BURKINA FASO VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,833	1	16,807	- 5,974
Stroke	2	10,101	7	6,324	+ 3,777
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,395	4	8,117	+ 1,278
HIV/AIDS	4	9,037	12	3,100	+ 5,937
Malaria	5	7,436	2	14,602	- 7,166
Tuberculosis	6	6,805	20	1,968	+ 4,837
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,201	8	6,303	- 1,102
Low Birth Weight	8	4,438	5	6,809	- 2,371
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,355	3	11,887	- 7,532
Birth Trauma	10	4,126	6	6,426	- 2,300
Liver Disease	11	4,033	14	2,722	+ 1,310
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,950	16	2,609	+ 1,341
Kidney Disease	13	2,772	17	2,398	+ 375
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,622	10	3,515	- 893
Lung Disease	15	2,078	26	1,161	+ 917
Meningitis	16	1,987	11	3,375	- 1,387
Liver Cancer	17	1,899	24	1,309	+ 590
Other Injuries	18	1,621	15	2,637	- 1,016
Hypertension	19	1,486	19	2,020	- 534
Cervical Cancer	20	1,440	18	2,122	- 683
Suicide	21	1,328	22	1,521	- 193
Maternal Conditions	22	1,326	23	1,379	- 53
Asthma	23	1,319	27	941	+ 378
Endocrine Disorders	24	1,309	9	4,794	- 3,485
Breast Cancer	25	1,291	30	862	+ 429
Malnutrition	26	1,245	13	2,868	- 1,624
Violence	27	1,237	21	1,943	- 706
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,076	35	743	+ 333
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	862	33	767	+ 95
Falls	30	778	31	828	- 51
Prostate Cancer	31	687	38	514	+ 172
Lymphomas	32	583	43	280	+ 303
Stomach Cancer	33	580	32	777	- 198
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	535	39	478	+ 56
Pertussis	35	496	34	746	- 250
Drownings	36	493	28	910	- 416
Fires	37	486	36	704	- 218
Ovary Cancer	38	465	52	174	+ 291
Drug Use	39	420	54	172	+ 248
Poisonings	40	347	37	620	- 273
Syphilis	41	322	42	294	+ 28
Oral Cancer	42	322	49	227	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	43	258	46	252	+ 6
Encephalitis	44	238	61	83	+ 155
Leukemia	45	227	58	112	+ 114
Pancreas Cancer	46	223	57	148	+ 75
Epilepsy	47	219	40	477	- 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	214	41	410	- 197
Oesophagus Cancer	49	190	59	101	+ 89
Skin Disease	50	176	53	174	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	51	171	47	249	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	170	44	269	- 99
Bladder Cancer	53	163	45	265	- 102
Alcohol	54	163	56	152	+ 11
Lung Cancers	55	158	48	242	- 84
Tetanus	56	147	51	181	- 34
Uterin Cancer	57	146	62	74	+ 72
Skin Cancers	58	143	50	220	- 77
Appendicitis	59	97	60	95	+ 3
Measles	60	90	25	1,196	- 1,105
Multiple Sclerosis	61	75	66	24	+ 51
Hepatitis B	62	67	55	164	- 97
Other Neoplasms	63	32	67	23	+ 9
War	64	19	29	884	- 864
Hepatitis C	65	19	64	58	- 39
Upper Respiratory	66	11	65	48	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	11	68	15	- 4
Ascariasis	68	8	63	74	- 66
Diphtheria	69	3	69	7	- 4
Chlamydia	70	2	70	3	- 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Ghana

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.