BENIN VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,953	5	5,397	+ 6,556
Stroke	2	8,015	4	5,855	+ 2,161
Hypertension	3	7,074	19	1,088	+ 5,986
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,494	14	1,912	+ 3,582
Violence	5	5,311	28	726	+ 4,585
HIV/AIDS	6	4,803	11	2,263	+ 2,540
Kidney Disease	7	4,285	13	1,929	+ 2,356
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,491	1	10,205	- 6,714
Breast Cancer	9	2,464	27	784	+ 1,680
Other Injuries	10	2,397	15	1,532	+ 865
Liver Disease	11	2,396	9	2,447	- 51
Prostate Cancer	12	2,341	25	867	+ 1,474
Endocrine Disorders	13	2,206	16	1,454	+ 753
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,911	29	715	+ 1,196
Inflammatory/Heart	15	1,678	33	457	+ 1,221
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,515	41	311	+ 1,204
Lung Disease	17	1,188	17	1,220	- 31
Road Traffic Accidents	18	1,079	8	3,162	- 2,083
Lung Cancers	19	1,047	59	66	+ 981
Skin Disease	20	948	52	144	+ 804
Drownings	21	929	31	570	+ 359
Lymphomas	22	890	36	387	+ 503
Cervical Cancer	23	735	30	669	+ 66
Alcohol	24	718	58	85	+ 633
Stomach Cancer	25	634	38	361	+ 273
Falls	26	629	32	543	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	27	602	43	212	+ 390
Low Birth Weight	28	590	6	4,908	- 4,318
Congenital Anomalies	29	567	10	2,265	- 1,697
Uterin Cancer	30	500	55	99	+ 401
Suicide	31	492	22	922	- 429
Liver Cancer	32	423	40	322	+ 101
Fires	33	372	35	431	- 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	371	34	442	- 71
Leukemia	35	361	46	196	+ 165
Ovary Cancer	36	357	56	86	+ 271
Pancreas Cancer	37	349	48	177	+ 172
Oesophagus Cancer	38	312	39	326	- 14
Asthma	39	305	24	891	- 585
Epilepsy	40	279	37	369	- 90
Maternal Conditions	41	229	20	1,039	- 810
Birth Trauma	42	222	7	3,950	- 3,728
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	185	3	6,830	- 6,645
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	156	45	197	- 41
Malnutrition	45	152	21	928	- 776
Oral Cancer	46	124	49	156	- 32
Other Neoplasms	47	117	63	20	+ 98
Drug Use	48	89	44	197	- 108
Meningitis	49	88	12	1,967	- 1,878
Bladder Cancer	50	75	61	43	+ 32
Encephalitis	51	66	57	85	- 20
Appendicitis	52	64	60	45	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	56	67	11	+ 44
Multiple Sclerosis	54	54	66	16	+ 38
Skin Cancers	55	29	54	102	- 72
Poisonings	56	23	42	307	- 284
War	57	23	69	2	+ 21
Tuberculosis	58	13	23	919	- 906
Dengue	59	9	72	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	60	8	53	143	- 135
Upper Respiratory	61	7	64	17	- 10
Tetanus	62	3	50	156	- 153
Syphilis	63	3	51	150	- 148
Chlamydia	64	2	70	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	17	- 16
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	62	40	- 40
Pertussis	68	0	18	1,168	- 1,168
Measles	69	0	26	788	- 788
Diphtheria	70	0	68	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	47	183	- 183
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Bahamas

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.