BURKINA FASO VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,209	4	8,117	+ 12,093
Violence	2	19,068	21	1,943	+ 17,124
Kidney Disease	3	16,427	17	2,398	+ 14,029
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,405	1	16,807	- 8,402
Stroke	5	5,545	7	6,324	- 779
Lung Disease	6	5,188	26	1,161	+ 4,027
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,816	16	2,609	+ 2,207
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,682	8	6,303	- 1,621
HIV/AIDS	9	2,927	12	3,100	- 173
Liver Disease	10	2,771	14	2,722	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	11	2,440	32	777	+ 1,663
Alcohol	12	2,254	56	152	+ 2,102
Cervical Cancer	13	1,569	18	2,122	- 553
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,561	10	3,515	- 1,954
Suicide	15	1,357	22	1,521	- 163
Liver Cancer	16	1,235	24	1,309	- 75
Prostate Cancer	17	1,142	38	514	+ 628
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	1,112	33	767	+ 345
Low Birth Weight	19	1,102	5	6,809	- 5,707
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,094	39	478	+ 615
Leukemia	21	1,084	58	112	+ 972
Breast Cancer	22	1,013	30	862	+ 151
Lung Cancers	23	1,007	48	242	+ 765
Falls	24	844	31	828	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	25	774	9	4,794	- 4,020
Malnutrition	26	745	13	2,868	- 2,123
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	691	3	11,887	- 11,196
Lymphomas	28	647	43	280	+ 367
Pancreas Cancer	29	559	57	148	+ 411
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	546	41	410	+ 136
Hypertension	31	507	19	2,020	- 1,512
Other Neoplasms	32	504	67	23	+ 481
Drownings	33	475	28	910	- 435
Anemia	34	456	86	0	+ 456
Asthma	35	424	27	941	- 517
Skin Disease	36	420	53	174	+ 246
Birth Trauma	37	420	6	6,426	- 6,006
Other Injuries	38	331	15	2,637	- 2,305
Oral Cancer	39	326	49	227	+ 99
Ovary Cancer	40	324	52	174	+ 150
Oesophagus Cancer	41	279	59	101	+ 179
Inflammatory/Heart	42	269	35	743	- 473
Drug Use	43	256	54	172	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	44	242	46	252	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	222	80	0	+ 222
Tuberculosis	46	209	20	1,968	- 1,759
Skin Cancers	47	207	50	220	- 12
Epilepsy	48	175	40	477	- 301
Bladder Cancer	49	145	45	265	- 120
Uterin Cancer	50	137	62	74	+ 63
Meningitis	51	123	11	3,375	- 3,251
Pertussis	52	112	34	746	- 635
Maternal Conditions	53	92	23	1,379	- 1,287
Fires	54	75	36	704	- 630
Chagas disease	55	63	77	0	+ 63
Appendicitis	56	62	60	95	- 32
Poisonings	57	52	37	620	- 568
Syphilis	58	49	42	294	- 244
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	49	68	15	+ 34
Tetanus	60	39	51	181	- 142
Dengue	61	31	72	0	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	62	30	65	48	- 18
Encephalitis	63	25	61	83	- 58
Multiple Sclerosis	64	24	66	24	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	21	44	269	- 248
Hepatitis B	66	16	55	164	- 149
Schizophrenia	67	13	84	0	+ 13
Oral conditions	68	8	82	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	69	5	81	0	+ 5
War	70	2	29	884	- 881
Iodine Deficiency	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	63	74	- 73
Leishmaniasis	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	58	- 58
Measles	76	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Otitis Media	77	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	3	- 3
Malaria	80	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	47	249	- 249
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

El Salvador

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.