BURUNDI VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,231	4	4,323	+ 10,908
Coronary Heart Disease	2	12,029	6	3,718	+ 8,311
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,294	16	1,383	+ 9,911
Kidney Disease	4	6,445	21	1,001	+ 5,444
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,311	1	7,810	- 2,499
Prostate Cancer	6	4,551	33	374	+ 4,177
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,411	5	4,089	+ 322
Lung Disease	8	4,273	17	1,349	+ 2,924
Hypertension	9	4,243	20	1,113	+ 3,129
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,848	27	426	+ 3,422
Violence	11	2,992	23	760	+ 2,232
Liver Disease	12	2,818	13	1,767	+ 1,051
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,547	38	311	+ 2,237
Breast Cancer	14	2,059	35	355	+ 1,703
Stomach Cancer	15	1,772	44	180	+ 1,592
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,707	37	324	+ 1,382
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,631	40	275	+ 1,356
Lung Cancers	18	1,512	56	76	+ 1,436
Low Birth Weight	19	1,390	8	3,171	- 1,781
Skin Disease	20	1,307	54	91	+ 1,215
Other Injuries	21	1,193	15	1,413	- 220
Suicide	22	1,164	24	720	+ 444
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,122	52	103	+ 1,018
Lymphomas	24	1,058	31	379	+ 679
Cervical Cancer	25	959	14	1,474	- 515
Falls	26	851	30	385	+ 467
Asthma	27	776	22	836	- 61
Drownings	28	754	25	598	+ 156
Alcohol	29	747	55	76	+ 671
Congenital Anomalies	30	655	12	1,788	- 1,133
Pancreas Cancer	31	652	58	66	+ 586
Epilepsy	32	576	41	234	+ 341
Malnutrition	33	532	9	2,500	- 1,968
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	434	36	340	+ 94
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	370	2	6,046	- 5,676
Leukemia	36	358	47	135	+ 223
Liver Cancer	37	327	29	389	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	318	43	181	+ 137
Fires	39	268	28	425	- 157
Oesophagus Cancer	40	254	26	455	- 201
Ovary Cancer	41	253	51	106	+ 147
Birth Trauma	42	250	7	3,183	- 2,933
Oral Cancer	43	249	39	285	- 36
Tuberculosis	44	236	10	2,385	- 2,149
Uterin Cancer	45	165	57	67	+ 98
Drug Use	46	155	60	52	+ 103
Maternal Conditions	47	149	18	1,332	- 1,183
Other Neoplasms	48	147	67	10	+ 137
Meningitis	49	118	19	1,322	- 1,204
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	106	65	17	+ 89
Appendicitis	51	91	49	109	- 18
Encephalitis	52	89	61	46	+ 43
Dengue	53	48	72	0	+ 47
Multiple Sclerosis	54	36	69	5	+ 31
Poisonings	55	21	34	369	- 348
Tetanus	56	17	45	178	- 160
Syphilis	57	15	59	60	- 45
War	58	14	53	96	- 83
Upper Respiratory	59	10	46	136	- 126
Hepatitis B	60	5	62	44	- 39
Schistosomiasis	61	4	42	211	- 206
Chlamydia	62	4	70	2	+ 1
Pertussis	63	2	32	378	- 376
Ascariasis	64	1	66	16	- 15
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	17	- 16
Otitis Media	66	0	68	10	- 10
Diphtheria	67	0	71	2	- 2
Skin Cancers	68	0	48	121	- 121
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	50	109	- 109
Schizophrenia	73	0	86	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	63	17	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	3	5,163	- 5,163
Leishmaniasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	11	1,814	- 1,814
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

Saint Lucia

Burundi

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.