BENIN VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,414	5	5,397	+ 3,016
Stroke	2	7,663	4	5,855	+ 1,808
Kidney Disease	3	3,201	13	1,929	+ 1,272
Lung Disease	4	3,199	17	1,220	+ 1,979
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	3,150	29	715	+ 2,435
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,087	1	10,205	- 7,118
Hypertension	7	3,005	19	1,088	+ 1,917
Stomach Cancer	8	2,859	38	361	+ 2,498
Lung Cancers	9	2,719	59	66	+ 2,652
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,501	14	1,912	+ 590
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	2,380	41	311	+ 2,069
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,226	8	3,162	- 937
Liver Disease	13	2,085	9	2,447	- 362
Prostate Cancer	14	1,918	25	867	+ 1,051
Suicide	15	1,339	22	922	+ 417
Breast Cancer	16	1,330	27	784	+ 545
Pancreas Cancer	17	1,234	48	177	+ 1,057
Lymphomas	18	1,097	36	387	+ 711
Liver Cancer	19	1,078	40	322	+ 756
Other Neoplasms	20	1,069	63	20	+ 1,050
Other Injuries	21	1,032	15	1,532	- 500
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,013	16	1,454	- 441
Falls	23	712	32	543	+ 169
Leukemia	24	692	46	196	+ 497
Congenital Anomalies	25	675	10	2,265	- 1,589
Parkinson's Disease	26	622	43	212	+ 411
Cervical Cancer	27	614	30	669	- 55
Skin Disease	28	601	52	144	+ 457
Violence	29	586	28	726	- 141
Oesophagus Cancer	30	569	39	326	+ 243
Inflammatory/Heart	31	558	33	457	+ 101
Bladder Cancer	32	505	61	43	+ 462
HIV/AIDS	33	425	11	2,263	- 1,838
Skin Cancers	34	414	54	102	+ 312
Ovary Cancer	35	405	56	86	+ 319
Low Birth Weight	36	344	6	4,908	- 4,563
Malnutrition	37	331	21	928	- 597
Tuberculosis	38	323	23	919	- 596
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	263	3	6,830	- 6,567
Oral Cancer	40	242	49	156	+ 85
Fires	41	233	35	431	- 198
Asthma	42	232	24	891	- 659
Epilepsy	43	232	37	369	- 137
Drownings	44	223	31	570	- 347
Uterin Cancer	45	216	55	99	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	176	34	442	- 267
Alcohol	47	163	58	85	+ 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	147	67	11	+ 135
Anemia	49	141	83	0	+ 141
Drug Use	50	117	44	197	- 80
Osteoarthritis	51	103	85	0	+ 103
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	82	45	197	- 115
Meningitis	53	75	12	1,967	- 1,892
Birth Trauma	54	69	7	3,950	- 3,881
Chagas disease	55	62	77	0	+ 62
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	58	84	0	+ 58
Poisonings	57	54	42	307	- 254
Schizophrenia	58	30	80	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	59	29	60	45	- 16
Hepatitis B	60	24	53	143	- 119
Hepatitis C	61	21	65	17	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	21	66	16	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	63	19	20	1,039	- 1,020
War	64	11	69	2	+ 8
Oral conditions	65	4	86	0	+ 4
Syphilis	66	4	51	150	- 146
Upper Respiratory	67	3	64	17	- 14
Pertussis	68	2	18	1,168	- 1,166
Tetanus	69	1	50	156	- 155
Encephalitis	70	1	57	85	- 84
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	62	40	- 40
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	75	0	26	788	- 788
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	47	183	- 183
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	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.