BURUNDI VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,389	1	7,810	- 1,421
Stroke	2	5,958	4	4,323	+ 1,635
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,541	6	3,718	+ 1,823
HIV/AIDS	4	5,330	11	1,814	+ 3,516
Malaria	5	4,386	3	5,163	- 777
Tuberculosis	6	4,013	10	2,385	+ 1,629
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,068	5	4,089	- 1,022
Low Birth Weight	8	2,617	8	3,171	- 554
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,569	2	6,046	- 3,478
Birth Trauma	10	2,434	7	3,183	- 749
Liver Disease	11	2,378	13	1,767	+ 611
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,330	16	1,383	+ 947
Kidney Disease	13	1,635	21	1,001	+ 634
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,546	12	1,788	- 241
Lung Disease	15	1,226	17	1,349	- 123
Meningitis	16	1,172	19	1,322	- 150
Liver Cancer	17	1,120	29	389	+ 731
Other Injuries	18	956	15	1,413	- 457
Hypertension	19	876	20	1,113	- 237
Cervical Cancer	20	849	14	1,474	- 625
Suicide	21	783	24	720	+ 63
Maternal Conditions	22	782	18	1,332	- 550
Asthma	23	778	22	836	- 59
Endocrine Disorders	24	772	40	275	+ 497
Breast Cancer	25	761	35	355	+ 406
Malnutrition	26	734	9	2,500	- 1,766
Violence	27	730	23	760	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	28	634	38	311	+ 324
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	508	27	426	+ 82
Falls	30	459	30	385	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	31	405	33	374	+ 31
Lymphomas	32	344	31	379	- 36
Stomach Cancer	33	342	44	180	+ 162
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	315	37	324	- 9
Pertussis	35	293	32	378	- 86
Drownings	36	291	25	598	- 307
Fires	37	287	28	425	- 139
Ovary Cancer	38	274	51	106	+ 168
Drug Use	39	248	60	52	+ 195
Poisonings	40	205	34	369	- 164
Syphilis	41	190	59	60	+ 130
Oral Cancer	42	190	39	285	- 95
Parkinson's Disease	43	152	52	103	+ 49
Encephalitis	44	140	61	46	+ 94
Leukemia	45	134	47	135	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	46	131	58	66	+ 66
Epilepsy	47	129	41	234	- 105
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	126	36	340	- 214
Oesophagus Cancer	49	112	26	455	- 342
Skin Disease	50	104	54	91	+ 12
Schistosomiasis	51	101	42	211	- 110
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	100	43	181	- 81
Bladder Cancer	53	96	50	109	- 12
Alcohol	54	96	55	76	+ 20
Lung Cancers	55	93	56	76	+ 17
Tetanus	56	86	45	178	- 91
Uterin Cancer	57	86	57	67	+ 19
Skin Cancers	58	84	48	121	- 37
Appendicitis	59	57	49	109	- 52
Measles	60	53	63	17	+ 36
Multiple Sclerosis	61	44	69	5	+ 39
Hepatitis B	62	40	62	44	- 4
Other Neoplasms	63	19	67	10	+ 9
War	64	11	53	96	- 85
Hepatitis C	65	11	64	17	- 6
Upper Respiratory	66	6	46	136	- 130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	6	65	17	- 10
Ascariasis	68	5	66	16	- 11
Diphtheria	69	2	71	2	- 0
Chlamydia	70	1	70	2	- 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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 BURUNDI

Ghana

Burundi

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.