4. Stroke
37,626
7.35
6,324
4.69
5. Lung Cancers
35,715
6.98
242
0.18
6. Lung Disease
32,896
6.43
1,161
0.86
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18,446
3.60
478
0.35
8. Prostate Cancer
13,289
2.60
514
0.38
9. Breast Cancer
12,718
2.48
862
0.64
10. Lymphomas
9,350
1.83
280
0.21
11. Pancreas Cancer
8,995
1.76
148
0.11
12. Oesophagus Cancer
8,727
1.70
101
0.07
13. Parkinson's Disease
8,573
1.67
252
0.19
14. Liver Disease
7,666
1.50
2,722
2.02
15. Falls
7,618
1.49
828
0.61
16. Bladder Cancer
6,133
1.20
265
0.20
17. Diabetes Mellitus
5,842
1.14
2,609
1.94
18. Kidney Disease
5,471
1.07
2,398
1.78
19. Other Injuries
5,464
1.07
2,637
1.96
20. Suicide
5,325
1.04
1,521
1.13
21. Liver Cancer
5,237
1.02
1,309
0.97
22. Leukemia
5,211
1.02
112
0.08
23. Hypertension
5,208
1.02
2,020
1.50
24. Stomach Cancer
4,999
0.98
777
0.58
25. Ovary Cancer
4,019
0.79
174
0.13
26. Other Neoplasms
3,986
0.78
23
0.02
27. Skin Cancers
3,727
0.73
220
0.16
28. Endocrine Disorders
3,297
0.64
4,794
3.56
29. Inflammatory/Heart
3,126
0.61
743
0.55
30. Oral Cancer
3,109
0.61
227
0.17
31. Drug Use
2,824
0.55
172
0.13
32. Uterin Cancer
2,346
0.46
74
0.05
33. Road Traffic Accidents
2,169
0.42
6,303
4.68
34. Skin Disease
2,134
0.42
174
0.13
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,127
0.42
3,515
2.61
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,090
0.41
410
0.30
37. Multiple Sclerosis
1,856
0.36
24
0.02
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,599
0.31
11,887
8.82
39. Alcohol
1,555
0.30
152
0.11
40. Low Birth Weight
1,313
0.26
6,809
5.05
41. Asthma
1,302
0.25
941
0.70
42. Epilepsy
1,193
0.23
477
0.35
43. Cervical Cancer
1,099
0.21
2,122
1.57
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,014
0.20
15
0.01
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
876
0.17
269
0.20
46. Violence
868
0.17
1,943
1.44
47. Tuberculosis
351
0.07
1,968
1.46
48. Fires
334
0.07
704
0.52
49. Drownings
301
0.06
910
0.68
50. Anemia
277
0.05
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.68
29
3.02
158
2. Breast Cancer
17.64
82
16.06
101
3. Prostate Cancer
16.66
82
27.33
35
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.09
50
6.07
134
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.20
52
2.01
142
6. Lymphomas
6.17
37
2.58
161
7. Oesophagus Cancer
6.08
28
1.17
147
8. Ovary Cancer
5.61
45
3.23
139
9. Liver Cancer
3.64
146
14.45
15
10. Leukemia
3.55
93
0.82
172
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
40
3.26
49
12. Stomach Cancer
3.32
143
9.32
49
13. Uterin Cancer
2.98
56
1.67
129
14. Skin Cancers
2.62
46
2.91
34
15. Oral Cancer
2.46
105
2.71
95
16. Cervical Cancer
2.01
165
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.