Burkina Faso Mortality 2009: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Burkina Faso was 55.8 years in 2009: 57.2 for women and 54.2 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 183,968 people died; 17.9% of them were 65 or older and 46.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2009

Life expectancy at birth

55.8

Women

57.2

Men

54.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

79.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

127.8

Deaths

183,968

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

327

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

261

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2009's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2009

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	79.12	90.30	57.2	54.3
1-4	13.31	13.58	60.8	58.3
5-9	3.85	3.76	60.1	57.4
10-14	2.20	2.24	56.2	53.5
15-19	3.29	3.37	51.8	49.0
20-24	4.22	5.12	47.6	44.8
25-29	4.72	5.12	43.6	40.9
30-34	4.98	5.66	39.5	36.9
35-39	5.56	6.46	35.5	32.9
40-44	6.29	8.21	31.4	28.9
45-49	7.31	10.46	27.3	25.0
50-54	10.01	14.44	23.2	21.2
55-59	14.11	20.36	19.3	17.6
60-64	23.08	30.65	15.5	14.2
65-69	37.54	46.38	12.1	11.1
70-74	64.49	75.24	9.1	8.4
75-79	108.95	123.84	6.6	6.1
80-84	181.68	199.19	4.6	4.3
85-89	280.51	309.89	3.3	3.0
90-94	430.71	476.94	2.3	2.1
95-99	585.46	642.34	1.7	1.6
100+	733.19	789.27	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Burkina Faso by year

Mortality in Burkina Faso, 2009

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