BURKINA FASO VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,325	4	8,117	+ 16,209
Stroke	2	9,575	7	6,324	+ 3,251
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,641	8	6,303	- 1,662
Hypertension	4	4,279	19	2,020	+ 2,260
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,626	16	2,609	+ 1,018
Kidney Disease	6	3,079	17	2,398	+ 681
Lung Disease	7	2,974	26	1,161	+ 1,813
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,931	1	16,807	- 13,876
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,880	33	767	+ 2,113
Stomach Cancer	10	2,561	32	777	+ 1,783
Lung Cancers	11	1,768	48	242	+ 1,526
Liver Disease	12	1,730	14	2,722	- 992
Low Birth Weight	13	1,267	5	6,809	- 5,542
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,263	10	3,515	- 2,252
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,193	39	478	+ 714
Suicide	16	1,130	22	1,521	- 391
Other Injuries	17	1,055	15	2,637	- 1,581
Leukemia	18	1,034	58	112	+ 922
Breast Cancer	19	974	30	862	+ 112
Liver Cancer	20	968	24	1,309	- 341
Prostate Cancer	21	934	38	514	+ 420
Asthma	22	876	27	941	- 65
Lymphomas	23	751	43	280	+ 471
Falls	24	736	31	828	- 93
Birth Trauma	25	713	6	6,426	- 5,713
Parkinson's Disease	26	663	46	252	+ 412
Violence	27	661	21	1,943	- 1,282
HIV/AIDS	28	657	12	3,100	- 2,443
Pancreas Cancer	29	630	57	148	+ 483
Oesophagus Cancer	30	618	59	101	+ 517
Drug Use	31	585	54	172	+ 413
Endocrine Disorders	32	545	9	4,794	- 4,248
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	479	3	11,887	- 11,408
Fires	34	475	36	704	- 229
Inflammatory/Heart	35	420	35	743	- 323
Bladder Cancer	36	367	45	265	+ 102
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	325	41	410	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	260	44	269	- 9
Ovary Cancer	39	244	52	174	+ 70
Drownings	40	243	28	910	- 667
Tuberculosis	41	230	20	1,968	- 1,738
War	42	221	29	884	- 663
Poisonings	43	213	37	620	- 407
Epilepsy	44	187	40	477	- 289
Oral Cancer	45	171	49	227	- 57
Meningitis	46	167	11	3,375	- 3,207
Skin Cancers	47	135	50	220	- 85
Cervical Cancer	48	131	18	2,122	- 1,992
Hepatitis B	49	111	55	164	- 54
Multiple Sclerosis	50	106	66	24	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	51	93	62	74	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	52	74	23	1,379	- 1,305
Alcohol	53	66	56	152	- 86
Encephalitis	54	64	61	83	- 19
Skin Disease	55	62	53	174	- 112
Malnutrition	56	41	13	2,868	- 2,828
Appendicitis	57	40	60	95	- 54
Other Neoplasms	58	29	67	23	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	21	68	15	+ 6
Pertussis	60	20	34	746	- 727
Syphilis	61	14	42	294	- 280
Tetanus	62	10	51	181	- 172
Upper Respiratory	63	4	65	48	- 44
Leishmaniasis	64	2	78	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	70	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	66	1	47	249	- 248
Ascariasis	67	1	63	74	- 73
Measles	68	1	25	1,196	- 1,195
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	58	- 58
Diphtheria	70	0	69	7	- 7
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	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

Iran

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.