BENIN VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	11,689	4	5,855	+ 5,834
Coronary Heart Disease	2	9,455	5	5,397	+ 4,058
Lung Disease	3	3,981	17	1,220	+ 2,762
Tuberculosis	4	3,239	23	919	+ 2,320
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,146	3	6,830	- 3,684
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,578	1	10,205	- 7,627
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,524	14	1,912	+ 613
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,180	8	3,162	- 982
Liver Disease	9	1,832	9	2,447	- 615
Oesophagus Cancer	10	1,701	39	326	+ 1,375
Low Birth Weight	11	1,521	6	4,908	- 3,387
Oral Cancer	12	1,351	49	156	+ 1,195
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,306	29	715	+ 591
Hypertension	14	1,287	19	1,088	+ 199
Birth Trauma	15	1,167	7	3,950	- 2,783
Lung Cancers	16	1,061	59	66	+ 994
Kidney Disease	17	944	13	1,929	- 984
Congenital Anomalies	18	881	10	2,265	- 1,384
Measles	19	786	26	788	- 2
Asthma	20	775	24	891	- 116
Other Injuries	21	665	15	1,532	- 868
Drownings	22	618	31	570	+ 48
Breast Cancer	23	593	27	784	- 191
Stomach Cancer	24	592	38	361	+ 231
Suicide	25	523	22	922	- 399
Cervical Cancer	26	447	30	669	- 221
Violence	27	403	28	726	- 323
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	395	41	311	+ 84
Maternal Conditions	29	341	20	1,039	- 697
Parkinson's Disease	30	329	43	212	+ 118
Falls	31	290	32	543	- 253
Drug Use	32	259	44	197	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	255	45	197	+ 58
Liver Cancer	34	251	40	322	- 71
Lymphomas	35	232	36	387	- 154
Malnutrition	36	211	21	928	- 717
Ovary Cancer	37	194	56	86	+ 109
Meningitis	38	183	12	1,967	- 1,783
Pertussis	39	175	18	1,168	- 992
Leukemia	40	165	46	196	- 30
Prostate Cancer	41	145	25	867	- 722
Inflammatory/Heart	42	129	33	457	- 328
Pancreas Cancer	43	123	48	177	- 54
Epilepsy	44	118	37	369	- 251
Endocrine Disorders	45	116	16	1,454	- 1,338
Fires	46	111	35	431	- 320
Appendicitis	47	110	60	45	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	109	34	442	- 333
Syphilis	49	107	51	150	- 43
Skin Disease	50	99	52	144	- 45
Hepatitis B	51	98	53	143	- 45
Bladder Cancer	52	86	61	43	+ 43
Skin Cancers	53	74	54	102	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	71	67	11	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	55	49	11	2,263	- 2,214
Poisonings	56	47	42	307	- 260
Tetanus	57	39	50	156	- 117
Uterin Cancer	58	35	55	99	- 64
Encephalitis	59	32	57	85	- 53
Alcohol	60	23	58	85	- 62
Other Neoplasms	61	21	63	20	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	18	65	17	+ 1
War	63	18	69	2	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	64	16	66	16	+ 0
Dengue	65	14	72	0	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	66	9	64	17	- 9
Leishmaniasis	67	5	79	0	+ 5
Malaria	68	4	2	7,037	- 7,033
Ascariasis	69	3	62	40	- 37
Chlamydia	70	2	70	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	47	183	- 183
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	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

Bangladesh

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.