BOTSWANA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,702	2	1,674	+ 28
Malaria	2	1,173	64	1	+ 1,173
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,139	8	527	+ 612
Stroke	4	976	4	1,588	- 612
Coronary Heart Disease	5	900	3	1,632	- 732
Low Birth Weight	6	818	13	447	+ 371
Birth Trauma	7	659	17	261	+ 397
Road Traffic Accidents	8	527	7	608	- 81
Liver Disease	9	408	12	459	- 51
Congenital Anomalies	10	378	16	287	+ 90
HIV/AIDS	11	377	1	4,950	- 4,572
Meningitis	12	328	25	108	+ 220
Kidney Disease	13	322	9	506	- 185
Diabetes Mellitus	14	319	5	1,273	- 954
Other Injuries	15	255	19	216	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	16	242	27	103	+ 140
Lung Disease	17	203	10	482	- 278
Pertussis	18	195	40	45	+ 150
Hypertension	19	181	11	471	- 289
Maternal Conditions	20	173	24	118	+ 55
Malnutrition	21	155	21	171	- 16
Suicide	22	154	15	370	- 216
Tuberculosis	23	153	6	649	- 496
Asthma	24	149	18	232	- 84
Prostate Cancer	25	145	41	45	+ 100
Measles	26	131	68	0	+ 131
Breast Cancer	27	131	33	68	+ 62
Violence	28	121	14	389	- 268
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	119	23	164	- 44
Cervical Cancer	30	111	22	164	- 53
Drownings	31	95	30	83	+ 13
Falls	32	91	34	62	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	33	76	20	177	- 101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	74	29	90	- 16
Fires	35	72	26	108	- 37
Lymphomas	36	64	31	77	- 12
Epilepsy	37	62	36	56	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	38	60	53	10	+ 50
Oesophagus Cancer	39	54	28	103	- 48
Liver Cancer	40	54	35	57	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	52	47	28	+ 24
Poisonings	42	51	42	42	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	43	35	38	47	- 12
Drug Use	44	33	48	26	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	33	43	37	- 4
Leukemia	46	33	51	13	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	47	31	54	10	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	48	30	50	16	+ 13
Oral Cancer	49	26	32	70	- 44
Tetanus	50	26	61	6	+ 20
Syphilis	51	25	44	36	- 11
Skin Disease	52	24	46	30	- 6
Hepatitis B	53	24	62	6	+ 18
Skin Cancers	54	17	37	52	- 35
Uterin Cancer	55	17	56	9	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	56	14	49	19	- 5
Encephalitis	57	14	59	7	+ 7
Alcohol	58	14	45	31	- 17
Lung Cancers	59	11	39	45	- 34
Appendicitis	60	8	57	8	- 0
Bladder Cancer	61	7	60	6	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	7	67	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	63	3	55	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	64	3	58	7	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	63	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	52	11	- 9
Diphtheria	68	2	70	0	+ 1
War	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Benin

Botswana

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.