BENIN VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,617	5	5,397	+ 10,220
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,983	1	10,205	- 222
Stroke	3	9,181	4	5,855	+ 3,326
Road Traffic Accidents	4	3,054	8	3,162	- 109
Lung Disease	5	2,820	17	1,220	+ 1,601
Kidney Disease	6	2,819	13	1,929	+ 890
Liver Disease	7	2,179	9	2,447	- 267
Lung Cancers	8	1,836	59	66	+ 1,770
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,746	14	1,912	- 165
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,699	29	715	+ 984
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,630	41	311	+ 1,318
Breast Cancer	12	1,306	27	784	+ 522
HIV/AIDS	13	1,139	11	2,263	- 1,124
Other Injuries	14	945	15	1,532	- 587
Skin Disease	15	878	52	144	+ 735
Liver Cancer	16	844	40	322	+ 522
Oral Cancer	17	793	49	156	+ 636
Falls	18	789	32	543	+ 246
Suicide	19	775	22	922	- 146
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	754	3	6,830	- 6,077
Stomach Cancer	21	613	38	361	+ 252
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	606	34	442	+ 163
Leukemia	23	600	46	196	+ 405
Congenital Anomalies	24	597	10	2,265	- 1,668
Lymphomas	25	562	36	387	+ 175
Tuberculosis	26	522	23	919	- 397
Inflammatory/Heart	27	516	33	457	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	28	470	43	212	+ 259
Low Birth Weight	29	434	6	4,908	- 4,474
Asthma	30	431	24	891	- 460
Cervical Cancer	31	430	30	669	- 239
Pancreas Cancer	32	423	48	177	+ 246
Prostate Cancer	33	384	25	867	- 483
Violence	34	369	28	726	- 357
Ovary Cancer	35	352	56	86	+ 266
Drownings	36	349	31	570	- 222
Endocrine Disorders	37	344	16	1,454	- 1,110
Hypertension	38	276	19	1,088	- 812
Bladder Cancer	39	199	61	43	+ 155
Encephalitis	40	192	57	85	+ 107
Oesophagus Cancer	41	185	39	326	- 141
Birth Trauma	42	152	7	3,950	- 3,797
Uterin Cancer	43	150	55	99	+ 51
Fires	44	143	35	431	- 288
Drug Use	45	137	44	197	- 60
Meningitis	46	128	12	1,967	- 1,839
Dengue	47	119	72	0	+ 119
Other Neoplasms	48	113	63	20	+ 93
Malnutrition	49	106	21	928	- 822
Skin Cancers	50	105	54	102	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	105	45	197	- 92
Epilepsy	52	96	37	369	- 273
Poisonings	53	90	42	307	- 218
Hepatitis B	54	87	53	143	- 55
Alcohol	55	77	58	85	- 8
Maternal Conditions	56	71	20	1,039	- 968
Pertussis	57	34	18	1,168	- 1,134
Appendicitis	58	30	60	45	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	59	13	66	16	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	12	67	11	+ 0
Tetanus	61	9	50	156	- 147
Syphilis	62	8	51	150	- 142
War	63	4	69	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	17	- 15
Upper Respiratory	65	2	64	17	- 15
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	62	40	- 39
Chlamydia	68	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	70	0	26	788	- 788
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	47	183	- 183
Malaria	76	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Malaysia

Benin

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.