BURKINA FASO VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	26,855	12	3,100	+ 23,755
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,483	1	16,807	- 2,325
Coronary Heart Disease	3	11,411	4	8,117	+ 3,294
Road Traffic Accidents	4	8,111	8	6,303	+ 1,808
Stroke	5	6,887	7	6,324	+ 563
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,173	3	11,887	- 5,714
Low Birth Weight	7	5,425	5	6,809	- 1,385
Birth Trauma	8	4,575	6	6,426	- 1,851
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,493	16	2,609	+ 1,884
Malnutrition	10	3,219	13	2,868	+ 351
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,979	10	3,515	- 536
Kidney Disease	12	2,974	17	2,398	+ 576
Suicide	13	2,779	22	1,521	+ 1,258
Cervical Cancer	14	2,718	18	2,122	+ 596
Malaria	15	2,691	2	14,602	- 11,911
Tuberculosis	16	2,686	20	1,968	+ 718
Liver Disease	17	2,608	14	2,722	- 114
Violence	18	2,574	21	1,943	+ 631
Maternal Conditions	19	2,350	23	1,379	+ 971
Other Injuries	20	2,224	15	2,637	- 412
Asthma	21	2,056	27	941	+ 1,115
Meningitis	22	1,780	11	3,375	- 1,594
Lung Disease	23	1,563	26	1,161	+ 402
Hypertension	24	1,539	19	2,020	- 480
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,407	35	743	+ 664
Lymphomas	26	1,289	43	280	+ 1,009
Drownings	27	1,284	28	910	+ 374
Breast Cancer	28	1,127	30	862	+ 266
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,077	59	101	+ 976
Fires	30	1,065	36	704	+ 361
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	1,031	33	767	+ 264
Prostate Cancer	32	844	38	514	+ 330
Stomach Cancer	33	751	32	777	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	34	744	9	4,794	- 4,050
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	736	41	410	+ 326
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	728	44	269	+ 459
Poisonings	37	692	37	620	+ 72
Liver Cancer	38	685	24	1,309	- 625
Epilepsy	39	682	40	477	+ 206
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	679	39	478	+ 200
Falls	41	624	31	828	- 204
Pertussis	42	563	34	746	- 184
Lung Cancers	43	384	48	242	+ 142
Skin Cancers	44	355	50	220	+ 135
Leukemia	45	327	58	112	+ 215
Parkinson's Disease	46	303	46	252	+ 52
Pancreas Cancer	47	291	57	148	+ 143
Drug Use	48	286	54	172	+ 114
Oral Cancer	49	279	49	227	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	50	244	62	74	+ 171
Ovary Cancer	51	233	52	174	+ 59
Skin Disease	52	232	53	174	+ 58
Schistosomiasis	53	231	47	249	- 18
Bladder Cancer	54	168	45	265	- 98
Syphilis	55	167	42	294	- 127
Encephalitis	56	158	61	83	+ 75
Tetanus	57	137	51	181	- 44
Appendicitis	58	89	60	95	- 6
Upper Respiratory	59	87	65	48	+ 40
Hepatitis B	60	76	55	164	- 88
Alcohol	61	65	56	152	- 87
Other Neoplasms	62	50	67	23	+ 27
Measles	63	41	25	1,196	- 1,155
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	35	68	15	+ 20
War	65	35	29	884	- 849
Hepatitis C	66	19	64	58	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	67	19	66	24	- 5
Otitis Media	68	4	71	1	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	4	70	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	3	63	74	- 71
Trypanosomiasis	71	3	76	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	72	3	69	7	- 4
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	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

Zimbabwe

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.