BENIN VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,970	5	5,397	+ 17,573
Liver Disease	2	7,943	9	2,447	+ 5,496
Stroke	3	5,792	4	5,855	- 63
Liver Cancer	4	3,238	40	322	+ 2,916
Hypertension	5	2,787	19	1,088	+ 1,698
Kidney Disease	6	2,786	13	1,929	+ 857
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,734	1	10,205	- 7,471
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,527	14	1,912	+ 616
Lung Disease	9	1,769	17	1,220	+ 550
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,607	10	2,265	- 658
Low Birth Weight	11	1,505	6	4,908	- 3,403
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,340	8	3,162	- 1,822
Breast Cancer	13	1,213	27	784	+ 429
Lymphomas	14	996	36	387	+ 609
Asthma	15	938	24	891	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	921	29	715	+ 206
Birth Trauma	17	807	7	3,950	- 3,143
Lung Cancers	18	750	59	66	+ 684
Bladder Cancer	19	678	61	43	+ 635
Violence	20	550	28	726	- 176
Other Injuries	21	505	15	1,532	- 1,028
Leukemia	22	497	46	196	+ 302
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	488	3	6,830	- 6,343
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	407	41	311	+ 96
Suicide	25	399	22	922	- 523
Pancreas Cancer	26	384	48	177	+ 207
Inflammatory/Heart	27	329	33	457	- 128
Parkinson's Disease	28	316	43	212	+ 104
Endocrine Disorders	29	313	16	1,454	- 1,140
Falls	30	267	32	543	- 276
Ovary Cancer	31	257	56	86	+ 171
Stomach Cancer	32	244	38	361	- 117
Fires	33	207	35	431	- 224
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	177	34	442	- 266
Prostate Cancer	35	169	25	867	- 698
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	165	45	197	- 32
Drownings	37	148	31	570	- 422
Encephalitis	38	138	57	85	+ 53
Skin Cancers	39	134	54	102	+ 32
Hepatitis B	40	131	53	143	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	41	126	39	326	- 200
Pertussis	42	120	18	1,168	- 1,048
Meningitis	43	109	12	1,967	- 1,857
Maternal Conditions	44	105	20	1,039	- 934
Oral Cancer	45	105	49	156	- 52
Malnutrition	46	100	21	928	- 828
War	47	94	69	2	+ 92
Cervical Cancer	48	83	30	669	- 586
Tetanus	49	71	50	156	- 85
Epilepsy	50	60	37	369	- 309
Tuberculosis	51	57	23	919	- 862
Uterin Cancer	52	56	55	99	- 43
HIV/AIDS	53	52	11	2,263	- 2,210
Schistosomiasis	54	29	47	183	- 154
Skin Disease	55	29	52	144	- 115
Multiple Sclerosis	56	28	66	16	+ 13
Poisonings	57	26	42	307	- 282
Syphilis	58	21	51	150	- 129
Appendicitis	59	19	60	45	- 26
Alcohol	60	19	58	85	- 66
Other Neoplasms	61	15	63	20	- 4
Drug Use	62	15	44	197	- 182
Hepatitis C	63	13	65	17	- 4
Measles	64	6	26	788	- 782
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	3	67	11	- 8
Leishmaniasis	66	2	79	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	62	40	- 39
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	17	- 17
Dengue	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	10	- 10
Chlamydia	71	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Egypt

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.