BURKINA FASO VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,901	1	16,807	- 4,906
Stroke	2	9,313	7	6,324	+ 2,989
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	8,325	3	11,887	- 3,562
Coronary Heart Disease	4	7,823	4	8,117	- 294
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,817	8	6,303	- 1,486
Liver Disease	6	4,412	14	2,722	+ 1,690
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,430	16	2,609	+ 822
Hypertension	8	3,362	19	2,020	+ 1,343
Lung Disease	9	2,404	26	1,161	+ 1,243
Malnutrition	10	2,396	13	2,868	- 472
Birth Trauma	11	2,239	6	6,426	- 4,188
Kidney Disease	12	2,098	17	2,398	- 299
Maternal Conditions	13	1,974	23	1,379	+ 595
Tuberculosis	14	1,974	20	1,968	+ 6
Other Injuries	15	1,961	15	2,637	- 675
Low Birth Weight	16	1,929	5	6,809	- 4,880
Malaria	17	1,587	2	14,602	- 13,015
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,569	10	3,515	- 1,945
Meningitis	19	1,469	11	3,375	- 1,906
Violence	20	1,396	21	1,943	- 548
Suicide	21	1,386	22	1,521	- 134
Asthma	22	1,184	27	941	+ 243
Breast Cancer	23	1,131	30	862	+ 270
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,125	33	767	+ 358
HIV/AIDS	25	1,117	12	3,100	- 1,983
Falls	26	611	31	828	- 218
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	534	41	410	+ 124
Lymphomas	28	533	43	280	+ 253
Leukemia	29	523	58	112	+ 411
Cervical Cancer	30	481	18	2,122	- 1,641
Fires	31	479	36	704	- 225
Inflammatory/Heart	32	446	35	743	- 296
Drownings	33	427	28	910	- 482
Poisonings	34	415	37	620	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	411	39	478	- 68
Pertussis	36	325	34	746	- 421
Parkinson's Disease	37	308	46	252	+ 56
Epilepsy	38	296	40	477	- 181
Oesophagus Cancer	39	294	59	101	+ 194
Ovary Cancer	40	289	52	174	+ 114
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	279	44	269	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	42	264	47	249	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	43	259	9	4,794	- 4,535
Oral Cancer	44	258	49	227	+ 31
Liver Cancer	45	251	24	1,309	- 1,058
Lung Cancers	46	224	48	242	- 18
Prostate Cancer	47	197	38	514	- 318
Stomach Cancer	48	175	32	777	- 602
Alcohol	49	165	56	152	+ 14
Skin Disease	50	162	53	174	- 12
Bladder Cancer	51	152	45	265	- 113
Tetanus	52	136	51	181	- 45
Drug Use	53	131	54	172	- 40
Syphilis	54	126	42	294	- 167
Appendicitis	55	114	60	95	+ 19
Skin Cancers	56	108	50	220	- 111
Hepatitis B	57	100	55	164	- 64
Pancreas Cancer	58	71	57	148	- 77
Leishmaniasis	59	69	78	0	+ 69
Upper Respiratory	60	65	65	48	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	61	64	62	74	- 10
Encephalitis	62	56	61	83	- 26
Measles	63	46	25	1,196	- 1,150
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	43	68	15	+ 28
Hepatitis C	65	23	64	58	- 35
Other Neoplasms	66	22	67	23	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	14	66	24	- 10
Ascariasis	68	7	63	74	- 67
Otitis Media	69	6	71	1	+ 5
Chlamydia	70	4	70	3	+ 1
War	71	2	29	884	- 882
Diphtheria	72	1	69	7	- 6
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	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

Eritrea

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.