COSTA RICA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,656	7	836	+ 2,820
Malaria	2	2,521	78	0	+ 2,521
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,447	39	87	+ 2,360
Stroke	4	2,098	2	1,624	+ 473
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,934	1	2,639	- 706
Low Birth Weight	6	1,758	28	178	+ 1,580
Birth Trauma	7	1,415	47	48	+ 1,367
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,133	9	746	+ 387
Liver Disease	9	877	18	370	+ 507
Congenital Anomalies	10	811	21	315	+ 496
HIV/AIDS	11	811	25	192	+ 619
Meningitis	12	705	54	18	+ 687
Kidney Disease	13	691	3	1,482	- 791
Diabetes Mellitus	14	685	5	953	- 268
Other Injuries	15	549	13	571	- 22
Endocrine Disorders	16	521	27	183	+ 338
Lung Disease	17	437	4	1,046	- 609
Pertussis	18	418	69	0	+ 418
Hypertension	19	390	6	863	- 473
Maternal Conditions	20	372	55	17	+ 355
Malnutrition	21	332	48	37	+ 296
Suicide	22	330	15	407	- 77
Tuberculosis	23	329	50	32	+ 298
Asthma	24	319	45	60	+ 259
Prostate Cancer	25	311	14	448	- 137
Measles	26	282	75	0	+ 282
Breast Cancer	27	281	16	384	- 103
Violence	28	260	11	635	- 375
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	256	8	818	- 562
Cervical Cancer	30	240	29	159	+ 81
Drownings	31	204	37	97	+ 108
Falls	32	194	35	116	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	33	164	26	191	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	158	42	74	+ 85
Fires	35	154	58	10	+ 144
Lymphomas	36	139	19	356	- 217
Epilepsy	37	132	34	116	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	38	129	10	661	- 531
Oesophagus Cancer	39	117	44	61	+ 56
Liver Cancer	40	115	17	382	- 267
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	112	12	621	- 509
Poisonings	42	110	60	5	+ 105
Parkinson's Disease	43	76	30	138	- 62
Drug Use	44	71	43	63	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	71	49	32	+ 38
Leukemia	46	70	24	262	- 192
Schistosomiasis	47	66	76	0	+ 66
Pancreas Cancer	48	63	22	294	- 230
Oral Cancer	49	56	38	96	- 40
Tetanus	50	56	74	0	+ 56
Syphilis	51	54	65	1	+ 53
Skin Disease	52	52	32	126	- 75
Hepatitis B	53	51	59	7	+ 44
Skin Cancers	54	36	31	137	- 100
Uterin Cancer	55	36	41	80	- 45
Ovary Cancer	56	31	40	80	- 50
Encephalitis	57	31	63	3	+ 28
Alcohol	58	30	33	126	- 96
Lung Cancers	59	24	20	343	- 320
Appendicitis	60	16	52	22	- 5
Bladder Cancer	61	16	36	100	- 84
Ascariasis	62	14	71	0	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	63	7	23	266	- 259
Upper Respiratory	64	6	62	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	6	64	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	57	11	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	46	55	- 51
Diphtheria	68	4	73	0	+ 4
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Benin

Costa Rica

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.