BENIN VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,251	5	5,397	+ 9,854
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,818	1	10,205	+ 2,613
Lung Disease	3	7,266	17	1,220	+ 6,047
Stroke	4	7,155	4	5,855	+ 1,300
Kidney Disease	5	4,249	13	1,929	+ 2,321
Lung Cancers	6	3,132	59	66	+ 3,065
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,793	41	311	+ 2,482
Breast Cancer	8	2,209	27	784	+ 1,424
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,138	14	1,912	+ 227
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,969	8	3,162	- 1,193
Hypertension	11	1,814	19	1,088	+ 725
Other Injuries	12	1,764	15	1,532	+ 232
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,718	33	457	+ 1,261
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,441	48	177	+ 1,264
Prostate Cancer	15	1,410	25	867	+ 543
Liver Disease	16	1,260	9	2,447	- 1,187
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,247	16	1,454	- 207
Suicide	18	1,172	22	922	+ 250
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,169	29	715	+ 454
Stomach Cancer	20	1,102	38	361	+ 741
Other Neoplasms	21	1,008	63	20	+ 989
Skin Disease	22	992	52	144	+ 848
Violence	23	848	28	726	+ 122
Lymphomas	24	847	36	387	+ 460
Cervical Cancer	25	775	30	669	+ 107
Congenital Anomalies	26	757	10	2,265	- 1,508
Leukemia	27	685	46	196	+ 489
Low Birth Weight	28	683	6	4,908	- 4,225
Oesophagus Cancer	29	642	39	326	+ 317
Liver Cancer	30	640	40	322	+ 318
Bladder Cancer	31	524	61	43	+ 481
HIV/AIDS	32	463	11	2,263	- 1,799
Ovary Cancer	33	409	56	86	+ 323
Skin Cancers	34	336	54	102	+ 234
Oral Cancer	35	336	49	156	+ 179
Parkinson's Disease	36	302	43	212	+ 90
Uterin Cancer	37	295	55	99	+ 196
Malnutrition	38	291	21	928	- 637
Drug Use	39	258	44	197	+ 61
Anemia	40	216	83	0	+ 216
Tuberculosis	41	205	23	919	- 714
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	181	3	6,830	- 6,649
Falls	43	158	32	543	- 384
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	153	34	442	- 290
Chagas disease	45	141	77	0	+ 141
Alcohol	46	138	58	85	+ 53
Asthma	47	126	24	891	- 765
Drownings	48	119	31	570	- 451
Birth Trauma	49	117	7	3,950	- 3,833
Epilepsy	50	104	37	369	- 265
Meningitis	51	99	12	1,967	- 1,868
Fires	52	87	35	431	- 343
Maternal Conditions	53	87	20	1,039	- 952
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	76	67	11	+ 65
Poisonings	55	60	42	307	- 247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	43	45	197	- 154
Hepatitis C	57	35	65	17	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	58	32	66	16	+ 16
Osteoarthritis	59	23	85	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	60	22	60	45	- 23
Schizophrenia	61	19	80	0	+ 19
Hepatitis B	62	17	53	143	- 125
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	15	84	0	+ 15
Encephalitis	64	5	57	85	- 80
Syphilis	65	5	51	150	- 146
Oral conditions	66	4	86	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	4	64	17	- 13
Pertussis	68	3	18	1,168	- 1,164
Leprosy	69	2	75	0	+ 2
War	70	2	69	2	- 1
Tetanus	71	1	50	156	- 155
Leishmaniasis	72	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	62	40	- 40
Diphtheria	78	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	79	0	26	788	- 788
Dengue	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	2	- 2
Malaria	83	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Schistosomiasis	84	0	47	183	- 183
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Argentina

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.