BURKINA FASO VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,037	4	8,117	+ 11,920
Stroke	2	11,385	7	6,324	+ 5,060
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,873	8	6,303	- 430
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,049	16	2,609	+ 1,441
Low Birth Weight	5	3,599	5	6,809	- 3,210
Kidney Disease	6	3,462	17	2,398	+ 1,064
Violence	7	3,098	21	1,943	+ 1,155
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,039	1	16,807	- 13,768
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,635	10	3,515	- 880
Birth Trauma	10	2,312	6	6,426	- 4,114
War	11	1,611	29	884	+ 727
Hypertension	12	1,342	19	2,020	- 678
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,330	33	767	+ 563
Other Injuries	14	1,211	15	2,637	- 1,425
Lung Cancers	15	1,184	48	242	+ 942
Liver Disease	16	1,165	14	2,722	- 1,557
Breast Cancer	17	976	30	862	+ 115
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	864	3	11,887	- 11,023
Suicide	19	776	22	1,521	- 745
Lung Disease	20	728	26	1,161	- 433
Leukemia	21	720	58	112	+ 608
Inflammatory/Heart	22	652	35	743	- 91
Asthma	23	500	27	941	- 441
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	466	39	478	- 12
Tuberculosis	25	450	20	1,968	- 1,518
Lymphomas	26	444	43	280	+ 164
Maternal Conditions	27	427	23	1,379	- 952
Stomach Cancer	28	422	32	777	- 355
Fires	29	406	36	704	- 298
Falls	30	388	31	828	- 440
Parkinson's Disease	31	360	46	252	+ 109
Drownings	32	360	28	910	- 549
Pertussis	33	348	34	746	- 398
Bladder Cancer	34	344	45	265	+ 79
Liver Cancer	35	304	24	1,309	- 1,006
Pancreas Cancer	36	290	57	148	+ 142
Endocrine Disorders	37	253	9	4,794	- 4,541
Drug Use	38	241	54	172	+ 69
Oral Cancer	39	225	49	227	- 3
Encephalitis	40	207	61	83	+ 124
Ovary Cancer	41	206	52	174	+ 31
Meningitis	42	204	11	3,375	- 3,171
Skin Cancers	43	185	50	220	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	155	44	269	- 114
Epilepsy	45	138	40	477	- 338
Oesophagus Cancer	46	95	59	101	- 6
Prostate Cancer	47	93	38	514	- 421
Cervical Cancer	48	89	18	2,122	- 2,033
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	87	41	410	- 323
Syphilis	50	75	42	294	- 219
Tetanus	51	61	51	181	- 120
Poisonings	52	52	37	620	- 568
Malnutrition	53	50	13	2,868	- 2,818
Uterin Cancer	54	33	62	74	- 40
Measles	55	32	25	1,196	- 1,163
Hepatitis B	56	31	55	164	- 133
Skin Disease	57	27	53	174	- 147
Alcohol	58	22	56	152	- 130
Schistosomiasis	59	20	47	249	- 229
Multiple Sclerosis	60	17	66	24	- 7
Other Neoplasms	61	14	67	23	- 9
Leishmaniasis	62	12	78	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	12	68	15	- 3
Appendicitis	64	8	60	95	- 86
Upper Respiratory	65	3	65	48	- 45
Diphtheria	66	2	69	7	- 5
Ascariasis	67	1	63	74	- 73
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	58	- 57
Chlamydia	69	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	12	3,100	- 3,100
Malaria	73	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Iraq

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.