BENIN VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,073	5	5,397	+ 5,676
Stroke	2	8,229	4	5,855	+ 2,374
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	6,325	1	10,205	- 3,879
Violence	4	4,594	28	726	+ 3,868
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,981	14	1,912	+ 2,069
Lung Disease	6	3,965	17	1,220	+ 2,746
Kidney Disease	7	2,517	13	1,929	+ 589
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,262	8	3,162	- 900
Lung Cancers	9	2,114	59	66	+ 2,048
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,052	29	715	+ 1,336
Hypertension	11	1,925	19	1,088	+ 837
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,547	41	311	+ 1,236
Liver Disease	13	1,431	9	2,447	- 1,016
Breast Cancer	14	1,386	27	784	+ 602
Prostate Cancer	15	1,269	25	867	+ 402
Falls	16	1,259	32	543	+ 716
Stomach Cancer	17	1,202	38	361	+ 841
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,169	33	457	+ 712
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,131	16	1,454	- 323
Suicide	20	971	22	922	+ 49
Other Injuries	21	922	15	1,532	- 610
HIV/AIDS	22	839	11	2,263	- 1,424
Congenital Anomalies	23	823	10	2,265	- 1,442
Pancreas Cancer	24	801	48	177	+ 624
Liver Cancer	25	769	40	322	+ 447
Oesophagus Cancer	26	699	39	326	+ 373
Lymphomas	27	693	36	387	+ 306
Oral Cancer	28	665	49	156	+ 508
Cervical Cancer	29	635	30	669	- 33
Leukemia	30	570	46	196	+ 374
Skin Disease	31	479	52	144	+ 336
Alcohol	32	476	58	85	+ 391
Low Birth Weight	33	460	6	4,908	- 4,448
Malnutrition	34	447	21	928	- 481
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	378	3	6,830	- 6,452
Bladder Cancer	36	354	61	43	+ 311
Chagas disease	37	337	77	0	+ 337
Skin Cancers	38	336	54	102	+ 234
Drownings	39	330	31	570	- 240
Tuberculosis	40	327	23	919	- 592
Parkinson's Disease	41	319	43	212	+ 107
Other Neoplasms	42	312	63	20	+ 292
Ovary Cancer	43	291	56	86	+ 205
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	284	34	442	- 158
Birth Trauma	45	252	7	3,950	- 3,697
Epilepsy	46	218	37	369	- 151
Uterin Cancer	47	186	55	99	+ 87
Asthma	48	173	24	891	- 717
Drug Use	49	165	44	197	- 32
Anemia	50	161	83	0	+ 161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	146	45	197	- 51
Hepatitis C	52	131	65	17	+ 114
Maternal Conditions	53	101	20	1,039	- 938
Meningitis	54	91	12	1,967	- 1,876
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	73	84	0	+ 73
War	56	73	69	2	+ 70
Appendicitis	57	71	60	45	+ 26
Fires	58	69	35	431	- 362
Hepatitis B	59	52	53	143	- 91
Schizophrenia	60	44	80	0	+ 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	40	67	11	+ 28
Schistosomiasis	62	40	47	183	- 143
Leishmaniasis	63	29	79	0	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	64	24	66	16	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	65	22	85	0	+ 22
Poisonings	66	21	42	307	- 286
Upper Respiratory	67	17	64	17	+ 0
Syphilis	68	15	51	150	- 135
Leprosy	69	12	75	0	+ 12
Otitis Media	70	6	71	0	+ 6
Tetanus	71	6	50	156	- 150
Encephalitis	72	4	57	85	- 81
Oral conditions	73	4	86	0	+ 4
Malaria	74	3	2	7,037	- 7,034
Pertussis	75	2	18	1,168	- 1,166
Dengue	76	1	72	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	0	62	40	- 40
Diphtheria	79	0	68	10	- 10
Chlamydia	80	0	70	2	- 1
Measles	81	0	26	788	- 788
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Brazil

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.