FINLAND VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,907	21	436	+ 3,470
Malaria	2	2,694	74	0	+ 2,694
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,615	52	15	+ 2,600
Stroke	4	2,241	3	4,115	- 1,874
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,066	2	9,831	- 7,765
Low Birth Weight	6	1,879	48	26	+ 1,853
Birth Trauma	7	1,512	56	8	+ 1,504
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,211	33	215	+ 996
Liver Disease	9	937	10	1,068	- 131
Congenital Anomalies	10	867	35	192	+ 675
HIV/AIDS	11	866	59	6	+ 861
Meningitis	12	753	55	9	+ 743
Kidney Disease	13	738	26	342	+ 396
Diabetes Mellitus	14	732	22	418	+ 314
Other Injuries	15	587	20	437	+ 150
Endocrine Disorders	16	557	31	257	+ 300
Lung Disease	17	467	8	1,289	- 822
Pertussis	18	447	69	0	+ 447
Hypertension	19	417	5	2,030	- 1,613
Maternal Conditions	20	398	64	2	+ 396
Malnutrition	21	355	57	7	+ 349
Suicide	22	353	15	846	- 493
Tuberculosis	23	352	46	32	+ 320
Asthma	24	341	40	85	+ 256
Prostate Cancer	25	332	11	970	- 638
Measles	26	302	72	0	+ 302
Breast Cancer	27	300	12	948	- 648
Violence	28	278	43	64	+ 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	274	1	11,120	- 10,846
Cervical Cancer	30	256	44	62	+ 194
Drownings	31	218	37	106	+ 112
Falls	32	208	7	1,325	- 1,117
Inflammatory/Heart	33	175	17	518	- 343
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	169	36	151	+ 18
Fires	35	165	45	62	+ 103
Lymphomas	36	148	14	851	- 703
Epilepsy	37	141	38	104	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	38	138	19	447	- 309
Oesophagus Cancer	39	125	27	320	- 195
Liver Cancer	40	123	16	545	- 422
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	119	6	1,433	- 1,314
Poisonings	42	118	49	25	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	43	81	13	853	- 772
Drug Use	44	75	30	269	- 194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	75	50	19	+ 56
Leukemia	46	75	24	371	- 296
Schistosomiasis	47	70	77	0	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	48	68	9	1,247	- 1,179
Oral Cancer	49	60	34	207	- 147
Tetanus	50	60	70	0	+ 60
Syphilis	51	58	67	0	+ 57
Skin Disease	52	55	47	27	+ 28
Hepatitis B	53	55	63	2	+ 53
Skin Cancers	54	39	29	297	- 258
Uterin Cancer	55	38	32	225	- 187
Ovary Cancer	56	33	25	344	- 312
Encephalitis	57	33	66	0	+ 32
Alcohol	58	33	18	464	- 432
Lung Cancers	59	25	4	2,312	- 2,287
Appendicitis	60	17	54	10	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	61	17	28	308	- 292
Ascariasis	62	15	81	0	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	63	8	23	377	- 369
Upper Respiratory	64	7	62	2	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	6	60	5	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	42	80	- 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	41	83	- 79
Diphtheria	68	4	71	0	+ 4
War	69	1	65	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Benin

Finland

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.