BENIN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,724	5	5,397	+ 9,327
War	2	9,385	69	2	+ 9,382
Stroke	3	6,982	4	5,855	+ 1,127
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,366	1	10,205	- 4,838
Low Birth Weight	5	4,627	6	4,908	- 281
Birth Trauma	6	3,928	7	3,950	- 22
Tuberculosis	7	3,604	23	919	+ 2,685
Hypertension	8	2,929	19	1,088	+ 1,840
Maternal Conditions	9	2,860	20	1,039	+ 1,821
Kidney Disease	10	2,414	13	1,929	+ 485
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,210	8	3,162	- 952
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,106	14	1,912	+ 194
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	2,035	3	6,830	- 4,795
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,832	10	2,265	- 433
Lung Disease	15	1,703	17	1,220	+ 484
Liver Disease	16	1,685	9	2,447	- 762
Asthma	17	1,246	24	891	+ 356
Other Injuries	18	1,187	15	1,532	- 345
Violence	19	1,178	28	726	+ 452
Meningitis	20	962	12	1,967	- 1,005
Pertussis	21	772	18	1,168	- 396
Breast Cancer	22	667	27	784	- 117
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	646	29	715	- 69
Suicide	24	576	22	922	- 346
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	551	34	442	+ 109
Stomach Cancer	26	550	38	361	+ 189
Oral Cancer	27	537	49	156	+ 381
Endocrine Disorders	28	500	16	1,454	- 954
Oesophagus Cancer	29	481	39	326	+ 156
Tetanus	30	459	50	156	+ 303
Encephalitis	31	436	57	85	+ 351
Lung Cancers	32	394	59	66	+ 328
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	381	45	197	+ 184
Drownings	34	365	31	570	- 205
Epilepsy	35	364	37	369	- 5
Lymphomas	36	347	36	387	- 40
Falls	37	332	32	543	- 211
Hepatitis B	38	316	53	143	+ 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	272	41	311	- 40
Liver Cancer	40	241	40	322	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	41	230	43	212	+ 18
Leukemia	42	224	46	196	+ 28
Malnutrition	43	216	21	928	- 712
Cervical Cancer	44	198	30	669	- 471
Inflammatory/Heart	45	193	33	457	- 264
HIV/AIDS	46	170	11	2,263	- 2,093
Poisonings	47	141	42	307	- 167
Ovary Cancer	48	135	56	86	+ 50
Measles	49	128	26	788	- 659
Fires	50	127	35	431	- 303
Drug Use	51	120	44	197	- 77
Appendicitis	52	109	60	45	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	53	106	55	99	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	54	100	61	43	+ 56
Prostate Cancer	55	94	25	867	- 773
Pancreas Cancer	56	84	48	177	- 93
Malaria	57	68	2	7,037	- 6,969
Alcohol	58	55	58	85	- 30
Skin Cancers	59	53	54	102	- 49
Syphilis	60	34	51	150	- 116
Skin Disease	61	34	52	144	- 109
Multiple Sclerosis	62	31	66	16	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	63	11	63	20	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	10	65	17	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	9	67	11	- 2
Ascariasis	66	6	62	40	- 34
Diphtheria	67	6	68	10	- 4
Upper Respiratory	68	3	64	17	- 14
Chlamydia	69	1	70	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	47	183	- 183
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Afghanistan

Benin

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.