KUWAIT VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,179	4	340	+ 1,839
Malaria	2	1,503	78	0	+ 1,503
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,459	49	6	+ 1,452
Stroke	4	1,250	3	599	+ 651
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,152	1	2,325	- 1,172
Low Birth Weight	6	1,048	13	158	+ 890
Birth Trauma	7	843	47	7	+ 836
Road Traffic Accidents	8	675	2	649	+ 26
Liver Disease	9	522	11	192	+ 331
Congenital Anomalies	10	484	9	202	+ 282
HIV/AIDS	11	483	48	7	+ 476
Meningitis	12	420	45	9	+ 411
Kidney Disease	13	412	8	204	+ 208
Diabetes Mellitus	14	408	6	242	+ 166
Other Injuries	15	327	22	83	+ 244
Endocrine Disorders	16	310	28	44	+ 267
Lung Disease	17	260	21	84	+ 176
Pertussis	18	249	63	0	+ 249
Hypertension	19	232	5	256	- 24
Maternal Conditions	20	222	54	4	+ 218
Malnutrition	21	198	60	0	+ 198
Suicide	22	197	18	122	+ 74
Tuberculosis	23	196	34	31	+ 165
Asthma	24	190	40	21	+ 169
Prostate Cancer	25	185	26	58	+ 127
Measles	26	168	61	0	+ 168
Breast Cancer	27	167	7	230	- 62
Violence	28	155	23	75	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	153	14	139	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	30	143	33	32	+ 111
Drownings	31	122	41	19	+ 102
Falls	32	116	19	102	+ 14
Inflammatory/Heart	33	98	31	36	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	94	43	14	+ 81
Fires	35	92	38	28	+ 64
Lymphomas	36	83	15	132	- 49
Epilepsy	37	79	39	22	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	38	77	25	72	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	39	70	32	35	+ 34
Liver Cancer	40	69	16	129	- 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	66	10	198	- 132
Poisonings	42	66	42	16	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	43	45	36	29	+ 17
Drug Use	44	42	30	38	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	42	46	8	+ 34
Leukemia	46	42	17	123	- 81
Schistosomiasis	47	39	77	0	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	48	38	20	89	- 51
Oral Cancer	49	33	24	74	- 41
Tetanus	50	33	66	0	+ 33
Syphilis	51	32	64	0	+ 32
Skin Disease	52	31	53	4	+ 27
Hepatitis B	53	30	58	1	+ 30
Skin Cancers	54	22	37	28	- 7
Uterin Cancer	55	21	35	31	- 10
Ovary Cancer	56	18	29	41	- 23
Encephalitis	57	18	52	4	+ 14
Alcohol	58	18	44	12	+ 7
Lung Cancers	59	14	12	161	- 147
Appendicitis	60	10	55	1	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	61	9	27	52	- 43
Ascariasis	62	9	73	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	4	51	4	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	4	62	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	4	59	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	50	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	56	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	2	68	0	+ 2
War	69	1	57	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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 KUWAIT

Benin

Kuwait

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.