BENIN VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,706	5	5,397	+ 19,309
Stroke	2	18,922	4	5,855	+ 13,067
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,710	14	1,912	+ 8,798
Hypertension	4	5,922	19	1,088	+ 4,834
Suicide	5	5,836	22	922	+ 4,914
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,580	1	10,205	- 4,624
HIV/AIDS	7	4,742	11	2,263	+ 2,479
Kidney Disease	8	4,319	13	1,929	+ 2,390
Liver Disease	9	3,643	9	2,447	+ 1,196
Violence	10	3,582	28	726	+ 2,856
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,236	8	3,162	+ 74
Endocrine Disorders	12	3,228	16	1,454	+ 1,774
Lung Disease	13	3,220	17	1,220	+ 2,000
Other Injuries	14	3,094	15	1,532	+ 1,562
Drownings	15	2,680	31	570	+ 2,110
Tuberculosis	16	2,535	23	919	+ 1,616
Prostate Cancer	17	2,282	25	867	+ 1,415
Anemia	18	1,831	83	0	+ 1,831
Breast Cancer	19	1,774	27	784	+ 990
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,698	33	457	+ 1,241
Cervical Cancer	21	1,691	30	669	+ 1,023
Low Birth Weight	22	1,652	6	4,908	- 3,256
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,271	10	2,265	- 993
Birth Trauma	24	1,192	7	3,950	- 2,758
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	1,084	41	311	+ 773
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	1,005	34	442	+ 563
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	879	3	6,830	- 5,951
Other Neoplasms	28	743	63	20	+ 724
Lung Cancers	29	698	59	66	+ 632
Malnutrition	30	691	21	928	- 237
Stomach Cancer	31	629	38	361	+ 268
Lymphomas	32	596	36	387	+ 209
Malaria	33	555	2	7,037	- 6,482
Liver Cancer	34	535	40	322	+ 213
Maternal Conditions	35	521	20	1,039	- 518
Asthma	36	472	24	891	- 419
Epilepsy	37	436	37	369	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	423	29	715	- 292
Leukemia	39	393	46	196	+ 197
Oral Cancer	40	371	49	156	+ 215
Fires	41	360	35	431	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	42	352	48	177	+ 175
Ovary Cancer	43	328	56	86	+ 242
Meningitis	44	322	12	1,967	- 1,645
Drug Use	45	289	44	197	+ 92
Uterin Cancer	46	240	55	99	+ 141
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	238	45	197	+ 41
Falls	48	206	32	543	- 337
Parkinson's Disease	49	167	43	212	- 45
Bladder Cancer	50	147	61	43	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	51	145	39	326	- 181
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	144	84	0	+ 144
Encephalitis	53	130	57	85	+ 45
Appendicitis	54	111	60	45	+ 66
Skin Cancers	55	89	54	102	- 12
Skin Disease	56	59	52	144	- 85
Alcohol	57	57	58	85	- 28
Osteoarthritis	58	56	85	0	+ 56
Hepatitis B	59	37	53	143	- 106
Dengue	60	34	72	0	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	61	23	66	16	+ 7
Schizophrenia	62	19	80	0	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	18	67	11	+ 7
War	64	11	69	2	+ 9
Poisonings	65	11	42	307	- 297
Upper Respiratory	66	9	64	17	- 8
Oral conditions	67	8	86	0	+ 8
Leprosy	68	7	75	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	69	5	65	17	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	5	82	0	+ 5
Syphilis	71	4	51	150	- 146
Tetanus	72	4	50	156	- 152
Pertussis	73	1	18	1,168	- 1,166
Ascariasis	74	0	62	40	- 40
Diphtheria	75	0	68	10	- 10
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	26	788	- 788
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	2	- 2
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	47	183	- 183
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Guyana

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.