BENIN VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,787	5	5,397	+ 1,390
Violence	2	5,153	28	726	+ 4,426
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,969	14	1,912	+ 3,058
Stroke	4	4,483	4	5,855	- 1,371
HIV/AIDS	5	4,212	11	2,263	+ 1,949
Kidney Disease	6	3,618	13	1,929	+ 1,689
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,412	1	10,205	- 6,793
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,112	8	3,162	- 50
Liver Disease	9	2,036	9	2,447	- 410
Prostate Cancer	10	1,673	25	867	+ 806
Lung Disease	11	1,623	17	1,220	+ 404
Hypertension	12	1,618	19	1,088	+ 529
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,582	29	715	+ 867
Other Injuries	14	1,256	15	1,532	- 276
Lung Cancers	15	1,078	59	66	+ 1,011
Suicide	16	975	22	922	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	17	972	30	669	+ 304
Drownings	18	842	31	570	+ 272
Liver Cancer	19	841	40	322	+ 520
Stomach Cancer	20	819	38	361	+ 458
Congenital Anomalies	21	814	10	2,265	- 1,450
Endocrine Disorders	22	796	16	1,454	- 658
Breast Cancer	23	765	27	784	- 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	707	41	311	+ 396
Low Birth Weight	25	698	6	4,908	- 4,210
Inflammatory/Heart	26	637	33	457	+ 180
Falls	27	455	32	543	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	28	389	43	212	+ 177
Malnutrition	29	346	21	928	- 581
Alcohol	30	343	58	85	+ 258
Pancreas Cancer	31	330	48	177	+ 153
Birth Trauma	32	326	7	3,950	- 3,624
Tuberculosis	33	311	23	919	- 608
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	306	3	6,830	- 6,524
Asthma	35	272	24	891	- 619
Epilepsy	36	271	37	369	- 98
Skin Disease	37	194	52	144	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	183	34	442	- 260
Leukemia	39	141	46	196	- 55
Fires	40	129	35	431	- 302
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	120	45	197	- 77
Maternal Conditions	42	82	20	1,039	- 957
Oesophagus Cancer	43	78	39	326	- 248
Appendicitis	44	51	60	45	+ 6
Poisonings	45	51	42	307	- 257
Meningitis	46	50	12	1,967	- 1,917
Drug Use	47	49	44	197	- 148
Encephalitis	48	49	57	85	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	39	67	11	+ 28
Lymphomas	50	39	36	387	- 348
Uterin Cancer	51	39	55	99	- 60
Ovary Cancer	52	33	56	86	- 52
Other Neoplasms	53	33	63	20	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	54	15	66	16	- 0
Dengue	55	7	72	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	7	53	143	- 136
Chagas disease	57	7	77	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	58	4	64	17	- 13
Tetanus	59	4	50	156	- 152
War	60	4	69	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	17	- 15
Syphilis	62	1	51	150	- 149
Pertussis	63	1	18	1,168	- 1,167
Ascariasis	64	1	62	40	- 39
Chlamydia	65	1	70	2	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	54	102	- 101
Oral Cancer	67	0	49	156	- 156
Diphtheria	68	0	68	10	- 10
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	26	788	- 788
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	47	183	- 183
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	61	43	- 43
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	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

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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.