BURUNDI VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,066	6	3,718	+ 16,348
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	11,414	27	426	+ 10,987
Lung Disease	3	7,765	17	1,349	+ 6,416
Stroke	4	6,300	4	4,323	+ 1,977
Lung Cancers	5	6,181	56	76	+ 6,105
Kidney Disease	6	3,412	21	1,001	+ 2,411
Drug Use	7	2,958	60	52	+ 2,906
Hypertension	8	2,621	20	1,113	+ 1,508
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,457	37	324	+ 2,133
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,441	16	1,383	+ 1,058
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	2,397	1	7,810	- 5,413
Suicide	12	2,110	24	720	+ 1,390
Breast Cancer	13	1,934	35	355	+ 1,579
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,867	40	275	+ 1,592
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,760	58	66	+ 1,695
Liver Disease	16	1,725	13	1,767	- 42
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,657	5	4,089	- 2,432
Falls	18	1,606	30	385	+ 1,222
Lymphomas	19	1,601	31	379	+ 1,222
Prostate Cancer	20	1,415	33	374	+ 1,042
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,371	52	103	+ 1,267
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,293	38	311	+ 982
Liver Cancer	23	1,076	29	389	+ 686
Leukemia	24	1,072	47	135	+ 937
Other Injuries	25	1,033	15	1,413	- 380
Bladder Cancer	26	780	50	109	+ 671
Violence	27	754	23	760	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	28	709	26	455	+ 254
Other Neoplasms	29	705	67	10	+ 695
Alcohol	30	583	55	76	+ 506
Ovary Cancer	31	580	51	106	+ 473
Skin Cancers	32	569	48	121	+ 448
Stomach Cancer	33	520	44	180	+ 340
Congenital Anomalies	34	467	12	1,788	- 1,320
Oral Cancer	35	459	39	285	+ 174
Uterin Cancer	36	400	57	67	+ 333
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	396	2	6,046	- 5,651
Cervical Cancer	38	278	14	1,474	- 1,197
Low Birth Weight	39	275	8	3,171	- 2,896
Malnutrition	40	269	9	2,500	- 2,232
Hepatitis C	41	226	64	17	+ 209
HIV/AIDS	42	225	11	1,814	- 1,589
Skin Disease	43	215	54	91	+ 124
Multiple Sclerosis	44	201	69	5	+ 196
Drownings	45	162	25	598	- 436
Asthma	46	152	22	836	- 684
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	145	43	181	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	138	36	340	- 202
Fires	49	126	28	425	- 299
Epilepsy	50	126	41	234	- 109
Anemia	51	124	85	0	+ 124
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	98	65	17	+ 81
Poisonings	53	67	34	369	- 302
Birth Trauma	54	49	7	3,183	- 3,134
War	55	48	53	96	- 49
Maternal Conditions	56	31	18	1,332	- 1,301
Schizophrenia	57	29	86	0	+ 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	27	80	0	+ 27
Hepatitis B	59	24	62	44	- 20
Meningitis	60	24	19	1,322	- 1,298
Osteoarthritis	61	23	81	0	+ 23
Tuberculosis	62	22	10	2,385	- 2,363
Appendicitis	63	17	49	109	- 92
Oral conditions	64	11	82	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	65	9	46	136	- 127
Syphilis	66	2	59	60	- 58
Otitis Media	67	1	68	10	- 8
Encephalitis	68	1	61	46	- 45
Pertussis	69	1	32	378	- 378
Chagas disease	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	45	178	- 177
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	211	- 210
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	3	5,163	- 5,163
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	63	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

United States

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.