BENIN VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,515	5	5,397	+ 31,118
Stroke	2	4,917	4	5,855	- 937
Lung Cancers	3	4,105	59	66	+ 4,039
Hypertension	4	3,907	19	1,088	+ 2,818
Kidney Disease	5	3,405	13	1,929	+ 1,477
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,324	29	715	+ 2,609
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,089	8	3,162	- 74
Breast Cancer	8	2,703	27	784	+ 1,919
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,559	14	1,912	+ 647
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,552	1	10,205	- 7,653
Lung Disease	11	2,436	17	1,220	+ 1,216
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,305	41	311	+ 1,994
Bladder Cancer	13	1,929	61	43	+ 1,885
Liver Disease	14	1,816	9	2,447	- 630
Lymphomas	15	1,769	36	387	+ 1,382
Stomach Cancer	16	1,313	38	361	+ 953
Prostate Cancer	17	1,211	25	867	+ 344
Leukemia	18	915	46	196	+ 719
Asthma	19	816	24	891	- 75
Congenital Anomalies	20	815	10	2,265	- 1,449
Skin Cancers	21	812	54	102	+ 710
Violence	22	780	28	726	+ 54
Drug Use	23	769	44	197	+ 571
Pancreas Cancer	24	747	48	177	+ 570
Parkinson's Disease	25	619	43	212	+ 408
Ovary Cancer	26	614	56	86	+ 528
Liver Cancer	27	596	40	322	+ 274
Low Birth Weight	28	521	6	4,908	- 4,386
Suicide	29	521	22	922	- 401
Other Injuries	30	460	15	1,532	- 1,072
Oral Cancer	31	443	49	156	+ 287
Inflammatory/Heart	32	419	33	457	- 39
Falls	33	405	32	543	- 138
Endocrine Disorders	34	397	16	1,454	- 1,057
Cervical Cancer	35	369	30	669	- 300
Hepatitis B	36	336	53	143	+ 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	313	34	442	- 130
Uterin Cancer	38	271	55	99	+ 172
Fires	39	271	35	431	- 160
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	222	3	6,830	- 6,609
Tuberculosis	41	193	23	919	- 726
Birth Trauma	42	184	7	3,950	- 3,765
Drownings	43	169	31	570	- 401
Oesophagus Cancer	44	143	39	326	- 183
HIV/AIDS	45	140	11	2,263	- 2,123
Epilepsy	46	134	37	369	- 235
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	129	45	197	- 68
Poisonings	48	106	42	307	- 201
Meningitis	49	97	12	1,967	- 1,870
Maternal Conditions	50	84	20	1,039	- 955
War	51	69	69	2	+ 67
Tetanus	52	63	50	156	- 93
Skin Disease	53	52	52	144	- 92
Alcohol	54	49	58	85	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	55	45	66	16	+ 29
Encephalitis	56	43	57	85	- 42
Pertussis	57	42	18	1,168	- 1,125
Other Neoplasms	58	39	63	20	+ 20
Measles	59	33	26	788	- 754
Malnutrition	60	30	21	928	- 897
Appendicitis	61	30	60	45	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	67	11	+ 3
Syphilis	63	14	51	150	- 137
Hepatitis C	64	11	65	17	- 6
Schistosomiasis	65	6	47	183	- 177
Leishmaniasis	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	17	- 17
Diphtheria	68	0	68	10	- 10
Chlamydia	69	0	70	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	62	40	- 40
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	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.