BURKINA FASO VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,531	4	8,117	+ 15,415
Stroke	2	12,054	7	6,324	+ 5,730
Lung Cancers	3	9,607	48	242	+ 9,364
Lung Disease	4	6,872	26	1,161	+ 5,711
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,903	16	2,609	+ 2,295
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	4,741	33	767	+ 3,974
Kidney Disease	7	4,662	17	2,398	+ 2,265
Hypertension	8	4,044	19	2,020	+ 2,024
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,519	1	16,807	- 13,289
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,905	39	478	+ 2,427
Stomach Cancer	11	2,830	32	777	+ 2,053
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,885	57	148	+ 1,737
Liver Disease	13	1,737	14	2,722	- 985
Breast Cancer	14	1,546	30	862	+ 684
Prostate Cancer	15	1,536	38	514	+ 1,022
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,527	8	6,303	- 4,776
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,360	10	3,515	- 2,154
Leukemia	18	1,334	58	112	+ 1,222
Lymphomas	19	1,328	43	280	+ 1,048
Liver Cancer	20	1,244	24	1,309	- 65
Bladder Cancer	21	1,229	45	265	+ 963
Falls	22	1,198	31	828	+ 369
Violence	23	1,099	21	1,943	- 845
Low Birth Weight	24	953	5	6,809	- 5,856
Parkinson's Disease	25	942	46	252	+ 691
Endocrine Disorders	26	716	9	4,794	- 4,078
Asthma	27	667	27	941	- 274
Ovary Cancer	28	626	52	174	+ 452
Suicide	29	549	22	1,521	- 972
Other Injuries	30	460	15	2,637	- 2,177
Inflammatory/Heart	31	447	35	743	- 296
Skin Cancers	32	424	50	220	+ 204
Oesophagus Cancer	33	362	59	101	+ 261
Cervical Cancer	34	359	18	2,122	- 1,763
Oral Cancer	35	358	49	227	+ 130
Epilepsy	36	314	40	477	- 162
Uterin Cancer	37	299	62	74	+ 225
Drug Use	38	266	54	172	+ 95
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	216	41	410	- 194
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	203	3	11,887	- 11,684
Birth Trauma	41	197	6	6,426	- 6,229
Other Neoplasms	42	177	67	23	+ 154
Malnutrition	43	161	13	2,868	- 2,707
Drownings	44	150	28	910	- 759
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	124	44	269	- 145
Poisonings	46	101	37	620	- 519
Fires	47	94	36	704	- 610
Skin Disease	48	89	53	174	- 85
War	49	87	29	884	- 796
Tuberculosis	50	83	20	1,968	- 1,885
Meningitis	51	75	11	3,375	- 3,300
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	65	68	15	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	53	56	12	3,100	- 3,044
Encephalitis	54	50	61	83	- 32
Alcohol	55	50	56	152	- 102
Multiple Sclerosis	56	46	66	24	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	57	30	23	1,379	- 1,349
Pertussis	58	28	34	746	- 718
Appendicitis	59	26	60	95	- 69
Hepatitis B	60	20	55	164	- 145
Syphilis	61	14	42	294	- 280
Schistosomiasis	62	9	47	249	- 240
Hepatitis C	63	5	64	58	- 53
Tetanus	64	3	51	181	- 178
Measles	65	2	25	1,196	- 1,194
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	48	- 46
Otitis Media	67	1	71	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	63	74	- 73
Diphtheria	71	0	69	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Turkey

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.