BURKINA FASO VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,734	4	8,117	+ 30,617
Stroke	2	29,666	7	6,324	+ 23,342
Diabetes Mellitus	3	16,791	16	2,609	+ 14,182
Hypertension	4	9,285	19	2,020	+ 7,266
Suicide	5	9,150	22	1,521	+ 7,629
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,749	1	16,807	- 8,058
HIV/AIDS	7	7,434	12	3,100	+ 4,334
Kidney Disease	8	6,771	17	2,398	+ 4,374
Liver Disease	9	5,711	14	2,722	+ 2,989
Violence	10	5,616	21	1,943	+ 3,673
Road Traffic Accidents	11	5,073	8	6,303	- 1,230
Endocrine Disorders	12	5,061	9	4,794	+ 267
Lung Disease	13	5,048	26	1,161	+ 3,887
Other Injuries	14	4,851	15	2,637	+ 2,215
Drownings	15	4,202	28	910	+ 3,292
Tuberculosis	16	3,974	20	1,968	+ 2,006
Prostate Cancer	17	3,577	38	514	+ 3,063
Anemia	18	2,870	86	0	+ 2,870
Breast Cancer	19	2,781	30	862	+ 1,920
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,662	35	743	+ 1,920
Cervical Cancer	21	2,652	18	2,122	+ 529
Low Birth Weight	22	2,590	5	6,809	- 4,219
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,993	10	3,515	- 1,521
Birth Trauma	24	1,869	6	6,426	- 4,557
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,700	39	478	+ 1,221
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,576	41	410	+ 1,166
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,378	3	11,887	- 10,509
Other Neoplasms	28	1,165	67	23	+ 1,142
Lung Cancers	29	1,095	48	242	+ 853
Malnutrition	30	1,083	13	2,868	- 1,786
Stomach Cancer	31	986	32	777	+ 208
Lymphomas	32	934	43	280	+ 654
Malaria	33	871	2	14,602	- 13,731
Liver Cancer	34	838	24	1,309	- 471
Maternal Conditions	35	817	23	1,379	- 562
Asthma	36	739	27	941	- 202
Epilepsy	37	684	40	477	+ 207
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	663	33	767	- 105
Leukemia	39	616	58	112	+ 504
Oral Cancer	40	582	49	227	+ 354
Fires	41	564	36	704	- 140
Pancreas Cancer	42	551	57	148	+ 403
Ovary Cancer	43	514	52	174	+ 340
Meningitis	44	505	11	3,375	- 2,870
Drug Use	45	454	54	172	+ 282
Uterin Cancer	46	377	62	74	+ 303
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	374	44	269	+ 105
Falls	48	323	31	828	- 506
Parkinson's Disease	49	262	46	252	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	50	230	45	265	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	51	227	59	101	+ 126
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	225	80	0	+ 225
Encephalitis	53	204	61	83	+ 121
Appendicitis	54	174	60	95	+ 79
Skin Cancers	55	140	50	220	- 80
Skin Disease	56	93	53	174	- 81
Alcohol	57	90	56	152	- 62
Osteoarthritis	58	88	81	0	+ 88
Hepatitis B	59	58	55	164	- 106
Dengue	60	53	72	0	+ 53
Multiple Sclerosis	61	36	66	24	+ 12
Schizophrenia	62	29	84	0	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	29	68	15	+ 14
War	64	18	29	884	- 866
Poisonings	65	17	37	620	- 603
Upper Respiratory	66	15	65	48	- 33
Oral conditions	67	12	82	0	+ 12
Leprosy	68	11	75	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	69	8	64	58	- 50
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	7	85	0	+ 7
Syphilis	71	7	42	294	- 287
Tetanus	72	6	51	181	- 175
Pertussis	73	2	34	746	- 744
Ascariasis	74	1	63	74	- 73
Diphtheria	75	0	69	7	- 7
Otitis Media	76	0	71	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	3	- 3
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	47	249	- 249
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Guyana

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.