BURUNDI VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	29,086	11	1,814	+ 27,272
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	19,610	1	7,810	+ 11,800
Stroke	3	17,185	4	4,323	+ 12,863
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	14,362	2	6,046	+ 8,316
Coronary Heart Disease	5	12,818	6	3,718	+ 9,100
Diabetes Mellitus	6	12,199	16	1,383	+ 10,816
Suicide	7	9,392	24	720	+ 8,672
Tuberculosis	8	7,372	10	2,385	+ 4,987
Lung Disease	9	6,722	17	1,349	+ 5,374
Kidney Disease	10	6,189	21	1,001	+ 5,188
Hypertension	11	6,039	20	1,113	+ 4,926
Low Birth Weight	12	5,837	8	3,171	+ 2,666
Violence	13	5,637	23	760	+ 4,877
Liver Disease	14	4,832	13	1,767	+ 3,065
Birth Trauma	15	4,376	7	3,183	+ 1,193
Road Traffic Accidents	16	4,139	5	4,089	+ 50
Asthma	17	4,135	22	836	+ 3,299
Other Injuries	18	3,251	15	1,413	+ 1,838
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,375	12	1,788	+ 588
Cervical Cancer	20	2,272	14	1,474	+ 798
Malnutrition	21	2,179	9	2,500	- 321
Meningitis	22	1,939	19	1,322	+ 617
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,861	38	311	+ 1,551
Maternal Conditions	24	1,783	18	1,332	+ 451
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,700	36	340	+ 1,360
Fires	26	1,640	28	425	+ 1,214
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,433	40	275	+ 1,158
Drownings	28	1,219	25	598	+ 622
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,185	27	426	+ 759
Epilepsy	30	875	41	234	+ 641
Falls	31	780	30	385	+ 395
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	766	43	181	+ 585
Poisonings	33	678	34	369	+ 309
Breast Cancer	34	592	35	355	+ 237
Prostate Cancer	35	492	33	374	+ 118
Lymphomas	36	475	31	379	+ 96
Oesophagus Cancer	37	448	26	455	- 7
Alcohol	38	432	55	76	+ 356
Liver Cancer	39	431	29	389	+ 42
Skin Disease	40	426	54	91	+ 335
Parkinson's Disease	41	334	52	103	+ 231
Oral Cancer	42	315	39	285	+ 30
Lung Cancers	43	311	56	76	+ 235
Pertussis	44	311	32	378	- 67
Syphilis	45	308	59	60	+ 248
Skin Cancers	46	283	48	121	+ 162
Tetanus	47	275	45	178	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	242	37	324	- 82
Leukemia	49	237	47	135	+ 102
Drug Use	50	193	60	52	+ 140
Hepatitis B	51	163	62	44	+ 119
Appendicitis	52	152	49	109	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	53	149	51	106	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	54	143	57	67	+ 76
Upper Respiratory	55	111	46	136	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	110	65	17	+ 93
Encephalitis	57	83	61	46	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	58	74	58	66	+ 9
Measles	59	71	63	17	+ 54
Stomach Cancer	60	66	44	180	- 114
Bladder Cancer	61	59	50	109	- 50
Other Neoplasms	62	56	67	10	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	63	36	69	5	+ 31
Hepatitis C	64	15	64	17	- 2
Chlamydia	65	9	70	2	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	7	68	10	- 2
Ascariasis	67	4	66	16	- 12
War	68	2	53	96	- 95
Diphtheria	69	2	71	2	- 0
Dengue	70	1	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	211	- 211
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	5,163	- 5,163
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

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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.