BENIN VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,552	5	5,397	+ 5,155
Stroke	2	5,411	4	5,855	- 444
Lung Disease	3	3,443	17	1,220	+ 2,224
Kidney Disease	4	3,039	13	1,929	+ 1,110
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,785	29	715	+ 1,070
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,770	14	1,912	- 142
Lung Cancers	7	1,374	59	66	+ 1,307
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,248	1	10,205	- 8,956
Breast Cancer	9	1,057	27	784	+ 273
Liver Cancer	10	1,014	40	322	+ 692
Liver Disease	11	922	9	2,447	- 1,525
Endocrine Disorders	12	817	16	1,454	- 637
Cervical Cancer	13	813	30	669	+ 144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	793	41	311	+ 481
Congenital Anomalies	15	728	10	2,265	- 1,537
Falls	16	711	32	543	+ 168
Hypertension	17	619	19	1,088	- 469
Other Injuries	18	592	15	1,532	- 940
Oral Cancer	19	583	49	156	+ 427
Low Birth Weight	20	554	6	4,908	- 4,353
Suicide	21	549	22	922	- 372
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	542	3	6,830	- 6,288
Drownings	23	523	31	570	- 47
Leukemia	24	483	46	196	+ 288
Parkinson's Disease	25	438	43	212	+ 226
Prostate Cancer	26	434	25	867	- 433
Tuberculosis	27	427	23	919	- 492
Violence	28	378	28	726	- 348
Asthma	29	372	24	891	- 519
Ovary Cancer	30	350	56	86	+ 265
Road Traffic Accidents	31	327	8	3,162	- 2,836
Skin Disease	32	320	52	144	+ 176
Dengue	33	285	72	0	+ 285
Lymphomas	34	279	36	387	- 107
Maternal Conditions	35	206	20	1,039	- 833
Inflammatory/Heart	36	202	33	457	- 255
Bladder Cancer	37	198	61	43	+ 155
Epilepsy	38	185	37	369	- 184
Birth Trauma	39	182	7	3,950	- 3,768
Pancreas Cancer	40	166	48	177	- 11
Fires	41	148	35	431	- 282
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	136	34	442	- 306
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	128	45	197	- 69
Encephalitis	44	102	57	85	+ 17
Malnutrition	45	102	21	928	- 826
Other Neoplasms	46	77	63	20	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	47	75	55	99	- 25
Drug Use	48	69	44	197	- 128
Stomach Cancer	49	46	38	361	- 315
Meningitis	50	41	12	1,967	- 1,926
Alcohol	51	25	58	85	- 60
Pertussis	52	14	18	1,168	- 1,154
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	13	67	11	+ 1
Tetanus	54	11	50	156	- 146
Poisonings	55	9	42	307	- 298
Hepatitis B	56	9	53	143	- 134
Multiple Sclerosis	57	8	66	16	- 7
Syphilis	58	5	51	150	- 145
Oesophagus Cancer	59	5	39	326	- 321
Measles	60	5	26	788	- 783
Appendicitis	61	4	60	45	- 41
War	62	3	69	2	+ 0
Skin Cancers	63	2	54	102	- 100
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	17	- 15
Ascariasis	65	1	62	40	- 39
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	17	- 16
Chlamydia	67	0	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	68	10	- 10
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	47	183	- 183
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	11	2,263	- 2,263
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Maldives

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.