BENIN VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,910	5	5,397	+ 2,513
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,443	1	10,205	- 2,761
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,581	14	1,912	+ 3,669
Kidney Disease	4	5,053	13	1,929	+ 3,125
Liver Disease	5	4,577	9	2,447	+ 2,130
Stroke	6	3,903	4	5,855	- 1,951
Violence	7	3,551	28	726	+ 2,825
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,242	8	3,162	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,107	3	6,830	- 4,723
Other Injuries	10	1,985	15	1,532	+ 453
Malnutrition	11	1,595	21	928	+ 667
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,575	29	715	+ 860
Lung Disease	13	1,531	17	1,220	+ 311
Alcohol	14	1,448	58	85	+ 1,363
Liver Cancer	15	1,421	40	322	+ 1,099
Low Birth Weight	16	1,335	6	4,908	- 3,572
Stomach Cancer	17	1,264	38	361	+ 904
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,221	10	2,265	- 1,044
Birth Trauma	19	1,180	7	3,950	- 2,769
Falls	20	1,104	32	543	+ 561
HIV/AIDS	21	944	11	2,263	- 1,319
Suicide	22	837	22	922	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	829	34	442	+ 386
Prostate Cancer	24	681	25	867	- 186
Cervical Cancer	25	650	30	669	- 18
Hypertension	26	547	19	1,088	- 542
Leukemia	27	484	46	196	+ 288
Breast Cancer	28	399	27	784	- 385
Endocrine Disorders	29	391	16	1,454	- 1,063
Maternal Conditions	30	377	20	1,039	- 662
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	374	41	311	+ 62
Drownings	32	373	31	570	- 197
Epilepsy	33	373	37	369	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	34	316	43	212	+ 105
Lung Cancers	35	315	59	66	+ 249
Asthma	36	269	24	891	- 621
Tuberculosis	37	243	23	919	- 676
Pancreas Cancer	38	227	48	177	+ 50
Poisonings	39	222	42	307	- 86
Drug Use	40	219	44	197	+ 21
Meningitis	41	218	12	1,967	- 1,748
Skin Disease	42	187	52	144	+ 43
Lymphomas	43	184	36	387	- 202
Inflammatory/Heart	44	181	33	457	- 276
Fires	45	167	35	431	- 264
Skin Cancers	46	157	54	102	+ 55
Appendicitis	47	132	60	45	+ 87
Oesophagus Cancer	48	116	39	326	- 210
Oral Cancer	49	114	49	156	- 42
Ovary Cancer	50	107	56	86	+ 21
Encephalitis	51	83	57	85	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	66	67	11	+ 54
Pertussis	53	56	18	1,168	- 1,111
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	50	45	197	- 147
Bladder Cancer	55	46	61	43	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	56	34	63	20	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	57	27	64	17	+ 10
Dengue	58	26	72	0	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	59	22	55	99	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	60	17	66	16	+ 1
Chagas disease	61	15	77	0	+ 15
Tetanus	62	8	50	156	- 148
Ascariasis	63	6	62	40	- 34
Syphilis	64	2	51	150	- 148
Hepatitis B	65	2	53	143	- 141
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	17	- 15
Chlamydia	67	2	70	2	+ 0
War	68	2	69	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	72	0	26	788	- 788
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Schistosomiasis	75	0	47	183	- 183
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	81	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

Guatemala

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.