BURKINA FASO VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,614	4	8,117	+ 16,497
Stroke	2	10,588	7	6,324	+ 4,264
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,766	8	6,303	+ 1,463
Kidney Disease	4	5,707	17	2,398	+ 3,309
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,866	1	16,807	- 12,941
Falls	6	3,367	31	828	+ 2,539
Liver Disease	7	3,109	14	2,722	+ 387
Other Injuries	8	2,525	15	2,637	- 112
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,453	16	2,609	- 156
Lung Disease	10	1,792	26	1,161	+ 631
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,540	33	767	+ 773
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,455	10	3,515	- 2,060
Suicide	13	1,290	22	1,521	- 231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,028	39	478	+ 550
Endocrine Disorders	15	912	9	4,794	- 3,881
Inflammatory/Heart	16	846	35	743	+ 103
Asthma	17	736	27	941	- 205
Low Birth Weight	18	623	5	6,809	- 6,186
Leukemia	19	583	58	112	+ 471
Breast Cancer	20	572	30	862	- 289
Liver Cancer	21	533	24	1,309	- 777
Hypertension	22	526	19	2,020	- 1,494
Fires	23	520	36	704	- 184
Drownings	24	518	28	910	- 392
Parkinson's Disease	25	490	46	252	+ 238
Lung Cancers	26	489	48	242	+ 247
Tuberculosis	27	474	20	1,968	- 1,494
Lymphomas	28	451	43	280	+ 171
Epilepsy	29	438	40	477	- 39
Violence	30	407	21	1,943	- 1,536
Pancreas Cancer	31	332	57	148	+ 184
Skin Disease	32	326	53	174	+ 151
Drug Use	33	310	54	172	+ 138
Oral Cancer	34	293	49	227	+ 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	288	3	11,887	- 11,599
Stomach Cancer	36	245	32	777	- 532
Birth Trauma	37	216	6	6,426	- 6,210
Uterin Cancer	38	204	62	74	+ 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	177	44	269	- 92
Poisonings	40	176	37	620	- 444
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	174	41	410	- 237
Ovary Cancer	42	156	52	174	- 18
Encephalitis	43	148	61	83	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	44	145	59	101	+ 44
Meningitis	45	143	11	3,375	- 3,232
Bladder Cancer	46	135	45	265	- 130
HIV/AIDS	47	121	12	3,100	- 2,979
Maternal Conditions	48	109	23	1,379	- 1,270
Cervical Cancer	49	99	18	2,122	- 2,023
Prostate Cancer	50	93	38	514	- 421
Alcohol	51	81	56	152	- 71
Malnutrition	52	50	13	2,868	- 2,818
Hepatitis B	53	36	55	164	- 129
Pertussis	54	35	34	746	- 711
Skin Cancers	55	34	50	220	- 185
Multiple Sclerosis	56	31	66	24	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	57	25	67	23	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	22	60	95	- 73
Syphilis	59	20	42	294	- 273
Schistosomiasis	60	16	47	249	- 233
Tetanus	61	10	51	181	- 171
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	68	15	- 9
Dengue	63	6	72	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	58	- 53
War	65	2	29	884	- 882
Ascariasis	66	1	63	74	- 73
Leishmaniasis	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	25	1,196	- 1,195
Diphtheria	69	0	69	7	- 7
Upper Respiratory	70	0	65	48	- 48
Chlamydia	71	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

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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.