IRELAND VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,634	6	1,298	+ 2,336
Malaria	2	2,506	75	0	+ 2,506
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,432	45	53	+ 2,380
Stroke	4	2,085	5	1,770	+ 315
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,922	1	4,762	- 2,840
Low Birth Weight	6	1,748	44	56	+ 1,692
Birth Trauma	7	1,406	56	10	+ 1,396
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,126	33	153	+ 973
Liver Disease	9	871	19	279	+ 592
Congenital Anomalies	10	806	32	153	+ 653
HIV/AIDS	11	806	57	9	+ 797
Meningitis	12	700	58	7	+ 693
Kidney Disease	13	687	10	566	+ 120
Diabetes Mellitus	14	681	16	414	+ 267
Other Injuries	15	546	30	171	+ 375
Endocrine Disorders	16	518	24	249	+ 268
Lung Disease	17	434	4	1,915	- 1,481
Pertussis	18	416	67	0	+ 416
Hypertension	19	388	29	175	+ 213
Maternal Conditions	20	370	61	3	+ 367
Malnutrition	21	330	63	2	+ 329
Suicide	22	328	14	470	- 142
Tuberculosis	23	327	50	23	+ 304
Asthma	24	317	41	58	+ 259
Prostate Cancer	25	309	9	585	- 276
Measles	26	281	83	0	+ 281
Breast Cancer	27	279	8	760	- 480
Violence	28	259	47	38	+ 220
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	255	2	3,209	- 2,955
Cervical Cancer	30	238	35	103	+ 135
Drownings	31	203	43	57	+ 146
Falls	32	193	25	247	- 54
Inflammatory/Heart	33	163	26	240	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	158	38	67	+ 91
Fires	35	153	48	30	+ 123
Lymphomas	36	138	13	513	- 375
Epilepsy	37	131	36	85	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	38	128	17	357	- 228
Oesophagus Cancer	39	116	15	419	- 302
Liver Cancer	40	115	18	318	- 203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	111	7	1,095	- 984
Poisonings	42	109	53	14	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	43	75	12	530	- 454
Drug Use	44	70	31	167	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	70	46	50	+ 20
Leukemia	46	70	20	274	- 204
Schistosomiasis	47	65	72	0	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	48	63	11	530	- 467
Oral Cancer	49	56	28	183	- 127
Tetanus	50	56	81	0	+ 56
Syphilis	51	54	68	0	+ 54
Skin Disease	52	51	42	58	- 7
Hepatitis B	53	51	59	6	+ 45
Skin Cancers	54	36	23	252	- 216
Uterin Cancer	55	35	34	126	- 91
Ovary Cancer	56	31	21	273	- 242
Encephalitis	57	30	66	0	+ 30
Alcohol	58	30	39	64	- 34
Lung Cancers	59	24	3	1,916	- 1,892
Appendicitis	60	16	60	3	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	61	15	22	256	- 240
Ascariasis	62	14	77	0	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	63	7	27	218	- 211
Upper Respiratory	64	6	64	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	6	52	19	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	37	83	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	40	59	- 55
Diphtheria	68	4	82	0	+ 4
War	69	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Benin

Ireland

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.