BURKINA FASO VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,545	4	8,117	+ 18,429
Stroke	2	16,333	7	6,324	+ 10,009
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,884	16	2,609	+ 9,275
Lung Disease	4	6,282	26	1,161	+ 5,121
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,854	1	16,807	- 10,953
Kidney Disease	6	5,792	17	2,398	+ 3,394
Hypertension	7	3,291	19	2,020	+ 1,271
Liver Disease	8	3,019	14	2,722	+ 296
Lung Cancers	9	2,920	48	242	+ 2,678
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,833	8	6,303	- 3,470
Suicide	11	2,729	22	1,521	+ 1,208
Asthma	12	2,292	27	941	+ 1,351
Breast Cancer	13	2,116	30	862	+ 1,254
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,089	33	767	+ 1,322
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,941	10	3,515	- 1,574
Low Birth Weight	16	1,806	5	6,809	- 5,003
Stomach Cancer	17	1,764	32	777	+ 987
Measles	18	1,713	25	1,196	+ 518
Drownings	19	1,457	28	910	+ 547
Other Injuries	20	1,417	15	2,637	- 1,219
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,315	3	11,887	- 10,572
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,306	39	478	+ 828
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	1,252	44	269	+ 983
Prostate Cancer	24	1,173	38	514	+ 659
Ovary Cancer	25	1,099	52	174	+ 925
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	963	41	410	+ 553
Falls	27	870	31	828	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	28	806	46	252	+ 554
Inflammatory/Heart	29	792	35	743	+ 50
Liver Cancer	30	744	24	1,309	- 565
Endocrine Disorders	31	665	9	4,794	- 4,129
Cervical Cancer	32	645	18	2,122	- 1,477
Lymphomas	33	616	43	280	+ 336
Violence	34	612	21	1,943	- 1,331
Birth Trauma	35	598	6	6,426	- 5,828
Uterin Cancer	36	584	62	74	+ 510
Maternal Conditions	37	579	23	1,379	- 799
Bladder Cancer	38	527	45	265	+ 262
Oral Cancer	39	483	49	227	+ 256
Pancreas Cancer	40	409	57	148	+ 261
Skin Disease	41	380	53	174	+ 206
Leukemia	42	348	58	112	+ 236
Malnutrition	43	311	13	2,868	- 2,557
Meningitis	44	266	11	3,375	- 3,108
Epilepsy	45	257	40	477	- 220
Alcohol	46	234	56	152	+ 82
Skin Cancers	47	216	50	220	- 4
Fires	48	197	36	704	- 507
Syphilis	49	194	42	294	- 99
Tuberculosis	50	192	20	1,968	- 1,776
Oesophagus Cancer	51	104	59	101	+ 4
Poisonings	52	92	37	620	- 528
Other Neoplasms	53	73	67	23	+ 50
Encephalitis	54	63	61	83	- 19
Drug Use	55	60	54	172	- 112
Appendicitis	56	44	60	95	- 51
Hepatitis B	57	36	55	164	- 128
Pertussis	58	25	34	746	- 722
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	68	15	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	19	66	24	- 5
Dengue	61	14	72	0	+ 14
Tetanus	62	5	51	181	- 176
Diphtheria	63	4	69	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	58	- 55
War	65	2	29	884	- 881
Ascariasis	66	2	63	74	- 72
Chlamydia	67	1	70	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	1	65	48	- 47
Otitis Media	69	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	12	3,100	- 3,100
Schistosomiasis	74	0	47	249	- 249
Leishmaniasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Samoa

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.