LATVIA VS BURKINA FASO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BURKINA FASO		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,314	9	501	+ 813
Malaria	2	1,141	79	0	+ 1,141
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	929	54	14	+ 916
Coronary Heart Disease	4	634	1	8,099	- 7,465
Low Birth Weight	5	532	56	11	+ 521
Birth Trauma	6	502	55	12	+ 491
Stroke	7	494	2	5,893	- 5,398
Road Traffic Accidents	8	493	27	154	+ 339
Endocrine Disorders	9	375	41	59	+ 316
Congenital Anomalies	10	275	43	46	+ 228
Meningitis	11	264	52	15	+ 249
HIV/AIDS	12	242	39	74	+ 168
Malnutrition	13	224	64	2	+ 222
Liver Disease	14	213	15	365	- 152
Other Injuries	15	206	16	362	- 156
Diabetes Mellitus	16	204	8	529	- 326
Kidney Disease	17	187	17	356	- 169
Cervical Cancer	18	166	33	128	+ 38
Hypertension	19	158	3	1,194	- 1,036
Tuberculosis	20	154	40	71	+ 83
Violence	21	152	37	94	+ 57
Suicide	22	119	14	384	- 265
Maternal Conditions	23	108	60	5	+ 103
Liver Cancer	24	102	26	157	- 54
Measles	25	93	72	0	+ 93
Lung Disease	26	91	18	346	- 256
Asthma	27	74	46	42	+ 32
Drownings	28	71	34	127	- 56
War	29	69	68	0	+ 69
Breast Cancer	30	67	10	472	- 405
Falls	31	65	23	201	- 137
Stomach Cancer	32	61	11	470	- 409
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	60	7	664	- 604
Pertussis	34	58	70	0	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	35	58	5	921	- 863
Fires	36	55	36	103	- 48
Poisonings	37	48	49	23	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	38	40	12	464	- 424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	37	6	722	- 685
Epilepsy	40	37	45	44	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	32	31	142	- 110
Syphilis	42	23	65	1	+ 22
Lymphomas	43	22	19	245	- 224
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	21	47	41	- 20
Bladder Cancer	45	21	20	228	- 207
Parkinson's Disease	46	20	35	125	- 106
Schistosomiasis	47	19	78	0	+ 19
Lung Cancers	48	19	4	956	- 938
Oral Cancer	49	18	22	214	- 196
Skin Cancers	50	17	30	144	- 127
Tetanus	51	14	71	0	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	52	14	24	196	- 183
Skin Disease	53	14	38	76	- 63
Drug Use	54	13	48	41	- 27
Hepatitis B	55	13	63	3	+ 10
Alcohol	56	12	21	227	- 216
Pancreas Cancer	57	12	13	436	- 425
Leukemia	58	9	25	186	- 177
Oesophagus Cancer	59	8	32	131	- 123
Appendicitis	60	7	59	5	+ 3
Encephalitis	61	6	69	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	62	6	29	148	- 142
Ascariasis	63	6	84	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	42	53	- 48
Upper Respiratory	65	4	62	4	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	50	20	- 18
Other Neoplasms	67	2	28	153	- 151
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	1	51	20	- 19
Diphtheria	69	1	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	53	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Burkina Faso

Latvia

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.