BENIN VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,591	1	10,205	- 2,614
Stroke	2	5,940	4	5,855	+ 85
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	5,310	3	6,830	- 1,520
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,990	5	5,397	- 408
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,072	8	3,162	- 90
Liver Disease	6	2,814	9	2,447	+ 368
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,188	14	1,912	+ 276
Hypertension	8	2,144	19	1,088	+ 1,056
Lung Disease	9	1,533	17	1,220	+ 314
Malnutrition	10	1,528	21	928	+ 600
Birth Trauma	11	1,428	7	3,950	- 2,522
Kidney Disease	12	1,338	13	1,929	- 590
Maternal Conditions	13	1,259	20	1,039	+ 220
Tuberculosis	14	1,259	23	919	+ 340
Other Injuries	15	1,251	15	1,532	- 281
Low Birth Weight	16	1,230	6	4,908	- 3,677
Malaria	17	1,012	2	7,037	- 6,025
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,001	10	2,265	- 1,264
Meningitis	19	937	12	1,967	- 1,030
Violence	20	890	28	726	+ 164
Suicide	21	884	22	922	- 37
Asthma	22	755	24	891	- 135
Breast Cancer	23	722	27	784	- 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	718	29	715	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	25	712	11	2,263	- 1,550
Falls	26	389	32	543	- 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	341	34	442	- 102
Lymphomas	28	340	36	387	- 47
Leukemia	29	334	46	196	+ 138
Cervical Cancer	30	307	30	669	- 362
Fires	31	305	35	431	- 125
Inflammatory/Heart	32	285	33	457	- 172
Drownings	33	273	31	570	- 298
Poisonings	34	265	42	307	- 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	262	41	311	- 49
Pertussis	36	208	18	1,168	- 960
Parkinson's Disease	37	196	43	212	- 15
Epilepsy	38	189	37	369	- 180
Oesophagus Cancer	39	188	39	326	- 138
Ovary Cancer	40	184	56	86	+ 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	178	45	197	- 19
Schistosomiasis	42	169	47	183	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	43	165	16	1,454	- 1,289
Oral Cancer	44	165	49	156	+ 8
Liver Cancer	45	160	40	322	- 161
Lung Cancers	46	143	59	66	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	47	125	25	867	- 742
Stomach Cancer	48	112	38	361	- 249
Alcohol	49	105	58	85	+ 20
Skin Disease	50	103	52	144	- 40
Bladder Cancer	51	97	61	43	+ 54
Tetanus	52	87	50	156	- 69
Drug Use	53	84	44	197	- 113
Syphilis	54	81	51	150	- 70
Appendicitis	55	73	60	45	+ 28
Skin Cancers	56	69	54	102	- 33
Hepatitis B	57	64	53	143	- 79
Pancreas Cancer	58	45	48	177	- 132
Leishmaniasis	59	44	79	0	+ 44
Upper Respiratory	60	41	64	17	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	61	41	55	99	- 59
Encephalitis	62	36	57	85	- 49
Measles	63	29	26	788	- 759
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	28	67	11	+ 16
Hepatitis C	65	15	65	17	- 2
Other Neoplasms	66	14	63	20	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	67	9	66	16	- 7
Ascariasis	68	4	62	40	- 36
Otitis Media	69	4	71	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	2	70	2	+ 1
War	71	1	69	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	1	68	10	- 10
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	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

Eritrea

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.