BURKINA FASO VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	34,649	7	6,324	+ 28,325
Coronary Heart Disease	2	20,031	4	8,117	+ 11,915
Lung Disease	3	7,816	26	1,161	+ 6,655
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,377	16	2,609	+ 4,769
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,422	8	6,303	+ 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	6,385	33	767	+ 5,618
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,065	1	16,807	- 10,742
Kidney Disease	8	5,502	17	2,398	+ 3,104
Liver Cancer	9	5,446	24	1,309	+ 4,136
Liver Disease	10	5,207	14	2,722	+ 2,485
Lung Cancers	11	4,639	48	242	+ 4,397
Hypertension	12	4,331	19	2,020	+ 2,312
Falls	13	3,361	31	828	+ 2,533
Stomach Cancer	14	3,297	32	777	+ 2,520
Tuberculosis	15	2,058	20	1,968	+ 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,799	39	478	+ 1,321
Asthma	17	1,776	27	941	+ 835
Suicide	18	1,579	22	1,521	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	19	1,554	5	6,809	- 5,255
Oral Cancer	20	1,544	49	227	+ 1,317
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,539	10	3,515	- 1,976
Breast Cancer	22	1,348	30	862	+ 486
Other Injuries	23	1,207	15	2,637	- 1,430
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,167	35	743	+ 424
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,163	46	252	+ 911
Drownings	26	1,111	28	910	+ 201
HIV/AIDS	27	1,088	12	3,100	- 2,012
Leukemia	28	1,067	58	112	+ 955
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	956	3	11,887	- 10,931
Lymphomas	30	646	43	280	+ 366
Cervical Cancer	31	521	18	2,122	- 1,601
Birth Trauma	32	510	6	6,426	- 5,916
Oesophagus Cancer	33	493	59	101	+ 393
Endocrine Disorders	34	454	9	4,794	- 4,340
Prostate Cancer	35	416	38	514	- 98
Violence	36	389	21	1,943	- 1,554
Measles	37	388	25	1,196	- 808
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	372	44	269	+ 103
Encephalitis	39	340	61	83	+ 257
Skin Disease	40	330	53	174	+ 156
Drug Use	41	298	54	172	+ 126
Uterin Cancer	42	252	62	74	+ 179
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	208	41	410	- 202
Pancreas Cancer	44	203	57	148	+ 55
Bladder Cancer	45	195	45	265	- 70
Alcohol	46	189	56	152	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	47	188	52	174	+ 14
Poisonings	48	181	37	620	- 439
Maternal Conditions	49	168	23	1,379	- 1,210
Pertussis	50	154	34	746	- 593
Meningitis	51	136	11	3,375	- 3,239
Fires	52	130	36	704	- 575
Epilepsy	53	127	40	477	- 350
Skin Cancers	54	102	50	220	- 118
Hepatitis B	55	83	55	164	- 82
Syphilis	56	71	42	294	- 222
Other Neoplasms	57	71	67	23	+ 48
Tetanus	58	62	51	181	- 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	49	68	15	+ 34
Appendicitis	60	44	60	95	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	61	30	66	24	+ 6
Dengue	62	28	72	0	+ 27
Malnutrition	63	26	13	2,868	- 2,842
Hepatitis C	64	17	64	58	- 41
War	65	7	29	884	- 876
Upper Respiratory	66	7	65	48	- 41
Malaria	67	3	2	14,602	- 14,599
Ascariasis	68	2	63	74	- 72
Diphtheria	69	1	69	7	- 6
Chlamydia	70	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	47	249	- 249
Leishmaniasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Viet Nam

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.