BENIN VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,192	5	5,397	+ 7,795
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,632	1	10,205	- 573
Stroke	3	8,602	4	5,855	+ 2,748
Kidney Disease	4	7,017	13	1,929	+ 5,089
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,881	14	1,912	+ 3,970
Liver Disease	6	4,760	9	2,447	+ 2,313
Lung Disease	7	4,459	17	1,220	+ 3,239
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,960	29	715	+ 2,245
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,901	8	3,162	- 262
Hypertension	10	2,300	19	1,088	+ 1,211
Other Injuries	11	1,527	15	1,532	- 5
Low Birth Weight	12	1,510	6	4,908	- 3,398
Tuberculosis	13	1,417	23	919	+ 498
Violence	14	1,309	28	726	+ 583
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,290	10	2,265	- 975
Cervical Cancer	16	1,278	30	669	+ 610
Falls	17	1,273	32	543	+ 730
Malnutrition	18	1,231	21	928	+ 303
Birth Trauma	19	1,175	7	3,950	- 2,775
Lung Cancers	20	1,076	59	66	+ 1,010
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,054	3	6,830	- 5,776
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,017	43	212	+ 806
Stomach Cancer	23	937	38	361	+ 576
Chagas disease	24	901	77	0	+ 901
Liver Cancer	25	860	40	322	+ 538
Suicide	26	854	22	922	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	809	34	442	+ 367
Prostate Cancer	28	656	25	867	- 211
Breast Cancer	29	575	27	784	- 209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	486	41	311	+ 175
Drownings	31	484	31	570	- 86
Endocrine Disorders	32	459	16	1,454	- 995
Alcohol	33	458	58	85	+ 373
Leukemia	34	453	46	196	+ 258
Inflammatory/Heart	35	447	33	457	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	36	396	48	177	+ 219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	349	45	197	+ 151
Asthma	38	308	24	891	- 582
Maternal Conditions	39	293	20	1,039	- 746
Drug Use	40	291	44	197	+ 94
Lymphomas	41	262	36	387	- 125
Epilepsy	42	238	37	369	- 131
Skin Cancers	43	227	54	102	+ 126
Fires	44	216	35	431	- 214
HIV/AIDS	45	208	11	2,263	- 2,055
Appendicitis	46	186	60	45	+ 141
Uterin Cancer	47	181	55	99	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	48	159	39	326	- 167
Meningitis	49	152	12	1,967	- 1,814
Pertussis	50	144	18	1,168	- 1,024
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	132	67	11	+ 121
Encephalitis	52	131	57	85	+ 46
Syphilis	53	125	51	150	- 25
Ovary Cancer	54	122	56	86	+ 36
Skin Disease	55	120	52	144	- 24
Oral Cancer	56	109	49	156	- 48
Poisonings	57	78	42	307	- 229
Other Neoplasms	58	51	63	20	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	59	51	61	43	+ 8
Tetanus	60	37	50	156	- 119
Multiple Sclerosis	61	27	66	16	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	62	18	64	17	+ 1
War	63	11	69	2	+ 8
Hepatitis B	64	7	53	143	- 136
Leishmaniasis	65	6	79	0	+ 6
Dengue	66	5	72	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	67	3	65	17	- 14
Chlamydia	68	2	70	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	2	62	40	- 38
Diphtheria	70	1	68	10	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	26	788	- 788
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	47	183	- 183
Malaria	76	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Bolivia

Benin

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.