BENIN VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,387	5	5,397	+ 990
Stroke	2	3,825	4	5,855	- 2,029
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,258	8	3,162	- 904
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,215	14	1,912	+ 303
Hypertension	5	2,015	19	1,088	+ 926
Kidney Disease	6	1,965	13	1,929	+ 36
Lung Cancers	7	1,392	59	66	+ 1,326
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,233	1	10,205	- 8,972
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,229	10	2,265	- 1,036
Low Birth Weight	10	1,127	6	4,908	- 3,780
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	929	29	715	+ 214
Breast Cancer	12	902	27	784	+ 118
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	811	41	311	+ 500
Liver Disease	14	649	9	2,447	- 1,798
Lung Disease	15	584	17	1,220	- 636
Leukemia	16	486	46	196	+ 291
Stomach Cancer	17	480	38	361	+ 119
Lymphomas	18	425	36	387	+ 39
Other Injuries	19	386	15	1,532	- 1,146
Birth Trauma	20	356	7	3,950	- 3,593
Violence	21	354	28	726	- 372
Pancreas Cancer	22	323	48	177	+ 146
Bladder Cancer	23	280	61	43	+ 236
Falls	24	251	32	543	- 292
Liver Cancer	25	244	40	322	- 77
Endocrine Disorders	26	237	16	1,454	- 1,217
Parkinson's Disease	27	222	43	212	+ 11
Suicide	28	217	22	922	- 704
Fires	29	201	35	431	- 230
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	200	3	6,830	- 6,630
Oral Cancer	31	188	49	156	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	32	183	56	86	+ 97
Prostate Cancer	33	172	25	867	- 695
Drug Use	34	151	44	197	- 46
Asthma	35	151	24	891	- 740
Drownings	36	141	31	570	- 429
Meningitis	37	103	12	1,967	- 1,864
Inflammatory/Heart	38	98	33	457	- 359
Uterin Cancer	39	98	55	99	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	88	34	442	- 355
Cervical Cancer	41	84	30	669	- 585
Oesophagus Cancer	42	83	39	326	- 243
Pertussis	43	72	18	1,168	- 1,096
Maternal Conditions	44	69	20	1,039	- 970
Syphilis	45	68	51	150	- 82
Epilepsy	46	64	37	369	- 305
Poisonings	47	61	42	307	- 246
Skin Disease	48	56	52	144	- 88
Skin Cancers	49	50	54	102	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	29	45	197	- 168
Malnutrition	51	20	21	928	- 908
Encephalitis	52	18	57	85	- 67
Tuberculosis	53	16	23	919	- 903
Multiple Sclerosis	54	16	66	16	+ 0
Alcohol	55	14	58	85	- 71
Tetanus	56	14	50	156	- 142
Other Neoplasms	57	12	63	20	- 8
Appendicitis	58	10	60	45	- 35
War	59	8	69	2	+ 6
Hepatitis B	60	6	53	143	- 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	5	67	11	- 6
Schistosomiasis	62	3	47	183	- 180
HIV/AIDS	63	3	11	2,263	- 2,260
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	17	- 15
Measles	65	1	26	788	- 787
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	10	- 10
Ascariasis	68	0	62	40	- 40
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	17	- 17
Chlamydia	70	0	70	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	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.