LUXEMBOURG VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	466	8	111	+ 355
Malaria	2	321	81	0	+ 321
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	312	42	6	+ 306
Stroke	4	267	4	257	+ 10
Coronary Heart Disease	5	247	1	655	- 408
Low Birth Weight	6	224	49	3	+ 221
Birth Trauma	7	180	59	1	+ 180
Road Traffic Accidents	8	144	30	25	+ 119
Liver Disease	9	112	12	75	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	10	103	37	10	+ 93
HIV/AIDS	11	103	52	2	+ 101
Meningitis	12	90	58	1	+ 89
Kidney Disease	13	88	9	91	- 3
Diabetes Mellitus	14	87	17	61	+ 26
Other Injuries	15	70	10	88	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	16	66	21	53	+ 14
Lung Disease	17	56	5	242	- 187
Pertussis	18	53	68	0	+ 53
Hypertension	19	50	19	54	- 4
Maternal Conditions	20	47	63	0	+ 47
Malnutrition	21	42	32	19	+ 23
Suicide	22	42	13	69	- 27
Tuberculosis	23	42	55	2	+ 40
Asthma	24	41	45	5	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	25	40	15	64	- 24
Measles	26	36	70	0	+ 36
Breast Cancer	27	36	7	113	- 77
Violence	28	33	48	3	+ 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	33	2	298	- 265
Cervical Cancer	30	31	38	10	+ 21
Drownings	31	26	54	2	+ 24
Falls	32	25	18	61	- 36
Inflammatory/Heart	33	21	23	49	- 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	20	41	7	+ 13
Fires	35	20	51	3	+ 17
Lymphomas	36	18	14	64	- 47
Epilepsy	37	17	35	17	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	38	16	22	51	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	39	15	28	32	- 17
Liver Cancer	40	15	25	49	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	14	6	131	- 117
Poisonings	42	14	56	1	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	43	10	16	62	- 52
Drug Use	44	9	39	9	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	9	34	19	- 10
Leukemia	46	9	20	53	- 44
Schistosomiasis	47	8	80	0	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	48	8	11	82	- 74
Oral Cancer	49	7	33	19	- 12
Tetanus	50	7	69	0	+ 7
Syphilis	51	7	66	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	7	44	5	+ 1
Hepatitis B	53	7	60	1	+ 6
Skin Cancers	54	5	31	22	- 17
Uterin Cancer	55	5	36	16	- 11
Ovary Cancer	56	4	27	35	- 31
Encephalitis	57	4	65	0	+ 4
Alcohol	58	4	29	25	- 21
Lung Cancers	59	3	3	260	- 257
Appendicitis	60	2	62	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	61	2	26	44	- 42
Ascariasis	62	2	76	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	24	49	- 48
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	47	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	46	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	53	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	43	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	64	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

Benin

Luxembourg

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.