BURKINA FASO VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,930	1	16,807	- 7,877
Stroke	2	8,559	7	6,324	+ 2,235
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,289	8	6,303	- 14
Coronary Heart Disease	4	6,098	4	8,117	- 2,018
Malaria	5	5,578	2	14,602	- 9,024
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,279	3	11,887	- 6,608
HIV/AIDS	7	4,779	12	3,100	+ 1,679
Liver Disease	8	4,310	14	2,722	+ 1,588
Low Birth Weight	9	3,709	5	6,809	- 3,100
Birth Trauma	10	3,194	6	6,426	- 3,232
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,143	16	2,609	+ 535
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,006	10	3,515	- 509
Lung Disease	13	2,629	26	1,161	+ 1,468
Hypertension	14	2,296	19	2,020	+ 276
Kidney Disease	15	2,039	17	2,398	- 358
Malnutrition	16	1,975	13	2,868	- 893
Other Injuries	17	1,597	15	2,637	- 1,040
Cervical Cancer	18	1,591	18	2,122	- 531
Meningitis	19	1,433	11	3,375	- 1,942
Stomach Cancer	20	1,320	32	777	+ 542
Maternal Conditions	21	1,222	23	1,379	- 157
Asthma	22	1,213	27	941	+ 272
Liver Cancer	23	1,195	24	1,309	- 115
Suicide	24	1,190	22	1,521	- 331
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,112	33	767	+ 345
Tuberculosis	26	1,057	20	1,968	- 911
Breast Cancer	27	1,014	30	862	+ 153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,000	39	478	+ 521
Violence	29	927	21	1,943	- 1,016
Lymphomas	30	760	43	280	+ 480
Falls	31	697	31	828	- 131
Prostate Cancer	32	670	38	514	+ 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	613	41	410	+ 202
Inflammatory/Heart	34	587	35	743	- 156
Leukemia	35	536	58	112	+ 424
Drownings	36	481	28	910	- 428
Oral Cancer	37	460	49	227	+ 233
Fires	38	456	36	704	- 248
Lung Cancers	39	396	48	242	+ 154
Poisonings	40	372	37	620	- 248
Endocrine Disorders	41	371	9	4,794	- 4,423
Pertussis	42	368	34	746	- 378
Pancreas Cancer	43	361	57	148	+ 214
Oesophagus Cancer	44	360	59	101	+ 260
Epilepsy	45	323	40	477	- 153
Syphilis	46	292	42	294	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	47	247	46	252	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	230	44	269	- 39
Alcohol	49	212	56	152	+ 61
Skin Cancers	50	191	50	220	- 29
Schistosomiasis	51	188	47	249	- 61
Skin Disease	52	174	53	174	- 0
Ovary Cancer	53	156	52	174	- 19
Appendicitis	54	119	60	95	+ 24
Hepatitis B	55	115	55	164	- 49
Uterin Cancer	56	99	62	74	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	57	99	65	48	+ 51
Tetanus	58	89	51	181	- 92
Measles	59	87	25	1,196	- 1,109
Drug Use	60	75	54	172	- 96
Encephalitis	61	66	61	83	- 17
Bladder Cancer	62	60	45	265	- 206
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	39	68	15	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	64	27	67	23	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	21	64	58	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	66	12	66	24	- 12
Ascariasis	67	8	63	74	- 66
Otitis Media	68	6	71	1	+ 5
War	69	4	29	884	- 879
Chlamydia	70	4	70	3	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	2	69	7	- 5
Dengue	72	1	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Rwanda

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.