BENIN VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,513	5	5,397	+ 23,116
Diabetes Mellitus	2	18,109	14	1,912	+ 16,197
Stroke	3	17,576	4	5,855	+ 11,721
Kidney Disease	4	8,298	13	1,929	+ 6,370
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,640	1	10,205	- 2,564
Lung Disease	6	6,083	17	1,220	+ 4,863
Suicide	7	4,738	22	922	+ 3,817
Hypertension	8	4,001	19	1,088	+ 2,913
Liver Disease	9	3,499	9	2,447	+ 1,052
Lung Cancers	10	3,384	59	66	+ 3,318
Drownings	11	2,541	31	570	+ 1,971
Breast Cancer	12	2,506	27	784	+ 1,721
Asthma	13	2,347	24	891	+ 1,457
Low Birth Weight	14	2,208	6	4,908	- 2,699
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,025	45	197	+ 1,828
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,981	3	6,830	- 4,849
Other Injuries	17	1,964	15	1,532	+ 432
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,959	10	2,265	- 305
Tuberculosis	19	1,846	23	919	+ 928
Stomach Cancer	20	1,732	38	361	+ 1,372
Birth Trauma	21	1,596	7	3,950	- 2,353
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,244	41	311	+ 933
Cervical Cancer	23	1,228	30	669	+ 560
Liver Cancer	24	1,204	40	322	+ 882
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	976	34	442	+ 534
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	962	29	715	+ 247
Falls	27	908	32	543	+ 365
Inflammatory/Heart	28	889	33	457	+ 432
Prostate Cancer	29	813	25	867	- 54
Endocrine Disorders	30	783	16	1,454	- 671
Violence	31	777	28	726	+ 51
Leukemia	32	741	46	196	+ 546
Parkinson's Disease	33	689	43	212	+ 477
Maternal Conditions	34	541	20	1,039	- 498
Pancreas Cancer	35	535	48	177	+ 358
Lymphomas	36	531	36	387	+ 144
Pertussis	37	520	18	1,168	- 647
Oral Cancer	38	498	49	156	+ 342
Meningitis	39	471	12	1,967	- 1,496
Syphilis	40	446	51	150	+ 295
Uterin Cancer	41	423	55	99	+ 324
Skin Disease	42	404	52	144	+ 261
Epilepsy	43	403	37	369	+ 33
Malnutrition	44	392	21	928	- 536
Ovary Cancer	45	341	56	86	+ 255
Alcohol	46	336	58	85	+ 251
Oesophagus Cancer	47	322	39	326	- 4
Fires	48	297	35	431	- 134
Bladder Cancer	49	230	61	43	+ 187
Poisonings	50	150	42	307	- 157
Skin Cancers	51	134	54	102	+ 33
Drug Use	52	91	44	197	- 106
Encephalitis	53	88	57	85	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	65	60	45	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	55	55	63	20	+ 35
Measles	56	51	26	788	- 736
Hepatitis B	57	44	53	143	- 98
Road Traffic Accidents	58	27	8	3,162	- 3,135
Tetanus	59	25	50	156	- 131
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	22	67	11	+ 10
Dengue	61	21	72	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	62	20	66	16	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	5	65	17	- 12
Diphtheria	64	5	68	10	- 5
Ascariasis	65	5	62	40	- 35
War	66	2	69	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	2	70	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	17	- 16
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	11	2,263	- 2,263
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	47	183	- 183
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
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Micronesia

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.