MALTA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	326	3	213	+ 114
Malaria	2	225	69	0	+ 225
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	218	55	1	+ 217
Stroke	4	187	2	291	- 104
Coronary Heart Disease	5	172	1	876	- 703
Low Birth Weight	6	157	35	11	+ 146
Birth Trauma	7	126	44	3	+ 123
Road Traffic Accidents	8	101	31	18	+ 83
Liver Disease	9	78	24	23	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	10	72	32	17	+ 55
HIV/AIDS	11	72	41	4	+ 69
Meningitis	12	63	56	1	+ 62
Kidney Disease	13	62	11	79	- 17
Diabetes Mellitus	14	61	6	163	- 101
Other Injuries	15	49	33	16	+ 33
Endocrine Disorders	16	46	30	19	+ 27
Lung Disease	17	39	8	127	- 88
Pertussis	18	37	72	0	+ 37
Hypertension	19	35	20	33	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	20	33	64	0	+ 33
Malnutrition	21	30	60	0	+ 29
Suicide	22	29	22	27	+ 3
Tuberculosis	23	29	52	2	+ 28
Asthma	24	28	36	8	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	25	28	13	53	- 25
Measles	26	25	73	0	+ 25
Breast Cancer	27	25	10	85	- 60
Violence	28	23	40	4	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	23	4	207	- 184
Cervical Cancer	30	21	39	4	+ 17
Drownings	31	18	48	2	+ 16
Falls	32	17	14	52	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	33	15	27	22	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	14	37	7	+ 7
Fires	35	14	62	0	+ 13
Lymphomas	36	12	12	53	- 41
Epilepsy	37	12	43	3	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	38	12	15	50	- 38
Oesophagus Cancer	39	10	29	20	- 10
Liver Cancer	40	10	18	34	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	10	7	147	- 137
Poisonings	42	10	58	1	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	43	7	16	50	- 43
Drug Use	44	6	38	7	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	6	49	2	+ 4
Leukemia	46	6	21	28	- 21
Schistosomiasis	47	6	70	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	48	6	9	90	- 85
Oral Cancer	49	5	23	25	- 20
Tetanus	50	5	74	0	+ 5
Syphilis	51	5	81	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	5	25	23	- 18
Hepatitis B	53	5	61	0	+ 4
Skin Cancers	54	3	34	14	- 11
Uterin Cancer	55	3	28	21	- 18
Ovary Cancer	56	3	17	34	- 31
Encephalitis	57	3	65	0	+ 3
Alcohol	58	3	47	3	+ 0
Lung Cancers	59	2	5	197	- 195
Appendicitis	60	1	63	0	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	61	1	19	33	- 32
Ascariasis	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	26	22	- 21
Upper Respiratory	64	1	59	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	53	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	45	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	51	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
War	69	0	54	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.