BURKINA FASO VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	46,843	12	3,100	+ 43,743
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	18,639	1	16,807	+ 1,832
Diabetes Mellitus	3	18,059	16	2,609	+ 15,451
Stroke	4	16,206	7	6,324	+ 9,882
Coronary Heart Disease	5	15,285	4	8,117	+ 7,168
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	10,471	3	11,887	- 1,416
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,780	8	6,303	+ 1,477
Kidney Disease	8	7,718	17	2,398	+ 5,320
Suicide	9	6,834	22	1,521	+ 5,313
Hypertension	10	5,914	19	2,020	+ 3,894
Liver Disease	11	5,540	14	2,722	+ 2,818
Lung Disease	12	5,355	26	1,161	+ 4,193
Tuberculosis	13	5,179	20	1,968	+ 3,211
Low Birth Weight	14	4,718	5	6,809	- 2,092
Cervical Cancer	15	4,351	18	2,122	+ 2,229
Violence	16	4,298	21	1,943	+ 2,355
Other Injuries	17	3,849	15	2,637	+ 1,213
Birth Trauma	18	3,370	6	6,426	- 3,056
Congenital Anomalies	19	3,248	10	3,515	- 267
Asthma	20	3,027	27	941	+ 2,086
Maternal Conditions	21	2,345	23	1,379	+ 966
Malnutrition	22	2,142	13	2,868	- 726
Meningitis	23	1,972	11	3,375	- 1,402
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,897	35	743	+ 1,154
Drownings	25	1,760	28	910	+ 851
Fires	26	1,693	36	704	+ 989
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	1,550	33	767	+ 783
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,501	9	4,794	- 3,293
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,029	41	410	+ 619
Epilepsy	30	925	40	477	+ 448
Prostate Cancer	31	909	38	514	+ 395
Falls	32	835	31	828	+ 6
Pertussis	33	785	34	746	+ 39
Poisonings	34	759	37	620	+ 139
Breast Cancer	35	747	30	862	- 115
Lymphomas	36	629	43	280	+ 349
Liver Cancer	37	594	24	1,309	- 716
Drug Use	38	543	54	172	+ 371
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	530	44	269	+ 261
Skin Disease	40	511	53	174	+ 337
Parkinson's Disease	41	483	46	252	+ 231
Skin Cancers	42	403	50	220	+ 183
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	378	39	478	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	44	374	59	101	+ 273
Syphilis	45	353	42	294	+ 59
Lung Cancers	46	336	48	242	+ 94
Leukemia	47	330	58	112	+ 218
Alcohol	48	325	56	152	+ 173
Schistosomiasis	49	259	47	249	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	50	232	62	74	+ 158
Oral Cancer	51	207	49	227	- 20
Ovary Cancer	52	201	52	174	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	53	138	32	777	- 639
Appendicitis	54	134	60	95	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	55	122	45	265	- 143
Pancreas Cancer	56	122	57	148	- 26
Hepatitis B	57	120	55	164	- 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	99	68	15	+ 85
Encephalitis	59	98	61	83	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	60	84	65	48	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	61	80	67	23	+ 57
Tetanus	62	75	51	181	- 107
Multiple Sclerosis	63	30	66	24	+ 6
Measles	64	13	25	1,196	- 1,183
Hepatitis C	65	7	64	58	- 50
Ascariasis	66	6	63	74	- 68
Malaria	67	6	2	14,602	- 14,596
Otitis Media	68	5	71	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	69	4	70	3	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	4	69	7	- 3
War	71	3	29	884	- 880
Dengue	72	1	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	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
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Swaziland

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.