BURKINA FASO VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,166	4	8,117	+ 12,049
Kidney Disease	2	12,192	17	2,398	+ 9,794
Stroke	3	7,677	7	6,324	+ 1,353
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,135	16	2,609	+ 4,527
Lung Disease	5	5,416	26	1,161	+ 4,255
Liver Disease	6	4,152	14	2,722	+ 1,430
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,974	1	16,807	- 12,833
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,826	8	6,303	- 2,477
Hypertension	9	3,807	19	2,020	+ 1,787
Violence	10	2,134	21	1,943	+ 191
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,970	10	3,515	- 1,545
Liver Cancer	12	1,755	24	1,309	+ 446
Low Birth Weight	13	1,690	5	6,809	- 5,119
Stomach Cancer	14	1,648	32	777	+ 871
Prostate Cancer	15	1,332	38	514	+ 818
Cervical Cancer	16	1,291	18	2,122	- 831
Other Injuries	17	1,234	15	2,637	- 1,403
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,088	39	478	+ 610
Suicide	19	982	22	1,521	- 539
Breast Cancer	20	977	30	862	+ 115
Alcohol	21	962	56	152	+ 810
Falls	22	953	31	828	+ 124
Lung Cancers	23	945	48	242	+ 703
Leukemia	24	783	58	112	+ 671
Birth Trauma	25	683	6	6,426	- 5,743
Other Neoplasms	26	663	67	23	+ 641
Pancreas Cancer	27	613	57	148	+ 466
Endocrine Disorders	28	565	9	4,794	- 4,229
Lymphomas	29	565	43	280	+ 285
Malnutrition	30	563	13	2,868	- 2,306
Skin Disease	31	558	53	174	+ 384
Drownings	32	541	28	910	- 368
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	514	33	767	- 253
Inflammatory/Heart	34	481	35	743	- 262
HIV/AIDS	35	480	12	3,100	- 2,620
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	422	3	11,887	- 11,465
Tuberculosis	37	396	20	1,968	- 1,572
Asthma	38	362	27	941	- 579
Maternal Conditions	39	304	23	1,379	- 1,075
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	295	41	410	- 115
Epilepsy	41	256	40	477	- 221
Parkinson's Disease	42	230	46	252	- 21
Oral Cancer	43	222	49	227	- 5
Ovary Cancer	44	211	52	174	+ 37
Skin Cancers	45	203	50	220	- 16
Drug Use	46	174	54	172	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	47	144	59	101	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	48	134	62	74	+ 60
Appendicitis	49	109	60	95	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	106	68	15	+ 91
Meningitis	51	100	11	3,375	- 3,275
Bladder Cancer	52	97	45	265	- 169
Anemia	53	96	86	0	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	69	44	269	- 200
Poisonings	55	61	37	620	- 559
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	58	80	0	+ 58
Fires	57	56	36	704	- 648
Encephalitis	58	35	61	83	- 48
Osteoarthritis	59	34	81	0	+ 34
Syphilis	60	32	42	294	- 261
Multiple Sclerosis	61	23	66	24	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	18	55	164	- 147
Oral conditions	63	16	82	0	+ 16
Dengue	64	15	72	0	+ 15
Chagas disease	65	14	77	0	+ 14
Schizophrenia	66	11	84	0	+ 11
Pertussis	67	10	34	746	- 736
Hepatitis C	68	4	64	58	- 54
Ascariasis	69	3	63	74	- 71
War	70	2	29	884	- 881
Leprosy	71	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	2	65	48	- 46
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	75	1	71	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	7	- 7
Measles	78	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Tetanus	79	0	51	181	- 181
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Schistosomiasis	84	0	47	249	- 249
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Nicaragua

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.