BENIN VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,671	5	5,397	+ 6,274
Lung Disease	2	8,714	17	1,220	+ 7,494
Stroke	3	5,986	4	5,855	+ 131
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,942	1	10,205	- 7,262
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,814	3	6,830	- 4,016
Liver Disease	6	2,751	9	2,447	+ 304
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,724	14	1,912	+ 812
Kidney Disease	8	2,469	13	1,929	+ 541
Tuberculosis	9	2,289	23	919	+ 1,370
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,052	8	3,162	- 1,111
Stomach Cancer	11	1,963	38	361	+ 1,602
Falls	12	1,843	32	543	+ 1,300
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,737	29	715	+ 1,022
Low Birth Weight	14	1,316	6	4,908	- 3,591
Asthma	15	1,292	24	891	+ 401
Hypertension	16	1,271	19	1,088	+ 183
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,123	45	197	+ 926
HIV/AIDS	18	964	11	2,263	- 1,299
Birth Trauma	19	852	7	3,950	- 3,098
Congenital Anomalies	20	835	10	2,265	- 1,430
Lung Cancers	21	732	59	66	+ 665
Oesophagus Cancer	22	727	39	326	+ 401
Oral Cancer	23	715	49	156	+ 559
Other Injuries	24	708	15	1,532	- 824
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	642	34	442	+ 199
Suicide	26	584	22	922	- 338
Liver Cancer	27	580	40	322	+ 258
Parkinson's Disease	28	522	43	212	+ 310
Cervical Cancer	29	506	30	669	- 162
Encephalitis	30	466	57	85	+ 380
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	402	41	311	+ 90
Drownings	32	337	31	570	- 233
Pancreas Cancer	33	332	48	177	+ 154
Leukemia	34	308	46	196	+ 113
Violence	35	304	28	726	- 422
Meningitis	36	286	12	1,967	- 1,681
Ovary Cancer	37	237	56	86	+ 151
Epilepsy	38	229	37	369	- 140
Endocrine Disorders	39	182	16	1,454	- 1,272
Syphilis	40	177	51	150	+ 26
Skin Cancers	41	153	54	102	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	42	152	20	1,039	- 887
Breast Cancer	43	132	27	784	- 653
Fires	44	131	35	431	- 300
Inflammatory/Heart	45	127	33	457	- 330
Skin Disease	46	121	52	144	- 23
Drug Use	47	114	44	197	- 83
Bladder Cancer	48	108	61	43	+ 65
Alcohol	49	99	58	85	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	88	67	11	+ 77
Appendicitis	51	84	60	45	+ 38
Lymphomas	52	80	36	387	- 306
Hepatitis B	53	67	53	143	- 75
Malnutrition	54	58	21	928	- 870
Prostate Cancer	55	56	25	867	- 811
Dengue	56	55	72	0	+ 55
Other Neoplasms	57	36	63	20	+ 16
Measles	58	34	26	788	- 754
Poisonings	59	32	42	307	- 276
Tetanus	60	23	50	156	- 133
Upper Respiratory	61	17	64	17	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	17	66	16	+ 1
Pertussis	63	16	18	1,168	- 1,152
Hepatitis C	64	15	65	17	- 2
Leishmaniasis	65	15	79	0	+ 15
Ascariasis	66	3	62	40	- 37
Chlamydia	67	2	70	2	- 0
War	68	1	69	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	10	- 10
Uterin Cancer	71	0	55	99	- 99
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Schistosomiasis	82	0	47	183	- 183
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

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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.