BURKINA FASO VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	25,824	7	6,324	+ 19,500
Coronary Heart Disease	2	20,395	4	8,117	+ 12,278
Diabetes Mellitus	3	19,149	16	2,609	+ 16,540
Kidney Disease	4	10,928	17	2,398	+ 8,530
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,006	1	16,807	- 7,802
Prostate Cancer	6	7,716	38	514	+ 7,202
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,480	8	6,303	+ 1,177
Lung Disease	8	7,244	26	1,161	+ 6,083
Hypertension	9	7,194	19	2,020	+ 5,174
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,525	33	767	+ 5,758
Violence	11	5,074	21	1,943	+ 3,130
Liver Disease	12	4,778	14	2,722	+ 2,056
Inflammatory/Heart	13	4,319	35	743	+ 3,576
Breast Cancer	14	3,490	30	862	+ 2,629
Stomach Cancer	15	3,004	32	777	+ 2,227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,894	39	478	+ 2,415
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,766	9	4,794	- 2,028
Lung Cancers	18	2,563	48	242	+ 2,321
Low Birth Weight	19	2,357	5	6,809	- 4,452
Skin Disease	20	2,216	53	174	+ 2,042
Other Injuries	21	2,022	15	2,637	- 614
Suicide	22	1,974	22	1,521	+ 453
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,902	46	252	+ 1,650
Lymphomas	24	1,794	43	280	+ 1,514
Cervical Cancer	25	1,626	18	2,122	- 496
Falls	26	1,444	31	828	+ 615
Asthma	27	1,315	27	941	+ 374
Drownings	28	1,279	28	910	+ 369
Alcohol	29	1,267	56	152	+ 1,116
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,110	10	3,515	- 2,405
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,105	57	148	+ 957
Epilepsy	32	976	40	477	+ 499
Malnutrition	33	903	13	2,868	- 1,966
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	736	41	410	+ 326
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	628	3	11,887	- 11,259
Leukemia	36	606	58	112	+ 494
Liver Cancer	37	554	24	1,309	- 755
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	540	44	269	+ 271
Fires	39	454	36	704	- 250
Oesophagus Cancer	40	430	59	101	+ 330
Ovary Cancer	41	429	52	174	+ 254
Birth Trauma	42	424	6	6,426	- 6,002
Oral Cancer	43	422	49	227	+ 195
Tuberculosis	44	400	20	1,968	- 1,568
Uterin Cancer	45	279	62	74	+ 205
Drug Use	46	263	54	172	+ 91
Maternal Conditions	47	253	23	1,379	- 1,126
Other Neoplasms	48	249	67	23	+ 226
Meningitis	49	200	11	3,375	- 3,174
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	179	68	15	+ 164
Appendicitis	51	154	60	95	+ 59
Encephalitis	52	151	61	83	+ 68
Dengue	53	81	72	0	+ 81
Multiple Sclerosis	54	61	66	24	+ 37
Poisonings	55	36	37	620	- 584
Tetanus	56	29	51	181	- 152
Syphilis	57	26	42	294	- 268
War	58	23	29	884	- 861
Upper Respiratory	59	17	65	48	- 31
Hepatitis B	60	8	55	164	- 156
Schistosomiasis	61	7	47	249	- 242
Chlamydia	62	6	70	3	+ 3
Pertussis	63	4	34	746	- 742
Ascariasis	64	2	63	74	- 72
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	58	- 57
Otitis Media	66	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	69	7	- 7
Skin Cancers	68	0	50	220	- 220
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	45	265	- 265
Schizophrenia	73	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	12	3,100	- 3,100
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Saint Lucia

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.