BURKINA FASO VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,910	4	8,117	+ 15,794
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	20,096	1	16,807	+ 3,289
Lung Disease	3	11,392	26	1,161	+ 10,231
Stroke	4	11,217	7	6,324	+ 4,893
Kidney Disease	5	6,662	17	2,398	+ 4,265
Lung Cancers	6	4,910	48	242	+ 4,668
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,379	39	478	+ 3,900
Breast Cancer	8	3,463	30	862	+ 2,601
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,353	16	2,609	+ 744
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,088	8	6,303	- 3,215
Hypertension	11	2,843	19	2,020	+ 824
Other Injuries	12	2,766	15	2,637	+ 130
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,694	35	743	+ 1,952
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,259	57	148	+ 2,111
Prostate Cancer	15	2,210	38	514	+ 1,696
Liver Disease	16	1,976	14	2,722	- 747
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,955	9	4,794	- 2,839
Suicide	18	1,837	22	1,521	+ 316
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,832	33	767	+ 1,065
Stomach Cancer	20	1,728	32	777	+ 950
Other Neoplasms	21	1,581	67	23	+ 1,558
Skin Disease	22	1,555	53	174	+ 1,381
Violence	23	1,330	21	1,943	- 614
Lymphomas	24	1,328	43	280	+ 1,048
Cervical Cancer	25	1,216	18	2,122	- 906
Congenital Anomalies	26	1,186	10	3,515	- 2,329
Leukemia	27	1,073	58	112	+ 961
Low Birth Weight	28	1,070	5	6,809	- 5,739
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,007	59	101	+ 907
Liver Cancer	30	1,003	24	1,309	- 307
Bladder Cancer	31	821	45	265	+ 556
HIV/AIDS	32	726	12	3,100	- 2,374
Ovary Cancer	33	641	52	174	+ 466
Skin Cancers	34	526	50	220	+ 306
Oral Cancer	35	526	49	227	+ 299
Parkinson's Disease	36	473	46	252	+ 221
Uterin Cancer	37	463	62	74	+ 389
Malnutrition	38	456	13	2,868	- 2,413
Drug Use	39	405	54	172	+ 233
Anemia	40	339	86	0	+ 339
Tuberculosis	41	321	20	1,968	- 1,647
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	284	3	11,887	- 11,604
Falls	43	248	31	828	- 580
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	239	41	410	- 171
Chagas disease	45	221	77	0	+ 221
Alcohol	46	216	56	152	+ 65
Asthma	47	198	27	941	- 743
Drownings	48	186	28	910	- 723
Birth Trauma	49	183	6	6,426	- 6,243
Epilepsy	50	163	40	477	- 314
Meningitis	51	155	11	3,375	- 3,220
Fires	52	137	36	704	- 567
Maternal Conditions	53	137	23	1,379	- 1,242
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	119	68	15	+ 104
Poisonings	55	95	37	620	- 525
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	68	44	269	- 201
Hepatitis C	57	55	64	58	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	58	50	66	24	+ 26
Osteoarthritis	59	36	81	0	+ 36
Appendicitis	60	35	60	95	- 60
Schizophrenia	61	29	84	0	+ 29
Hepatitis B	62	27	55	164	- 137
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	23	80	0	+ 23
Encephalitis	64	8	61	83	- 75
Syphilis	65	7	42	294	- 287
Oral conditions	66	7	82	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	67	6	65	48	- 42
Pertussis	68	5	34	746	- 741
Leprosy	69	3	75	0	+ 3
War	70	2	29	884	- 881
Tetanus	71	2	51	181	- 180
Leishmaniasis	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	71	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	1	79	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	63	74	- 74
Diphtheria	78	0	69	7	- 7
Measles	79	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Dengue	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	83	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Schistosomiasis	84	0	47	249	- 249
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Argentina

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.