BENIN VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,515	5	5,397	+ 10,118
Stroke	2	6,107	4	5,855	+ 253
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,960	8	3,162	- 202
Hypertension	4	2,730	19	1,088	+ 1,641
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,313	14	1,912	+ 401
Kidney Disease	6	1,964	13	1,929	+ 35
Lung Disease	7	1,897	17	1,220	+ 677
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,870	1	10,205	- 8,335
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,837	29	715	+ 1,122
Stomach Cancer	10	1,633	38	361	+ 1,272
Lung Cancers	11	1,128	59	66	+ 1,062
Liver Disease	12	1,104	9	2,447	- 1,343
Low Birth Weight	13	808	6	4,908	- 4,099
Congenital Anomalies	14	805	10	2,265	- 1,459
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	761	41	311	+ 450
Suicide	16	721	22	922	- 201
Other Injuries	17	673	15	1,532	- 859
Leukemia	18	659	46	196	+ 464
Breast Cancer	19	621	27	784	- 163
Liver Cancer	20	618	40	322	+ 296
Prostate Cancer	21	596	25	867	- 271
Asthma	22	559	24	891	- 332
Lymphomas	23	479	36	387	+ 92
Falls	24	469	32	543	- 74
Birth Trauma	25	455	7	3,950	- 3,495
Parkinson's Disease	26	423	43	212	+ 212
Violence	27	422	28	726	- 305
HIV/AIDS	28	419	11	2,263	- 1,844
Pancreas Cancer	29	402	48	177	+ 225
Oesophagus Cancer	30	394	39	326	+ 68
Drug Use	31	373	44	197	+ 176
Endocrine Disorders	32	348	16	1,454	- 1,106
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	305	3	6,830	- 6,525
Fires	34	303	35	431	- 128
Inflammatory/Heart	35	268	33	457	- 189
Bladder Cancer	36	234	61	43	+ 191
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	207	34	442	- 235
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	166	45	197	- 31
Ovary Cancer	39	156	56	86	+ 70
Drownings	40	155	31	570	- 415
Tuberculosis	41	147	23	919	- 772
War	42	141	69	2	+ 139
Poisonings	43	136	42	307	- 172
Epilepsy	44	119	37	369	- 250
Oral Cancer	45	109	49	156	- 48
Meningitis	46	107	12	1,967	- 1,860
Skin Cancers	47	86	54	102	- 15
Cervical Cancer	48	83	30	669	- 585
Hepatitis B	49	71	53	143	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	50	67	66	16	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	51	59	55	99	- 40
Maternal Conditions	52	47	20	1,039	- 992
Alcohol	53	42	58	85	- 43
Encephalitis	54	41	57	85	- 44
Skin Disease	55	39	52	144	- 104
Malnutrition	56	26	21	928	- 902
Appendicitis	57	26	60	45	- 19
Other Neoplasms	58	19	63	20	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	67	11	+ 2
Pertussis	60	13	18	1,168	- 1,155
Syphilis	61	9	51	150	- 142
Tetanus	62	6	50	156	- 150
Upper Respiratory	63	3	64	17	- 15
Leishmaniasis	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	70	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	47	183	- 183
Ascariasis	67	0	62	40	- 40
Measles	68	0	26	788	- 787
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	17	- 17
Diphtheria	70	0	68	10	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	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
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

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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.