BENIN VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,915	5	5,397	+ 14,518
Stroke	2	6,206	4	5,855	+ 352
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,876	14	1,912	+ 1,964
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,640	1	10,205	- 7,565
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,985	8	3,162	- 1,177
Liver Disease	6	1,530	9	2,447	- 917
Congenital Anomalies	7	1,454	10	2,265	- 811
Hypertension	8	1,355	19	1,088	+ 266
Lung Disease	9	1,225	17	1,220	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,218	29	715	+ 503
Kidney Disease	11	1,176	13	1,929	- 753
Falls	12	1,101	32	543	+ 558
Suicide	13	909	22	922	- 13
Drownings	14	794	31	570	+ 224
Low Birth Weight	15	780	6	4,908	- 4,128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	771	41	311	+ 459
Stomach Cancer	17	699	38	361	+ 338
Breast Cancer	18	531	27	784	- 253
Lymphomas	19	519	36	387	+ 132
Other Injuries	20	489	15	1,532	- 1,043
Inflammatory/Heart	21	480	33	457	+ 22
Leukemia	22	478	46	196	+ 283
Encephalitis	23	474	57	85	+ 388
Liver Cancer	24	438	40	322	+ 117
Lung Cancers	25	425	59	66	+ 359
Parkinson's Disease	26	413	43	212	+ 202
Skin Disease	27	346	52	144	+ 202
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	295	3	6,830	- 6,536
Birth Trauma	29	291	7	3,950	- 3,659
Pancreas Cancer	30	289	48	177	+ 112
Oral Cancer	31	264	49	156	+ 108
Endocrine Disorders	32	200	16	1,454	- 1,254
Poisonings	33	177	42	307	- 130
Cervical Cancer	34	160	30	669	- 509
Bladder Cancer	35	155	61	43	+ 112
Fires	36	144	35	431	- 287
Prostate Cancer	37	139	25	867	- 728
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	137	34	442	- 306
Violence	39	129	28	726	- 597
Oesophagus Cancer	40	121	39	326	- 204
HIV/AIDS	41	117	11	2,263	- 2,146
Drug Use	42	108	44	197	- 90
Ovary Cancer	43	99	56	86	+ 13
Epilepsy	44	83	37	369	- 286
Skin Cancers	45	82	54	102	- 19
Maternal Conditions	46	82	20	1,039	- 957
Meningitis	47	79	12	1,967	- 1,888
Tuberculosis	48	67	23	919	- 851
Dengue	49	59	72	0	+ 59
Alcohol	50	50	58	85	- 35
Pertussis	51	50	18	1,168	- 1,118
Multiple Sclerosis	52	44	66	16	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	43	45	197	- 154
Uterin Cancer	54	43	55	99	- 56
Asthma	55	42	24	891	- 848
Other Neoplasms	56	26	63	20	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	18	60	45	- 28
War	58	16	69	2	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	59	8	47	183	- 175
Malnutrition	60	8	21	928	- 920
Syphilis	61	7	51	150	- 143
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	67	11	- 6
Tetanus	63	4	50	156	- 152
Hepatitis B	64	2	53	143	- 141
Ascariasis	65	1	62	40	- 39
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
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	65	17	- 17
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	26	788	- 788
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	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.