BURKINA FASO VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,621	4	8,117	+ 13,504
Stroke	2	9,728	7	6,324	+ 3,404
War	3	9,259	29	884	+ 8,375
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,588	1	16,807	- 8,220
Low Birth Weight	5	6,316	5	6,809	- 493
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,137	8	6,303	- 166
Birth Trauma	7	4,258	6	6,426	- 2,168
Hypertension	8	3,795	19	2,020	+ 1,775
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,134	3	11,887	- 8,753
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,076	10	3,515	- 439
Lung Disease	11	2,291	26	1,161	+ 1,130
Measles	12	2,165	25	1,196	+ 969
Liver Disease	13	2,073	14	2,722	- 649
Violence	14	2,035	21	1,943	+ 92
Kidney Disease	15	1,920	17	2,398	- 477
Other Injuries	16	1,595	15	2,637	- 1,041
Asthma	17	1,510	27	941	+ 569
Tuberculosis	18	1,362	20	1,968	- 606
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,286	16	2,609	- 1,322
Malaria	20	1,232	2	14,602	- 13,370
Suicide	21	1,218	22	1,521	- 303
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,007	33	767	+ 240
Pertussis	23	888	34	746	+ 142
Falls	24	839	31	828	+ 10
Drownings	25	819	28	910	- 91
Breast Cancer	26	813	30	862	- 49
Malnutrition	27	759	13	2,868	- 2,110
Meningitis	28	730	11	3,375	- 2,645
Fires	29	710	36	704	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	655	39	478	+ 176
Stomach Cancer	31	647	32	777	- 130
Maternal Conditions	32	638	23	1,379	- 741
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	598	41	410	+ 187
Leukemia	34	557	58	112	+ 444
Oesophagus Cancer	35	548	59	101	+ 447
Endocrine Disorders	36	529	9	4,794	- 4,265
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	507	44	269	+ 238
Drug Use	38	439	54	172	+ 267
Liver Cancer	39	437	24	1,309	- 873
Inflammatory/Heart	40	419	35	743	- 323
Lung Cancers	41	408	48	242	+ 166
Oral Cancer	42	392	49	227	+ 165
Epilepsy	43	386	40	477	- 90
Poisonings	44	381	37	620	- 239
Lymphomas	45	310	43	280	+ 30
HIV/AIDS	46	284	12	3,100	- 2,816
Tetanus	47	283	51	181	+ 102
Encephalitis	48	264	61	83	+ 181
Parkinson's Disease	49	259	46	252	+ 8
Hepatitis B	50	215	55	164	+ 50
Pancreas Cancer	51	203	57	148	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	52	135	52	174	- 39
Syphilis	53	126	42	294	- 168
Appendicitis	54	116	60	95	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	55	115	45	265	- 150
Schistosomiasis	56	89	47	249	- 160
Cervical Cancer	57	85	18	2,122	- 2,037
Skin Cancers	58	71	50	220	- 148
Alcohol	59	56	56	152	- 95
Dengue	60	51	72	0	+ 51
Skin Disease	61	31	53	174	- 143
Multiple Sclerosis	62	30	66	24	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	63	28	38	514	- 486
Other Neoplasms	64	15	67	23	- 8
Ascariasis	65	12	63	74	- 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	10	68	15	- 5
Diphtheria	67	10	69	7	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	6	64	58	- 52
Uterin Cancer	69	4	62	74	- 70
Upper Respiratory	70	3	65	48	- 44
Leishmaniasis	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	1	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Yemen

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.