BURKINA FASO VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,084	4	8,117	+ 14,968
War	2	14,714	29	884	+ 13,830
Stroke	3	10,946	7	6,324	+ 4,622
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,413	1	16,807	- 8,394
Low Birth Weight	5	7,254	5	6,809	+ 445
Birth Trauma	6	6,158	6	6,426	- 268
Tuberculosis	7	5,651	20	1,968	+ 3,683
Hypertension	8	4,592	19	2,020	+ 2,572
Maternal Conditions	9	4,484	23	1,379	+ 3,105
Kidney Disease	10	3,785	17	2,398	+ 1,387
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,465	8	6,303	- 2,838
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,302	16	2,609	+ 694
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	3,190	3	11,887	- 8,697
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,872	10	3,515	- 643
Lung Disease	15	2,671	26	1,161	+ 1,509
Liver Disease	16	2,642	14	2,722	- 81
Asthma	17	1,954	27	941	+ 1,013
Other Injuries	18	1,862	15	2,637	- 775
Violence	19	1,847	21	1,943	- 96
Meningitis	20	1,508	11	3,375	- 1,867
Pertussis	21	1,210	34	746	+ 464
Breast Cancer	22	1,046	30	862	+ 185
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,014	33	767	+ 246
Suicide	24	903	22	1,521	- 618
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	864	41	410	+ 454
Stomach Cancer	26	862	32	777	+ 85
Oral Cancer	27	843	49	227	+ 615
Endocrine Disorders	28	783	9	4,794	- 4,011
Oesophagus Cancer	29	755	59	101	+ 654
Tetanus	30	720	51	181	+ 539
Encephalitis	31	683	61	83	+ 601
Lung Cancers	32	618	48	242	+ 376
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	598	44	269	+ 329
Drownings	34	572	28	910	- 338
Epilepsy	35	570	40	477	+ 93
Lymphomas	36	543	43	280	+ 263
Falls	37	520	31	828	- 309
Hepatitis B	38	496	55	164	+ 331
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	426	39	478	- 53
Liver Cancer	40	377	24	1,309	- 932
Parkinson's Disease	41	360	46	252	+ 109
Leukemia	42	350	58	112	+ 238
Malnutrition	43	338	13	2,868	- 2,530
Cervical Cancer	44	311	18	2,122	- 1,812
Inflammatory/Heart	45	303	35	743	- 440
HIV/AIDS	46	266	12	3,100	- 2,834
Poisonings	47	220	37	620	- 400
Ovary Cancer	48	212	52	174	+ 38
Measles	49	201	25	1,196	- 994
Fires	50	200	36	704	- 504
Drug Use	51	188	54	172	+ 17
Appendicitis	52	171	60	95	+ 77
Uterin Cancer	53	166	62	74	+ 92
Bladder Cancer	54	156	45	265	- 109
Prostate Cancer	55	148	38	514	- 366
Pancreas Cancer	56	132	57	148	- 16
Malaria	57	107	2	14,602	- 14,495
Alcohol	58	86	56	152	- 66
Skin Cancers	59	83	50	220	- 137
Syphilis	60	54	42	294	- 240
Skin Disease	61	54	53	174	- 120
Multiple Sclerosis	62	48	66	24	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	63	17	67	23	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	16	64	58	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	15	68	15	- 0
Ascariasis	66	10	63	74	- 64
Diphtheria	67	9	69	7	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	5	65	48	- 43
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	47	249	- 249
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Afghanistan

Burkina Faso

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.