BURKINA FASO VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,013	4	8,117	+ 27,897
Liver Disease	2	12,453	14	2,722	+ 9,731
Stroke	3	9,080	7	6,324	+ 2,756
Liver Cancer	4	5,077	24	1,309	+ 3,768
Hypertension	5	4,369	19	2,020	+ 2,350
Kidney Disease	6	4,368	17	2,398	+ 1,970
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,286	1	16,807	- 12,521
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,963	16	2,609	+ 1,354
Lung Disease	9	2,774	26	1,161	+ 1,613
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,519	10	3,515	- 995
Low Birth Weight	11	2,359	5	6,809	- 4,450
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,100	8	6,303	- 4,203
Breast Cancer	13	1,901	30	862	+ 1,040
Lymphomas	14	1,561	43	280	+ 1,281
Asthma	15	1,471	27	941	+ 530
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,445	33	767	+ 677
Birth Trauma	17	1,265	6	6,426	- 5,161
Lung Cancers	18	1,176	48	242	+ 934
Bladder Cancer	19	1,063	45	265	+ 798
Violence	20	863	21	1,943	- 1,081
Other Injuries	21	791	15	2,637	- 1,846
Leukemia	22	779	58	112	+ 667
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	765	3	11,887	- 11,122
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	639	39	478	+ 160
Suicide	25	626	22	1,521	- 895
Pancreas Cancer	26	602	57	148	+ 454
Inflammatory/Heart	27	516	35	743	- 227
Parkinson's Disease	28	495	46	252	+ 244
Endocrine Disorders	29	491	9	4,794	- 4,303
Falls	30	418	31	828	- 410
Ovary Cancer	31	403	52	174	+ 228
Stomach Cancer	32	382	32	777	- 395
Fires	33	325	36	704	- 379
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	277	41	410	- 133
Prostate Cancer	35	266	38	514	- 249
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	258	44	269	- 11
Drownings	37	232	28	910	- 677
Encephalitis	38	217	61	83	+ 134
Skin Cancers	39	210	50	220	- 10
Hepatitis B	40	205	55	164	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	41	197	59	101	+ 96
Pertussis	42	188	34	746	- 559
Meningitis	43	171	11	3,375	- 3,203
Maternal Conditions	44	165	23	1,379	- 1,214
Oral Cancer	45	164	49	227	- 63
Malnutrition	46	157	13	2,868	- 2,711
War	47	148	29	884	- 736
Cervical Cancer	48	129	18	2,122	- 1,993
Tetanus	49	112	51	181	- 69
Epilepsy	50	93	40	477	- 383
Tuberculosis	51	89	20	1,968	- 1,878
Uterin Cancer	52	87	62	74	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	53	82	12	3,100	- 3,018
Schistosomiasis	54	46	47	249	- 203
Skin Disease	55	45	53	174	- 129
Multiple Sclerosis	56	44	66	24	+ 20
Poisonings	57	40	37	620	- 580
Syphilis	58	33	42	294	- 261
Appendicitis	59	29	60	95	- 65
Alcohol	60	29	56	152	- 122
Other Neoplasms	61	24	67	23	+ 1
Drug Use	62	24	54	172	- 148
Hepatitis C	63	20	64	58	- 38
Measles	64	9	25	1,196	- 1,187
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	68	15	- 10
Leishmaniasis	66	3	78	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	1	63	74	- 73
Upper Respiratory	68	1	65	48	- 47
Dengue	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	69	7	- 6
Chlamydia	71	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Egypt

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.