BENIN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,910	1	10,205	- 3,295
Stroke	2	6,443	4	5,855	+ 588
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,992	5	5,397	+ 595
HIV/AIDS	4	5,764	11	2,263	+ 3,501
Malaria	5	4,743	2	7,037	- 2,294
Tuberculosis	6	4,340	23	919	+ 3,421
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,317	8	3,162	+ 155
Low Birth Weight	8	2,831	6	4,908	- 2,077
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,778	3	6,830	- 4,052
Birth Trauma	10	2,632	7	3,950	- 1,318
Liver Disease	11	2,572	9	2,447	+ 125
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,519	14	1,912	+ 608
Kidney Disease	13	1,768	13	1,929	- 160
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,672	10	2,265	- 593
Lung Disease	15	1,326	17	1,220	+ 106
Meningitis	16	1,268	12	1,967	- 699
Liver Cancer	17	1,211	40	322	+ 890
Other Injuries	18	1,034	15	1,532	- 498
Hypertension	19	948	19	1,088	- 141
Cervical Cancer	20	918	30	669	+ 250
Suicide	21	847	22	922	- 75
Maternal Conditions	22	846	20	1,039	- 193
Asthma	23	841	24	891	- 50
Endocrine Disorders	24	835	16	1,454	- 619
Breast Cancer	25	823	27	784	+ 39
Malnutrition	26	794	21	928	- 134
Violence	27	789	28	726	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	28	686	33	457	+ 229
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	550	29	715	- 165
Falls	30	496	32	543	- 47
Prostate Cancer	31	438	25	867	- 429
Lymphomas	32	372	36	387	- 15
Stomach Cancer	33	370	38	361	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	341	41	311	+ 30
Pertussis	35	316	18	1,168	- 851
Drownings	36	315	31	570	- 256
Fires	37	310	35	431	- 121
Ovary Cancer	38	297	56	86	+ 211
Drug Use	39	268	44	197	+ 71
Poisonings	40	222	42	307	- 86
Syphilis	41	205	51	150	+ 55
Oral Cancer	42	205	49	156	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	43	164	43	212	- 47
Encephalitis	44	152	57	85	+ 67
Leukemia	45	145	46	196	- 51
Pancreas Cancer	46	142	48	177	- 35
Epilepsy	47	140	37	369	- 229
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	136	34	442	- 306
Oesophagus Cancer	49	121	39	326	- 205
Skin Disease	50	112	52	144	- 32
Schistosomiasis	51	109	47	183	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	109	45	197	- 88
Bladder Cancer	53	104	61	43	+ 61
Alcohol	54	104	58	85	+ 19
Lung Cancers	55	101	59	66	+ 34
Tetanus	56	94	50	156	- 63
Uterin Cancer	57	93	55	99	- 6
Skin Cancers	58	91	54	102	- 10
Appendicitis	59	62	60	45	+ 17
Measles	60	58	26	788	- 730
Multiple Sclerosis	61	48	66	16	+ 32
Hepatitis B	62	43	53	143	- 100
Other Neoplasms	63	20	63	20	+ 1
War	64	12	69	2	+ 10
Hepatitis C	65	12	65	17	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	7	64	17	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	7	67	11	- 5
Ascariasis	68	5	62	40	- 35
Diphtheria	69	2	68	10	- 9
Chlamydia	70	1	70	2	- 0
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Ghana

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.