BENIN VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,764	5	5,397	+ 7,367
Violence	2	5,711	28	726	+ 4,985
Stroke	3	4,912	4	5,855	- 943
Lung Disease	4	4,721	17	1,220	+ 3,501
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,193	1	10,205	- 7,012
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,301	8	3,162	- 861
Kidney Disease	7	2,025	13	1,929	+ 97
Hypertension	8	1,897	19	1,088	+ 808
Stomach Cancer	9	1,811	38	361	+ 1,451
Lung Cancers	10	1,556	59	66	+ 1,490
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,490	14	1,912	- 421
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,296	41	311	+ 984
Breast Cancer	13	1,088	27	784	+ 303
Prostate Cancer	14	1,062	25	867	+ 195
Other Neoplasms	15	950	63	20	+ 930
Congenital Anomalies	16	878	10	2,265	- 1,387
HIV/AIDS	17	795	11	2,263	- 1,467
Lymphomas	18	771	36	387	+ 385
Liver Disease	19	719	9	2,447	- 1,728
Cervical Cancer	20	672	30	669	+ 3
Leukemia	21	654	46	196	+ 459
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	639	29	715	- 76
Low Birth Weight	23	621	6	4,908	- 4,287
Liver Cancer	24	612	40	322	+ 290
Pancreas Cancer	25	599	48	177	+ 422
Suicide	26	582	22	922	- 339
Malnutrition	27	557	21	928	- 371
Other Injuries	28	472	15	1,532	- 1,060
Falls	29	450	32	543	- 93
Endocrine Disorders	30	405	16	1,454	- 1,049
Inflammatory/Heart	31	394	33	457	- 63
Tuberculosis	32	377	23	919	- 542
Ovary Cancer	33	333	56	86	+ 247
Skin Disease	34	327	52	144	+ 183
Skin Cancers	35	305	54	102	+ 203
Oesophagus Cancer	36	248	39	326	- 78
Oral Cancer	37	239	49	156	+ 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	222	3	6,830	- 6,609
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	207	34	442	- 235
Drownings	40	204	31	570	- 366
Birth Trauma	41	192	7	3,950	- 3,758
Bladder Cancer	42	180	61	43	+ 137
Epilepsy	43	177	37	369	- 192
Drug Use	44	146	44	197	- 51
Uterin Cancer	45	125	55	99	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	46	117	20	1,039	- 922
Parkinson's Disease	47	114	43	212	- 98
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	99	84	0	+ 99
War	49	77	69	2	+ 75
Meningitis	50	72	12	1,967	- 1,894
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	72	67	11	+ 60
Appendicitis	52	63	60	45	+ 18
Chagas disease	53	60	77	0	+ 60
Asthma	54	57	24	891	- 834
Dengue	55	39	72	0	+ 39
Fires	56	38	35	431	- 393
Anemia	57	30	83	0	+ 30
Osteoarthritis	58	20	85	0	+ 20
Hepatitis C	59	19	65	17	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	66	16	+ 3
Poisonings	61	18	42	307	- 289
Hepatitis B	62	15	53	143	- 128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	11	45	197	- 186
Encephalitis	64	11	57	85	- 74
Syphilis	65	9	51	150	- 141
Upper Respiratory	66	8	64	17	- 9
Malaria	67	8	2	7,037	- 7,029
Alcohol	68	7	58	85	- 78
Pertussis	69	5	18	1,168	- 1,162
Schizophrenia	70	5	80	0	+ 5
Tetanus	71	4	50	156	- 152
Leprosy	72	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	71	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	74	2	79	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	75	2	86	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	62	40	- 39
Schistosomiasis	77	0	47	183	- 183
Measles	78	0	26	788	- 788
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	10	- 10
Chlamydia	81	0	70	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Colombia

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.