BENIN VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,435	5	5,397	+ 7,038
Violence	2	10,056	28	726	+ 9,330
Stroke	3	8,741	4	5,855	+ 2,886
Kidney Disease	4	4,713	13	1,929	+ 2,785
Lung Disease	5	4,622	17	1,220	+ 3,402
Liver Disease	6	4,197	9	2,447	+ 1,751
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,425	8	3,162	- 738
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,179	29	715	+ 1,464
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,060	1	10,205	- 8,145
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,658	14	1,912	- 253
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	1,423	3	6,830	- 5,408
Other Injuries	12	1,304	15	1,532	- 228
Hypertension	13	1,293	19	1,088	+ 204
HIV/AIDS	14	1,224	11	2,263	- 1,038
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,223	10	2,265	- 1,042
Low Birth Weight	16	1,164	6	4,908	- 3,744
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	1,013	34	442	+ 570
Stomach Cancer	18	991	38	361	+ 630
Cervical Cancer	19	760	30	669	+ 91
Breast Cancer	20	737	27	784	- 47
Leukemia	21	733	46	196	+ 537
Tuberculosis	22	698	23	919	- 221
Parkinson's Disease	23	662	43	212	+ 450
Lymphomas	24	602	36	387	+ 215
Prostate Cancer	25	583	25	867	- 284
Liver Cancer	26	579	40	322	+ 258
Lung Cancers	27	569	59	66	+ 503
Inflammatory/Heart	28	565	33	457	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	545	41	311	+ 234
Asthma	30	534	24	891	- 357
Endocrine Disorders	31	516	16	1,454	- 938
Pancreas Cancer	32	502	48	177	+ 325
Birth Trauma	33	479	7	3,950	- 3,471
Alcohol	34	475	58	85	+ 390
Falls	35	446	32	543	- 96
Epilepsy	36	311	37	369	- 58
Suicide	37	310	22	922	- 612
Drownings	38	282	31	570	- 288
Malnutrition	39	280	21	928	- 648
Skin Disease	40	258	52	144	+ 115
Appendicitis	41	215	60	45	+ 170
Drug Use	42	199	44	197	+ 1
Dengue	43	185	72	0	+ 185
Oral Cancer	44	152	49	156	- 4
Ovary Cancer	45	150	56	86	+ 65
Meningitis	46	141	12	1,967	- 1,825
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	141	67	11	+ 129
Maternal Conditions	48	139	20	1,039	- 900
Bladder Cancer	49	126	61	43	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	50	125	39	326	- 201
Encephalitis	51	121	57	85	+ 36
Skin Cancers	52	105	54	102	+ 3
Pertussis	53	89	18	1,168	- 1,079
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	72	45	197	- 125
Poisonings	55	69	42	307	- 238
Other Neoplasms	56	63	63	20	+ 43
Fires	57	62	35	431	- 369
Chagas disease	58	41	77	0	+ 41
Tetanus	59	40	50	156	- 116
Uterin Cancer	60	35	55	99	- 64
Syphilis	61	28	51	150	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	62	16	66	16	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	14	64	17	- 3
Hepatitis B	64	8	53	143	- 135
War	65	6	69	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	5	65	17	- 12
Ascariasis	67	3	62	40	- 38
Chlamydia	68	1	70	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	10	- 10
Malaria	71	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	47	183	- 183
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	26	788	- 788
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Honduras

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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.