BENIN VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,019	5	5,397	+ 8,622
Stroke	2	8,237	4	5,855	+ 2,382
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	6,079	3	6,830	- 751
Low Birth Weight	4	5,438	6	4,908	+ 530
Lung Disease	5	5,065	17	1,220	+ 3,845
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,862	1	10,205	- 5,343
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,719	14	1,912	+ 1,807
Birth Trauma	8	3,469	7	3,950	- 481
Kidney Disease	9	3,308	13	1,929	+ 1,379
Liver Disease	10	3,193	9	2,447	+ 747
Tuberculosis	11	2,452	23	919	+ 1,533
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,641	8	3,162	- 1,522
Other Injuries	13	1,573	15	1,532	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,533	10	2,265	- 732
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,515	45	197	+ 1,318
Hypertension	16	1,335	19	1,088	+ 246
Asthma	17	1,208	24	891	+ 318
Suicide	18	1,126	22	922	+ 204
Meningitis	19	1,050	12	1,967	- 917
Breast Cancer	20	1,049	27	784	+ 265
Oral Cancer	21	1,001	49	156	+ 844
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	886	29	715	+ 171
Violence	23	753	28	726	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	24	722	20	1,039	- 317
Endocrine Disorders	25	666	16	1,454	- 788
Lung Cancers	26	564	59	66	+ 498
Malnutrition	27	515	21	928	- 412
Falls	28	503	32	543	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	29	458	39	326	+ 132
Tetanus	30	439	50	156	+ 283
Lymphomas	31	409	36	387	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	32	396	11	2,263	- 1,867
Encephalitis	33	387	57	85	+ 302
Pertussis	34	370	18	1,168	- 797
Parkinson's Disease	35	358	43	212	+ 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	317	34	442	- 125
Drownings	37	313	31	570	- 257
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	307	41	311	- 4
Leukemia	39	306	46	196	+ 110
Epilepsy	40	284	37	369	- 85
Liver Cancer	41	258	40	322	- 64
Fires	42	251	35	431	- 180
Stomach Cancer	43	236	38	361	- 125
Cervical Cancer	44	233	30	669	- 435
Prostate Cancer	45	207	25	867	- 660
Ovary Cancer	46	206	56	86	+ 120
Poisonings	47	196	42	307	- 111
Bladder Cancer	48	159	61	43	+ 115
Measles	49	150	26	788	- 638
Alcohol	50	147	58	85	+ 62
Appendicitis	51	144	60	45	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	52	135	33	457	- 322
Hepatitis B	53	132	53	143	- 11
Skin Cancers	54	90	54	102	- 12
Dengue	55	83	72	0	+ 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	81	67	11	+ 69
Syphilis	57	75	51	150	- 75
Hepatitis C	58	71	65	17	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	59	69	55	99	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	60	62	48	177	- 115
Drug Use	61	48	44	197	- 149
War	62	35	69	2	+ 32
Malaria	63	34	2	7,037	- 7,003
Other Neoplasms	64	24	63	20	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	65	24	66	16	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	17	64	17	- 0
Skin Disease	67	8	52	144	- 136
Ascariasis	68	4	62	40	- 36
Diphtheria	69	4	68	10	- 6
Chlamydia	70	3	70	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	2	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	47	183	- 183
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	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
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Pakistan

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.