BURKINA FASO VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,683	4	8,117	+ 12,566
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	15,101	1	16,807	- 1,706
Stroke	3	13,487	7	6,324	+ 7,163
Kidney Disease	4	11,002	17	2,398	+ 8,604
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,221	16	2,609	+ 6,612
Liver Disease	6	7,462	14	2,722	+ 4,740
Lung Disease	7	6,991	26	1,161	+ 5,830
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	4,640	33	767	+ 3,873
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,548	8	6,303	- 1,755
Hypertension	10	3,606	19	2,020	+ 1,586
Other Injuries	11	2,394	15	2,637	- 242
Low Birth Weight	12	2,367	5	6,809	- 4,442
Tuberculosis	13	2,221	20	1,968	+ 253
Violence	14	2,053	21	1,943	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,022	10	3,515	- 1,493
Cervical Cancer	16	2,004	18	2,122	- 118
Falls	17	1,996	31	828	+ 1,167
Malnutrition	18	1,929	13	2,868	- 939
Birth Trauma	19	1,842	6	6,426	- 4,584
Lung Cancers	20	1,687	48	242	+ 1,445
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,652	3	11,887	- 10,235
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,595	46	252	+ 1,343
Stomach Cancer	23	1,469	32	777	+ 692
Chagas disease	24	1,412	77	0	+ 1,412
Liver Cancer	25	1,348	24	1,309	+ 39
Suicide	26	1,338	22	1,521	- 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,269	41	410	+ 859
Prostate Cancer	28	1,029	38	514	+ 515
Breast Cancer	29	902	30	862	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	762	39	478	+ 284
Drownings	31	760	28	910	- 150
Endocrine Disorders	32	719	9	4,794	- 4,075
Alcohol	33	719	56	152	+ 567
Leukemia	34	711	58	112	+ 598
Inflammatory/Heart	35	700	35	743	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	36	621	57	148	+ 473
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	546	44	269	+ 277
Asthma	38	484	27	941	- 457
Maternal Conditions	39	459	23	1,379	- 920
Drug Use	40	457	54	172	+ 285
Lymphomas	41	411	43	280	+ 131
Epilepsy	42	373	40	477	- 103
Skin Cancers	43	356	50	220	+ 136
Fires	44	339	36	704	- 365
HIV/AIDS	45	326	12	3,100	- 2,774
Appendicitis	46	292	60	95	+ 197
Uterin Cancer	47	283	62	74	+ 209
Oesophagus Cancer	48	249	59	101	+ 149
Meningitis	49	239	11	3,375	- 3,136
Pertussis	50	226	34	746	- 520
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	208	68	15	+ 193
Encephalitis	52	205	61	83	+ 122
Syphilis	53	196	42	294	- 97
Ovary Cancer	54	191	52	174	+ 16
Skin Disease	55	188	53	174	+ 14
Oral Cancer	56	170	49	227	- 57
Poisonings	57	123	37	620	- 497
Other Neoplasms	58	81	67	23	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	59	80	45	265	- 185
Tetanus	60	58	51	181	- 123
Multiple Sclerosis	61	42	66	24	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	62	29	65	48	- 19
War	63	17	29	884	- 867
Hepatitis B	64	11	55	164	- 154
Leishmaniasis	65	10	78	0	+ 10
Dengue	66	8	72	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	67	5	64	58	- 53
Chlamydia	68	4	70	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	3	63	74	- 70
Diphtheria	70	1	69	7	- 6
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	47	249	- 249
Malaria	76	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Bolivia

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.