LITHUANIA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,825	7	654	+ 1,171
Malaria	2	1,258	81	0	+ 1,258
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,221	42	59	+ 1,162
Stroke	4	1,047	2	5,643	- 4,596
Coronary Heart Disease	5	965	1	15,329	- 14,364
Low Birth Weight	6	878	55	9	+ 869
Birth Trauma	7	706	53	10	+ 696
Road Traffic Accidents	8	565	27	225	+ 341
Liver Disease	9	438	9	644	- 206
Congenital Anomalies	10	405	41	62	+ 343
HIV/AIDS	11	405	51	22	+ 382
Meningitis	12	352	52	19	+ 332
Kidney Disease	13	345	19	372	- 27
Diabetes Mellitus	14	342	14	525	- 183
Other Injuries	15	274	18	416	- 142
Endocrine Disorders	16	260	39	72	+ 188
Lung Disease	17	218	16	513	- 295
Pertussis	18	209	69	0	+ 209
Hypertension	19	195	4	1,289	- 1,094
Maternal Conditions	20	186	63	2	+ 184
Malnutrition	21	166	58	7	+ 159
Suicide	22	165	6	721	- 557
Tuberculosis	23	164	38	119	+ 46
Asthma	24	159	46	45	+ 114
Prostate Cancer	25	155	12	598	- 443
Measles	26	141	83	0	+ 141
Breast Cancer	27	140	11	629	- 489
Violence	28	130	36	132	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	128	8	649	- 521
Cervical Cancer	30	120	28	224	- 105
Drownings	31	102	35	150	- 48
Falls	32	97	15	518	- 421
Inflammatory/Heart	33	82	17	484	- 402
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	79	22	313	- 234
Fires	35	77	43	51	+ 26
Lymphomas	36	69	21	321	- 252
Epilepsy	37	66	40	62	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	38	65	10	639	- 575
Oesophagus Cancer	39	58	30	219	- 160
Liver Cancer	40	58	25	239	- 181
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	56	5	1,074	- 1,018
Poisonings	42	55	45	46	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	43	38	29	222	- 184
Drug Use	44	35	37	122	- 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	35	48	29	+ 6
Leukemia	46	35	24	284	- 249
Schistosomiasis	47	33	78	0	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	48	32	13	578	- 546
Oral Cancer	49	28	20	338	- 310
Tetanus	50	28	62	2	+ 25
Syphilis	51	27	70	0	+ 27
Skin Disease	52	26	44	48	- 22
Hepatitis B	53	26	61	5	+ 21
Skin Cancers	54	18	32	197	- 178
Uterin Cancer	55	18	34	159	- 142
Ovary Cancer	56	15	26	233	- 218
Encephalitis	57	15	65	2	+ 14
Alcohol	58	15	33	192	- 176
Lung Cancers	59	12	3	1,329	- 1,317
Appendicitis	60	8	54	10	- 2
Bladder Cancer	61	8	23	292	- 285
Ascariasis	62	7	74	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	4	31	212	- 208
Upper Respiratory	64	3	68	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	50	23	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	49	29	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	47	41	- 39
Diphtheria	68	2	82	0	+ 2
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.