BURKINA FASO VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,191	4	8,117	+ 5,074
Stroke	2	12,014	7	6,324	+ 5,689
Kidney Disease	3	5,018	17	2,398	+ 2,621
Lung Disease	4	5,015	26	1,161	+ 3,854
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,938	33	767	+ 4,171
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,839	1	16,807	- 11,968
Hypertension	7	4,712	19	2,020	+ 2,692
Stomach Cancer	8	4,482	32	777	+ 3,705
Lung Cancers	9	4,262	48	242	+ 4,020
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,922	16	2,609	+ 1,313
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	3,731	39	478	+ 3,253
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,489	8	6,303	- 2,814
Liver Disease	13	3,268	14	2,722	+ 546
Prostate Cancer	14	3,006	38	514	+ 2,492
Suicide	15	2,099	22	1,521	+ 578
Breast Cancer	16	2,085	30	862	+ 1,223
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,934	57	148	+ 1,787
Lymphomas	18	1,721	43	280	+ 1,441
Liver Cancer	19	1,690	24	1,309	+ 381
Other Neoplasms	20	1,676	67	23	+ 1,653
Other Injuries	21	1,618	15	2,637	- 1,019
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,588	9	4,794	- 3,206
Falls	23	1,116	31	828	+ 288
Leukemia	24	1,085	58	112	+ 973
Congenital Anomalies	25	1,059	10	3,515	- 2,456
Parkinson's Disease	26	975	46	252	+ 724
Cervical Cancer	27	962	18	2,122	- 1,160
Skin Disease	28	942	53	174	+ 768
Violence	29	918	21	1,943	- 1,025
Oesophagus Cancer	30	891	59	101	+ 791
Inflammatory/Heart	31	875	35	743	+ 133
Bladder Cancer	32	792	45	265	+ 526
HIV/AIDS	33	666	12	3,100	- 2,434
Skin Cancers	34	649	50	220	+ 429
Ovary Cancer	35	635	52	174	+ 461
Low Birth Weight	36	540	5	6,809	- 6,269
Malnutrition	37	519	13	2,868	- 2,350
Tuberculosis	38	506	20	1,968	- 1,462
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	413	3	11,887	- 11,474
Oral Cancer	40	379	49	227	+ 152
Fires	41	365	36	704	- 339
Asthma	42	364	27	941	- 577
Epilepsy	43	363	40	477	- 113
Drownings	44	349	28	910	- 560
Uterin Cancer	45	339	62	74	+ 265
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	276	41	410	- 135
Alcohol	47	256	56	152	+ 104
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	230	68	15	+ 215
Anemia	49	222	86	0	+ 222
Drug Use	50	183	54	172	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	51	162	81	0	+ 162
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	129	44	269	- 140
Meningitis	53	117	11	3,375	- 3,257
Birth Trauma	54	108	6	6,426	- 6,318
Chagas disease	55	97	77	0	+ 97
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	90	80	0	+ 90
Poisonings	57	84	37	620	- 536
Schizophrenia	58	47	84	0	+ 47
Appendicitis	59	45	60	95	- 49
Hepatitis B	60	37	55	164	- 128
Hepatitis C	61	33	64	58	- 25
Multiple Sclerosis	62	33	66	24	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	63	29	23	1,379	- 1,350
War	64	17	29	884	- 867
Oral conditions	65	7	82	0	+ 7
Syphilis	66	6	42	294	- 288
Upper Respiratory	67	5	65	48	- 43
Pertussis	68	3	34	746	- 743
Tetanus	69	2	51	181	- 179
Encephalitis	70	2	61	83	- 81
Otitis Media	71	2	71	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	63	74	- 74
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	7	- 7
Measles	75	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	47	249	- 249
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Chile

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.