BURKINA FASO VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,911	4	8,117	+ 24,794
Stroke	2	20,895	7	6,324	+ 14,571
Diabetes Mellitus	3	9,192	16	2,609	+ 6,583
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,009	1	16,807	- 7,798
Lung Disease	5	7,855	26	1,161	+ 6,694
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,789	3	11,887	- 6,098
Kidney Disease	7	5,104	17	2,398	+ 2,706
Suicide	8	3,918	22	1,521	+ 2,397
Liver Disease	9	3,727	14	2,722	+ 1,004
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,458	10	3,515	- 57
Hypertension	11	3,407	19	2,020	+ 1,388
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,230	8	6,303	- 3,073
Asthma	13	3,228	27	941	+ 2,287
Low Birth Weight	14	3,138	5	6,809	- 3,671
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,534	44	269	+ 2,265
Drownings	16	2,521	28	910	+ 1,611
Other Injuries	17	2,164	15	2,637	- 472
Liver Cancer	18	1,992	24	1,309	+ 683
Birth Trauma	19	1,423	6	6,426	- 5,003
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	1,337	41	410	+ 926
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,275	33	767	+ 508
Tuberculosis	22	1,179	20	1,968	- 789
Lung Cancers	23	1,088	48	242	+ 846
Maternal Conditions	24	1,023	23	1,379	- 356
Falls	25	953	31	828	+ 125
Breast Cancer	26	938	30	862	+ 77
Cervical Cancer	27	930	18	2,122	- 1,192
Parkinson's Disease	28	842	46	252	+ 590
Inflammatory/Heart	29	805	35	743	+ 62
Pertussis	30	735	34	746	- 11
Malnutrition	31	726	13	2,868	- 2,143
Leukemia	32	648	58	112	+ 536
Endocrine Disorders	33	636	9	4,794	- 4,158
Prostate Cancer	34	630	38	514	+ 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	615	39	478	+ 137
Meningitis	36	585	11	3,375	- 2,790
Syphilis	37	555	42	294	+ 261
Violence	38	491	21	1,943	- 1,452
Skin Disease	39	491	53	174	+ 317
Stomach Cancer	40	444	32	777	- 334
Epilepsy	41	383	40	477	- 93
Fires	42	303	36	704	- 401
Alcohol	43	289	56	152	+ 137
Ovary Cancer	44	285	52	174	+ 110
Lymphomas	45	232	43	280	- 48
Tetanus	46	207	51	181	+ 26
Poisonings	47	159	37	620	- 461
Uterin Cancer	48	142	62	74	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	49	136	45	265	- 130
Appendicitis	50	98	60	95	+ 3
Hepatitis B	51	90	55	164	- 74
Encephalitis	52	76	61	83	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	53	64	57	148	- 84
Oral Cancer	54	60	49	227	- 167
Other Neoplasms	55	53	67	23	+ 30
Drug Use	56	31	54	172	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	57	20	66	24	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	19	68	15	+ 4
Dengue	59	14	72	0	+ 14
Diphtheria	60	13	69	7	+ 6
Hepatitis C	61	12	64	58	- 46
Measles	62	7	25	1,196	- 1,188
Ascariasis	63	6	63	74	- 68
War	64	2	29	884	- 881
Upper Respiratory	65	2	65	48	- 46
Chlamydia	66	2	70	3	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	12	3,100	- 3,100
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Schistosomiasis	76	0	47	249	- 249
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	59	101	- 101
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	50	220	- 220
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Vanuatu

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.