BURKINA FASO VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,648	1	16,807	- 5,159
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	8,622	3	11,887	- 3,265
Stroke	3	7,651	7	6,324	+ 1,326
Coronary Heart Disease	4	7,100	4	8,117	- 1,016
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,135	8	6,303	- 168
Birth Trauma	6	6,046	6	6,426	- 380
Low Birth Weight	7	5,446	5	6,809	- 1,363
Liver Disease	8	5,300	14	2,722	+ 2,578
Tuberculosis	9	4,170	20	1,968	+ 2,202
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,160	16	2,609	+ 551
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,039	10	3,515	- 475
Hypertension	12	2,618	19	2,020	+ 599
Kidney Disease	13	2,352	17	2,398	- 45
Meningitis	14	2,336	11	3,375	- 1,039
Lung Disease	15	2,307	26	1,161	+ 1,146
Other Injuries	16	2,281	15	2,637	- 356
HIV/AIDS	17	2,230	12	3,100	- 870
Maternal Conditions	18	1,727	23	1,379	+ 348
Malnutrition	19	1,680	13	2,868	- 1,188
Breast Cancer	20	1,649	30	862	+ 788
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,605	33	767	+ 838
Violence	22	1,570	21	1,943	- 374
Pertussis	23	1,340	34	746	+ 594
Measles	24	1,229	25	1,196	+ 33
Suicide	25	1,172	22	1,521	- 349
Malaria	26	1,094	2	14,602	- 13,508
Cervical Cancer	27	975	18	2,122	- 1,147
Falls	28	877	31	828	+ 48
Asthma	29	871	27	941	- 69
Leukemia	30	821	58	112	+ 709
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	730	39	478	+ 251
Poisonings	32	713	37	620	+ 93
Lymphomas	33	698	43	280	+ 418
Fires	34	633	36	704	- 72
Drownings	35	609	28	910	- 301
Ovary Cancer	36	471	52	174	+ 297
Tetanus	37	428	51	181	+ 247
Lung Cancers	38	428	48	242	+ 186
Inflammatory/Heart	39	421	35	743	- 321
Oesophagus Cancer	40	357	59	101	+ 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	342	41	410	- 69
Liver Cancer	42	336	24	1,309	- 973
Syphilis	43	330	42	294	+ 37
Epilepsy	44	316	40	477	- 161
Endocrine Disorders	45	315	9	4,794	- 4,478
Parkinson's Disease	46	307	46	252	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	47	295	32	777	- 482
Oral Cancer	48	287	49	227	+ 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	260	44	269	- 9
Prostate Cancer	50	242	38	514	- 272
Bladder Cancer	51	210	45	265	- 55
Skin Cancers	52	196	50	220	- 24
Skin Disease	53	176	53	174	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	54	163	47	249	- 86
Alcohol	55	146	56	152	- 6
Hepatitis B	56	144	55	164	- 20
Upper Respiratory	57	138	65	48	+ 90
Appendicitis	58	132	60	95	+ 37
Leishmaniasis	59	112	78	0	+ 112
Drug Use	60	100	54	172	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	61	95	57	148	- 53
Uterin Cancer	62	82	62	74	+ 8
Encephalitis	63	75	61	83	- 8
War	64	55	29	884	- 829
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	43	68	15	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	66	29	67	23	+ 6
Diphtheria	67	28	69	7	+ 21
Ascariasis	68	25	63	74	- 49
Hepatitis C	69	22	64	58	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	70	12	66	24	- 12
Otitis Media	71	8	71	1	+ 7
Chlamydia	72	4	70	3	+ 1
Dengue	73	4	72	0	+ 4
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Ethiopia

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.