BURKINA FASO VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	24,068	12	3,100	+ 20,968
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,036	1	16,807	- 4,772
Tuberculosis	3	11,640	20	1,968	+ 9,672
Stroke	4	10,955	7	6,324	+ 4,631
Coronary Heart Disease	5	10,032	4	8,117	+ 1,915
Road Traffic Accidents	6	7,136	8	6,303	+ 833
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,953	16	2,609	+ 3,345
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	5,300	3	11,887	- 6,587
Low Birth Weight	9	4,240	5	6,809	- 2,569
Lung Disease	10	3,790	26	1,161	+ 2,629
Violence	11	3,696	21	1,943	+ 1,753
Hypertension	12	3,517	19	2,020	+ 1,497
Birth Trauma	13	2,832	6	6,426	- 3,594
Liver Disease	14	2,758	14	2,722	+ 36
Kidney Disease	15	2,643	17	2,398	+ 245
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,327	10	3,515	- 1,188
Suicide	17	1,995	22	1,521	+ 474
Malnutrition	18	1,837	13	2,868	- 1,031
Other Injuries	19	1,699	15	2,637	- 938
Asthma	20	1,648	27	941	+ 707
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,443	33	767	+ 676
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,330	35	743	+ 587
Cervical Cancer	23	1,091	18	2,122	- 1,031
Breast Cancer	24	996	30	862	+ 134
Maternal Conditions	25	905	23	1,379	- 474
Drownings	26	901	28	910	- 9
Meningitis	27	894	11	3,375	- 2,481
Fires	28	894	36	704	+ 189
Skin Cancers	29	886	50	220	+ 666
Oral Cancer	30	820	49	227	+ 592
Prostate Cancer	31	775	38	514	+ 261
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	623	41	410	+ 212
Endocrine Disorders	33	599	9	4,794	- 4,195
Falls	34	510	31	828	- 318
Lung Cancers	35	483	48	242	+ 241
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	447	39	478	- 31
Pertussis	37	445	34	746	- 301
Epilepsy	38	404	40	477	- 72
Poisonings	39	381	37	620	- 239
Lymphomas	40	377	43	280	+ 97
Liver Cancer	41	369	24	1,309	- 940
Parkinson's Disease	42	357	46	252	+ 105
Syphilis	43	286	42	294	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	272	44	269	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	45	268	32	777	- 510
Drug Use	46	261	54	172	+ 89
Skin Disease	47	254	53	174	+ 80
Alcohol	48	231	56	152	+ 79
Leukemia	49	195	58	112	+ 82
Ovary Cancer	50	191	52	174	+ 17
Malaria	51	177	2	14,602	- 14,425
Oesophagus Cancer	52	172	59	101	+ 71
Pancreas Cancer	53	144	57	148	- 4
Bladder Cancer	54	129	45	265	- 136
Schistosomiasis	55	112	47	249	- 137
Uterin Cancer	56	94	62	74	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	78	68	15	+ 63
Appendicitis	58	72	60	95	- 22
Encephalitis	59	66	61	83	- 17
Other Neoplasms	60	63	67	23	+ 41
Upper Respiratory	61	52	65	48	+ 4
Tetanus	62	49	51	181	- 132
Hepatitis B	63	37	55	164	- 128
Multiple Sclerosis	64	19	66	24	- 5
Measles	65	17	25	1,196	- 1,179
Hepatitis C	66	5	64	58	- 53
War	67	4	29	884	- 880
Chlamydia	68	3	70	3	- 0
Ascariasis	69	2	63	74	- 71
Otitis Media	70	2	71	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	2	69	7	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Namibia

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.