BURKINA FASO VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,641	4	8,117	+ 2,525
Violence	2	8,078	21	1,943	+ 6,135
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,791	16	2,609	+ 5,183
Stroke	4	7,029	7	6,324	+ 705
HIV/AIDS	5	6,603	12	3,100	+ 3,503
Kidney Disease	6	5,672	17	2,398	+ 3,274
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,349	1	16,807	- 11,458
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,879	8	6,303	- 1,424
Liver Disease	9	3,193	14	2,722	+ 471
Prostate Cancer	10	2,623	38	514	+ 2,109
Lung Disease	11	2,545	26	1,161	+ 1,384
Hypertension	12	2,536	19	2,020	+ 517
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,481	33	767	+ 1,714
Other Injuries	14	1,969	15	2,637	- 668
Lung Cancers	15	1,690	48	242	+ 1,448
Suicide	16	1,529	22	1,521	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	17	1,524	18	2,122	- 598
Drownings	18	1,320	28	910	+ 411
Liver Cancer	19	1,319	24	1,309	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	20	1,284	32	777	+ 507
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,277	10	3,515	- 2,238
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,247	9	4,794	- 3,547
Breast Cancer	23	1,200	30	862	+ 338
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,109	39	478	+ 631
Low Birth Weight	25	1,094	5	6,809	- 5,716
Inflammatory/Heart	26	999	35	743	+ 257
Falls	27	713	31	828	- 116
Parkinson's Disease	28	609	46	252	+ 358
Malnutrition	29	543	13	2,868	- 2,325
Alcohol	30	537	56	152	+ 386
Pancreas Cancer	31	518	57	148	+ 370
Birth Trauma	32	511	6	6,426	- 5,915
Tuberculosis	33	487	20	1,968	- 1,481
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	480	3	11,887	- 11,407
Asthma	35	426	27	941	- 515
Epilepsy	36	425	40	477	- 52
Skin Disease	37	303	53	174	+ 129
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	286	41	410	- 124
Leukemia	39	221	58	112	+ 109
Fires	40	202	36	704	- 503
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	189	44	269	- 80
Maternal Conditions	42	128	23	1,379	- 1,251
Oesophagus Cancer	43	122	59	101	+ 21
Appendicitis	44	81	60	95	- 14
Poisonings	45	80	37	620	- 540
Meningitis	46	78	11	3,375	- 3,297
Drug Use	47	77	54	172	- 95
Encephalitis	48	76	61	83	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	61	68	15	+ 46
Lymphomas	50	61	43	280	- 219
Uterin Cancer	51	61	62	74	- 13
Ovary Cancer	52	52	52	174	- 122
Other Neoplasms	53	51	67	23	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	54	24	66	24	- 0
Dengue	55	12	72	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	56	11	55	164	- 153
Chagas disease	57	10	77	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	58	7	65	48	- 41
Tetanus	59	6	51	181	- 175
War	60	6	29	884	- 878
Hepatitis C	61	2	64	58	- 56
Syphilis	62	2	42	294	- 292
Pertussis	63	2	34	746	- 745
Ascariasis	64	2	63	74	- 72
Chlamydia	65	1	70	3	- 2
Skin Cancers	66	0	50	220	- 219
Oral Cancer	67	0	49	227	- 227
Diphtheria	68	0	69	7	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	47	249	- 249
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	45	265	- 265
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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

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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.