BENIN VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	25,145	14	1,912	+ 23,233
Coronary Heart Disease	2	22,877	5	5,397	+ 17,480
Stroke	3	8,999	4	5,855	+ 3,144
Kidney Disease	4	4,277	13	1,929	+ 2,348
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,529	1	10,205	- 6,676
Asthma	6	3,488	24	891	+ 2,597
Hypertension	7	2,626	19	1,088	+ 1,538
Breast Cancer	8	2,509	27	784	+ 1,725
Lung Disease	9	2,172	17	1,220	+ 953
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,999	10	2,265	- 266
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,858	8	3,162	- 1,305
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	1,488	3	6,830	- 5,342
Cervical Cancer	13	1,334	30	669	+ 665
Low Birth Weight	14	1,327	6	4,908	- 3,581
Liver Disease	15	1,262	9	2,447	- 1,185
Suicide	16	1,232	22	922	+ 310
Other Injuries	17	1,186	15	1,532	- 346
Liver Cancer	18	1,052	40	322	+ 730
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	971	29	715	+ 256
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	957	45	197	+ 760
Drownings	21	919	31	570	+ 349
Lung Cancers	22	738	59	66	+ 672
Inflammatory/Heart	23	699	33	457	+ 242
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	698	41	311	+ 387
Prostate Cancer	25	626	25	867	- 241
Parkinson's Disease	26	623	43	212	+ 411
Tuberculosis	27	605	23	919	- 314
Birth Trauma	28	562	7	3,950	- 3,388
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	520	34	442	+ 78
Leukemia	30	478	46	196	+ 282
HIV/AIDS	31	463	11	2,263	- 1,799
Ovary Cancer	32	449	56	86	+ 363
Fires	33	428	35	431	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	34	426	16	1,454	- 1,028
Lymphomas	35	421	36	387	+ 34
Falls	36	413	32	543	- 130
Stomach Cancer	37	361	38	361	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	38	321	48	177	+ 144
Uterin Cancer	39	308	55	99	+ 209
Violence	40	300	28	726	- 426
Skin Disease	41	295	52	144	+ 152
Oesophagus Cancer	42	274	39	326	- 52
Meningitis	43	265	12	1,967	- 1,702
Epilepsy	44	252	37	369	- 117
Malnutrition	45	221	21	928	- 706
Oral Cancer	46	193	49	156	+ 37
Syphilis	47	171	51	150	+ 21
Pertussis	48	152	18	1,168	- 1,016
Maternal Conditions	49	133	20	1,039	- 906
Bladder Cancer	50	126	61	43	+ 83
Encephalitis	51	113	57	85	+ 28
Drug Use	52	60	44	197	- 137
Other Neoplasms	53	51	63	20	+ 31
Appendicitis	54	43	60	45	- 2
Dengue	55	41	72	0	+ 41
Poisonings	56	35	42	307	- 273
Alcohol	57	27	58	85	- 58
Tetanus	58	21	50	156	- 135
Hepatitis B	59	16	53	143	- 126
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	66	16	- 3
Skin Cancers	61	10	54	102	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	67	11	- 6
Measles	63	4	26	788	- 784
Chlamydia	64	3	70	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	17	- 15
War	66	2	69	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	62	40	- 39
Diphtheria	68	1	68	10	- 10
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	17	- 17
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	47	183	- 183
Malaria	75	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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

Fiji

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.