BURKINA FASO VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,543	4	8,117	+ 8,427
Stroke	2	8,483	7	6,324	+ 2,159
Lung Disease	3	5,398	26	1,161	+ 4,237
Kidney Disease	4	4,764	17	2,398	+ 2,366
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,798	33	767	+ 2,031
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,775	16	2,609	+ 167
Lung Cancers	7	2,154	48	242	+ 1,912
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,957	1	16,807	- 14,850
Breast Cancer	9	1,658	30	862	+ 796
Liver Cancer	10	1,589	24	1,309	+ 280
Liver Disease	11	1,445	14	2,722	- 1,277
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,281	9	4,794	- 3,512
Cervical Cancer	13	1,274	18	2,122	- 848
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,243	39	478	+ 764
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,141	10	3,515	- 2,373
Falls	16	1,115	31	828	+ 286
Hypertension	17	971	19	2,020	- 1,049
Other Injuries	18	929	15	2,637	- 1,708
Oral Cancer	19	914	49	227	+ 687
Low Birth Weight	20	869	5	6,809	- 5,940
Suicide	21	861	22	1,521	- 659
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	850	3	11,887	- 11,037
Drownings	23	820	28	910	- 90
Leukemia	24	758	58	112	+ 646
Parkinson's Disease	25	686	46	252	+ 435
Prostate Cancer	26	681	38	514	+ 167
Tuberculosis	27	669	20	1,968	- 1,298
Violence	28	593	21	1,943	- 1,351
Asthma	29	583	27	941	- 358
Ovary Cancer	30	549	52	174	+ 375
Road Traffic Accidents	31	512	8	6,303	- 5,791
Skin Disease	32	501	53	174	+ 327
Dengue	33	447	72	0	+ 447
Lymphomas	34	438	43	280	+ 158
Maternal Conditions	35	322	23	1,379	- 1,056
Inflammatory/Heart	36	317	35	743	- 426
Bladder Cancer	37	311	45	265	+ 46
Epilepsy	38	290	40	477	- 187
Birth Trauma	39	285	6	6,426	- 6,141
Pancreas Cancer	40	261	57	148	+ 113
Fires	41	233	36	704	- 472
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	213	41	410	- 197
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	201	44	269	- 68
Encephalitis	44	161	61	83	+ 78
Malnutrition	45	160	13	2,868	- 2,708
Other Neoplasms	46	121	67	23	+ 98
Uterin Cancer	47	117	62	74	+ 43
Drug Use	48	108	54	172	- 63
Stomach Cancer	49	72	32	777	- 705
Meningitis	50	64	11	3,375	- 3,311
Alcohol	51	40	56	152	- 112
Pertussis	52	22	34	746	- 724
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	20	68	15	+ 5
Tetanus	54	16	51	181	- 165
Poisonings	55	15	37	620	- 605
Hepatitis B	56	14	55	164	- 151
Multiple Sclerosis	57	13	66	24	- 11
Syphilis	58	9	42	294	- 285
Oesophagus Cancer	59	8	59	101	- 92
Measles	60	8	25	1,196	- 1,188
Appendicitis	61	7	60	95	- 88
War	62	5	29	884	- 879
Skin Cancers	63	3	50	220	- 217
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	58	- 55
Ascariasis	65	2	63	74	- 72
Upper Respiratory	66	2	65	48	- 46
Chlamydia	67	1	70	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	69	7	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	47	249	- 249
Leishmaniasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	12	3,100	- 3,100
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Maldives

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.