Table 2 Summary of country health status*
Burkina Faso | Eritrea | Mali | WHO African Region† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total population (× 1,000) | 13,228 | 4,401 | 13,518 | 738,083 |
Total expenditure on health (as % of GDP) | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | |
Adult mortality rate (per 1000 population) | 441 | 313 | 452 | 492 |
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1000 live births) | 192 | 82 | 219 | 167 |
Year of life lost by communicable diseases (%) | 87 | 81 | 86 | 59 |
Causes of death among children under 5 years of age (%) | ||||
Neonatal causes | 18.3 | 27.4 | 25.9 | 26.2 |
Diarrhoeal diseases | 18.8 | 15.6 | 18.3 | 16.6 |
Malaria | 20.3 | 13.6 | 16.9 | 17.5 |
Pneumonia | 23.3 | 18.6 | 23.9 | 21.1 |
Measles | 3.4 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 4.3 |
HIV/AIDS | 4.0 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 6.8 |
Other | 11.9 | 16 | 7.3 | 7.5 |