NAMIBIA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,947	2	1,464	+ 482
Malaria	2	1,342	51	22	+ 1,321
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,303	8	645	+ 658
Stroke	4	1,117	4	1,333	- 216
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,030	5	1,221	- 191
Low Birth Weight	6	936	9	516	+ 420
Birth Trauma	7	753	13	345	+ 409
Road Traffic Accidents	8	603	6	868	- 265
Liver Disease	9	467	14	336	+ 131
Congenital Anomalies	10	432	16	283	+ 149
HIV/AIDS	11	432	1	2,928	- 2,497
Meningitis	12	375	27	109	+ 266
Kidney Disease	13	368	15	322	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	14	365	7	724	- 360
Other Injuries	15	292	19	207	+ 86
Endocrine Disorders	16	277	33	73	+ 204
Lung Disease	17	233	10	461	- 229
Pertussis	18	223	37	54	+ 169
Hypertension	19	208	12	428	- 220
Maternal Conditions	20	198	25	110	+ 88
Malnutrition	21	177	18	224	- 47
Suicide	22	176	17	243	- 67
Tuberculosis	23	175	3	1,416	- 1,241
Asthma	24	170	20	200	- 31
Prostate Cancer	25	165	31	94	+ 71
Measles	26	150	65	2	+ 148
Breast Cancer	27	150	24	121	+ 28
Violence	28	139	11	450	- 311
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	136	21	176	- 39
Cervical Cancer	30	128	23	133	- 5
Drownings	31	109	26	110	- 1
Falls	32	104	34	62	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	33	87	22	162	- 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	84	32	76	+ 9
Fires	35	82	28	109	- 27
Lymphomas	36	74	40	46	+ 28
Epilepsy	37	70	38	49	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	38	69	45	33	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	39	62	52	21	+ 41
Liver Cancer	40	61	41	45	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	59	36	54	+ 5
Poisonings	42	59	39	46	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	43	40	42	43	- 3
Drug Use	44	38	46	32	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	38	44	33	+ 5
Leukemia	46	37	49	24	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	47	35	55	14	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	48	34	53	18	+ 16
Oral Cancer	49	30	30	100	- 70
Tetanus	50	30	62	6	+ 24
Syphilis	51	29	43	35	- 6
Skin Disease	52	27	47	31	- 3
Hepatitis B	53	27	63	4	+ 23
Skin Cancers	54	19	29	108	- 88
Uterin Cancer	55	19	56	11	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	56	16	50	23	- 7
Encephalitis	57	16	59	8	+ 8
Alcohol	58	16	48	28	- 12
Lung Cancers	59	13	35	59	- 46
Appendicitis	60	9	58	9	- 0
Bladder Cancer	61	8	54	16	- 7
Ascariasis	62	8	69	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	4	60	8	- 4
Upper Respiratory	64	3	61	6	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	64	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	57	9	- 7
Diphtheria	68	2	71	0	+ 2
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Benin

Namibia

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.