ESTONIA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	829	6	349	+ 480
Malaria	2	572	73	0	+ 572
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	555	53	8	+ 547
Stroke	4	476	3	1,116	- 640
Coronary Heart Disease	5	438	1	3,009	- 2,570
Low Birth Weight	6	399	55	7	+ 392
Birth Trauma	7	321	57	5	+ 316
Road Traffic Accidents	8	257	35	59	+ 198
Liver Disease	9	199	7	328	- 130
Congenital Anomalies	10	184	43	25	+ 159
HIV/AIDS	11	184	39	40	+ 144
Meningitis	12	160	54	7	+ 152
Kidney Disease	13	157	17	176	- 20
Diabetes Mellitus	14	155	19	146	+ 9
Other Injuries	15	124	20	141	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	16	118	33	66	+ 52
Lung Disease	17	99	13	229	- 130
Pertussis	18	95	83	0	+ 95
Hypertension	19	88	2	2,700	- 2,612
Maternal Conditions	20	84	61	1	+ 83
Malnutrition	21	75	79	0	+ 75
Suicide	22	75	16	197	- 123
Tuberculosis	23	75	47	16	+ 58
Asthma	24	72	44	24	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	25	70	8	298	- 228
Measles	26	64	84	0	+ 64
Breast Cancer	27	64	11	260	- 196
Violence	28	59	42	28	+ 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	58	12	229	- 171
Cervical Cancer	30	54	32	68	- 13
Drownings	31	46	40	30	+ 16
Falls	32	44	24	119	- 74
Inflammatory/Heart	33	37	14	217	- 180
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	36	36	55	- 19
Fires	35	35	38	41	- 6
Lymphomas	36	31	15	213	- 181
Epilepsy	37	30	37	45	- 15
Stomach Cancer	38	29	9	290	- 260
Oesophagus Cancer	39	26	27	99	- 72
Liver Cancer	40	26	26	107	- 81
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	25	5	527	- 502
Poisonings	42	25	52	8	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	43	17	29	82	- 65
Drug Use	44	16	31	75	- 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	16	45	22	- 6
Leukemia	46	16	22	126	- 110
Schistosomiasis	47	15	72	0	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	48	14	10	268	- 254
Oral Cancer	49	13	25	110	- 98
Tetanus	50	13	81	0	+ 13
Syphilis	51	12	62	1	+ 11
Skin Disease	52	12	41	29	- 17
Hepatitis B	53	12	65	0	+ 12
Skin Cancers	54	8	30	79	- 71
Uterin Cancer	55	8	34	60	- 52
Ovary Cancer	56	7	28	87	- 80
Encephalitis	57	7	63	0	+ 7
Alcohol	58	7	18	148	- 141
Lung Cancers	59	5	4	657	- 652
Appendicitis	60	4	59	2	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	61	4	21	126	- 122
Ascariasis	62	3	74	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	2	23	123	- 122
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	58	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	46	17	- 16
Diphtheria	68	1	82	0	+ 1
War	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.