BENIN VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	31,455	11	2,263	+ 29,192
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	21,207	1	10,205	+ 11,002
Stroke	3	18,585	4	5,855	+ 12,730
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	15,532	3	6,830	+ 8,702
Coronary Heart Disease	5	13,862	5	5,397	+ 8,464
Diabetes Mellitus	6	13,193	14	1,912	+ 11,281
Suicide	7	10,157	22	922	+ 9,235
Tuberculosis	8	7,972	23	919	+ 7,054
Lung Disease	9	7,270	17	1,220	+ 6,050
Kidney Disease	10	6,694	13	1,929	+ 4,765
Hypertension	11	6,531	19	1,088	+ 5,443
Low Birth Weight	12	6,313	6	4,908	+ 1,405
Violence	13	6,096	28	726	+ 5,370
Liver Disease	14	5,226	9	2,447	+ 2,779
Birth Trauma	15	4,732	7	3,950	+ 783
Road Traffic Accidents	16	4,477	8	3,162	+ 1,314
Asthma	17	4,472	24	891	+ 3,581
Other Injuries	18	3,515	15	1,532	+ 1,983
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,569	10	2,265	+ 304
Cervical Cancer	20	2,457	30	669	+ 1,788
Malnutrition	21	2,356	21	928	+ 1,429
Meningitis	22	2,097	12	1,967	+ 130
Inflammatory/Heart	23	2,013	33	457	+ 1,556
Maternal Conditions	24	1,928	20	1,039	+ 889
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,839	34	442	+ 1,396
Fires	26	1,773	35	431	+ 1,342
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,550	16	1,454	+ 96
Drownings	28	1,319	31	570	+ 749
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	1,281	29	715	+ 566
Epilepsy	30	946	37	369	+ 577
Falls	31	843	32	543	+ 300
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	828	45	197	+ 631
Poisonings	33	733	42	307	+ 426
Breast Cancer	34	641	27	784	- 144
Prostate Cancer	35	532	25	867	- 335
Lymphomas	36	514	36	387	+ 127
Oesophagus Cancer	37	484	39	326	+ 158
Alcohol	38	467	58	85	+ 382
Liver Cancer	39	466	40	322	+ 144
Skin Disease	40	461	52	144	+ 317
Parkinson's Disease	41	361	43	212	+ 150
Oral Cancer	42	341	49	156	+ 184
Lung Cancers	43	337	59	66	+ 270
Pertussis	44	337	18	1,168	- 831
Syphilis	45	333	51	150	+ 183
Skin Cancers	46	306	54	102	+ 204
Tetanus	47	298	50	156	+ 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	262	41	311	- 50
Leukemia	49	256	46	196	+ 61
Drug Use	50	208	44	197	+ 11
Hepatitis B	51	176	53	143	+ 33
Appendicitis	52	164	60	45	+ 119
Ovary Cancer	53	161	56	86	+ 76
Uterin Cancer	54	155	55	99	+ 56
Upper Respiratory	55	120	64	17	+ 102
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	119	67	11	+ 108
Encephalitis	57	89	57	85	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	58	80	48	177	- 97
Measles	59	77	26	788	- 711
Stomach Cancer	60	71	38	361	- 290
Bladder Cancer	61	63	61	43	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	62	61	63	20	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	63	39	66	16	+ 24
Hepatitis C	64	16	65	17	- 1
Chlamydia	65	10	70	2	+ 9
Otitis Media	66	8	71	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	67	5	62	40	- 35
War	68	2	69	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	2	68	10	- 9
Dengue	70	1	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	47	183	- 183
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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.