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BURKINA FASO VS ANGOLA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Angola ANGOLA BURKINA FASO Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia 1 15,421 1 16,807 - 1,386
Tuberculosis 2 10,524 20 1,968 + 8,556
Diarrhoeal diseases 3 9,443 3 11,887 - 2,444
Malaria 4 8,429 2 14,602 - 6,173
Birth Trauma 5 8,041 6 6,426 + 1,615
HIV/AIDS 6 7,931 12 3,100 + 4,831
Low Birth Weight 7 6,927 5 6,809 + 118
Stroke 8 6,619 7 6,324 + 295
Coronary Heart Disease 9 6,206 4 8,117 - 1,911
Road Traffic Accidents 10 5,151 8 6,303 - 1,152
Congenital Anomalies 11 4,585 10 3,515 + 1,070
Liver Disease 12 3,780 14 2,722 + 1,058
Diabetes Mellitus 13 2,733 16 2,609 + 125
Pertussis 14 2,599 34 746 + 1,853
Hypertension 15 2,271 19 2,020 + 252
Meningitis 16 2,208 11 3,375 - 1,167
Malnutrition 17 2,173 13 2,868 - 695
Maternal Conditions 18 2,024 23 1,379 + 645
Violence 19 1,814 21 1,943 - 130
Kidney Disease 20 1,701 17 2,398 - 697
Other Injuries 21 1,661 15 2,637 - 975
Lung Disease 22 1,516 26 1,161 + 355
Suicide 23 1,199 22 1,521 - 322
Cervical Cancer 24 1,196 18 2,122 - 926
Asthma 25 1,041 27 941 + 100
Drownings 26 991 28 910 + 81
Syphilis 27 815 42 294 + 521
Inflammatory/Heart 28 808 35 743 + 66
Alzheimers & Dementia 29 742 33 767 - 25
Falls 30 710 31 828 - 118
Breast Cancer 31 707 30 862 - 155
Endocrine Disorders 32 693 9 4,794 - 4,101
Prostate Cancer 33 663 38 514 + 149
Fires 34 520 36 704 - 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease 35 421 41 410 + 10
Epilepsy 36 401 40 477 - 76
Poisonings 37 396 37 620 - 224
Lymphomas 38 376 43 280 + 96
Liver Cancer 39 359 24 1,309 - 951
Tetanus 40 316 51 181 + 135
Oral Cancer 41 314 49 227 + 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers 42 296 39 478 - 183
Skin Cancers 43 289 50 220 + 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease 44 270 44 269 + 1
Lung Cancers 45 248 48 242 + 6
Leukemia 46 224 58 112 + 111
Stomach Cancer 47 216 32 777 - 561
Oesophagus Cancer 48 192 59 101 + 91
Parkinson's Disease 49 181 46 252 - 70
Skin Disease 50 139 53 174 - 35
Alcohol 51 136 56 152 - 16
Schistosomiasis 52 134 47 249 - 115
Ovary Cancer 53 130 52 174 - 44
Appendicitis 54 128 60 95 + 34
Drug Use 55 128 54 172 - 44
Encephalitis 56 118 61 83 + 35
Leishmaniasis 57 103 78 0 + 103
Bladder Cancer 58 100 45 265 - 165
Pancreas Cancer 59 88 57 148 - 60
Upper Respiratory 60 80 65 48 + 32
Hepatitis B 61 73 55 164 - 92
Diphtheria 62 69 69 7 + 62
Measles 63 59 25 1,196 - 1,137
Uterin Cancer 64 47 62 74 - 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis 65 38 68 15 + 23
Ascariasis 66 25 63 74 - 49
Other Neoplasms 67 25 67 23 + 2
War 68 14 29 884 - 869
Multiple Sclerosis 69 12 66 24 - 12
Hepatitis C 70 9 64 58 - 49
Trypanosomiasis 71 8 76 0 + 8
Otitis Media 72 5 71 1 + 4
Chlamydia 73 3 70 3 + 0
Dengue 74 0 72 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 75 0 73 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 76 0 74 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 77 0 79 0 - 0
Leprosy 78 0 75 0 - 0
Chagas disease 79 0 77 0 - 0
Depression 80 0 83 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 81 0 84 0 - 0
Anemia 82 0 86 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 83 0 85 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 84 0 81 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 85 0 80 0 - 0
Oral conditions 86 0 82 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Angola

Angola

Burkina Faso

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020