BENIN VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,870	5	5,397	+ 2,473
Kidney Disease	2	4,964	13	1,929	+ 3,035
Stroke	3	4,358	4	5,855	- 1,497
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,080	1	10,205	- 6,125
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,469	14	1,912	+ 1,557
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,802	8	3,162	- 361
Liver Disease	7	2,673	9	2,447	+ 227
Lung Disease	8	2,068	17	1,220	+ 848
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,059	29	715	+ 1,344
Hypertension	10	2,012	19	1,088	+ 924
Stomach Cancer	11	1,677	38	361	+ 1,316
Prostate Cancer	12	1,093	25	867	+ 226
Congenital Anomalies	13	1,072	10	2,265	- 1,193
Suicide	14	1,065	22	922	+ 143
Violence	15	971	28	726	+ 245
Low Birth Weight	16	941	6	4,908	- 3,967
Other Injuries	17	932	15	1,532	- 600
Falls	18	894	32	543	+ 351
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	890	41	311	+ 579
Lung Cancers	20	862	59	66	+ 796
Liver Cancer	21	765	40	322	+ 444
Lymphomas	22	709	36	387	+ 322
Leukemia	23	708	46	196	+ 512
Cervical Cancer	24	674	30	669	+ 5
Breast Cancer	25	663	27	784	- 122
Parkinson's Disease	26	528	43	212	+ 317
HIV/AIDS	27	489	11	2,263	- 1,774
Malnutrition	28	464	21	928	- 464
Tuberculosis	29	461	23	919	- 458
Pancreas Cancer	30	451	48	177	+ 274
Endocrine Disorders	31	407	16	1,454	- 1,047
Drownings	32	377	31	570	- 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	334	34	442	- 108
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	329	3	6,830	- 6,501
Ovary Cancer	35	259	56	86	+ 173
Inflammatory/Heart	36	247	33	457	- 210
Skin Cancers	37	247	54	102	+ 145
Birth Trauma	38	243	7	3,950	- 3,707
Alcohol	39	225	58	85	+ 140
Epilepsy	40	219	37	369	- 150
Drug Use	41	172	44	197	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	42	144	39	326	- 182
Fires	43	141	35	431	- 290
Bladder Cancer	44	135	61	43	+ 92
Oral Cancer	45	133	49	156	- 23
Maternal Conditions	46	132	20	1,039	- 907
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	130	45	197	- 67
Uterin Cancer	48	103	55	99	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	99	67	11	+ 88
Appendicitis	50	89	60	45	+ 44
Skin Disease	51	82	52	144	- 61
Meningitis	52	72	12	1,967	- 1,895
Asthma	53	69	24	891	- 822
Syphilis	54	68	51	150	- 82
Encephalitis	55	66	57	85	- 19
Pertussis	56	64	18	1,168	- 1,104
Other Neoplasms	57	51	63	20	+ 32
Poisonings	58	47	42	307	- 260
Chagas disease	59	17	77	0	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	66	16	- 1
Dengue	61	8	72	0	+ 8
Tetanus	62	7	50	156	- 149
Upper Respiratory	63	7	64	17	- 11
Hepatitis B	64	2	53	143	- 140
Ascariasis	65	1	62	40	- 39
War	66	1	69	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	17	- 16
Chlamydia	68	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	10	- 10
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	26	788	- 788
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	47	183	- 183
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Ecuador

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.