BENIN VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,696	1	10,205	- 4,509
Stroke	2	5,459	4	5,855	- 396
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,011	8	3,162	+ 849
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,890	5	5,397	- 1,508
Malaria	5	3,558	2	7,037	- 3,479
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,367	3	6,830	- 3,463
HIV/AIDS	7	3,048	11	2,263	+ 786
Liver Disease	8	2,749	9	2,447	+ 302
Low Birth Weight	9	2,366	6	4,908	- 2,542
Birth Trauma	10	2,037	7	3,950	- 1,913
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,005	14	1,912	+ 93
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,917	10	2,265	- 347
Lung Disease	13	1,677	17	1,220	+ 457
Hypertension	14	1,464	19	1,088	+ 376
Kidney Disease	15	1,301	13	1,929	- 628
Malnutrition	16	1,260	21	928	+ 332
Other Injuries	17	1,019	15	1,532	- 514
Cervical Cancer	18	1,015	30	669	+ 346
Meningitis	19	914	12	1,967	- 1,053
Stomach Cancer	20	842	38	361	+ 481
Maternal Conditions	21	779	20	1,039	- 260
Asthma	22	774	24	891	- 117
Liver Cancer	23	762	40	322	+ 440
Suicide	24	759	22	922	- 163
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	709	29	715	- 6
Tuberculosis	26	674	23	919	- 245
Breast Cancer	27	647	27	784	- 137
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	638	41	311	+ 326
Violence	29	591	28	726	- 135
Lymphomas	30	485	36	387	+ 98
Falls	31	445	32	543	- 98
Prostate Cancer	32	427	25	867	- 440
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	391	34	442	- 52
Inflammatory/Heart	34	374	33	457	- 83
Leukemia	35	342	46	196	+ 146
Drownings	36	307	31	570	- 263
Oral Cancer	37	293	49	156	+ 137
Fires	38	291	35	431	- 140
Lung Cancers	39	253	59	66	+ 186
Poisonings	40	237	42	307	- 70
Endocrine Disorders	41	237	16	1,454	- 1,217
Pertussis	42	235	18	1,168	- 933
Pancreas Cancer	43	231	48	177	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	44	230	39	326	- 96
Epilepsy	45	206	37	369	- 163
Syphilis	46	186	51	150	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	47	158	43	212	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	147	45	197	- 50
Alcohol	49	135	58	85	+ 50
Skin Cancers	50	122	54	102	+ 20
Schistosomiasis	51	120	47	183	- 63
Skin Disease	52	111	52	144	- 33
Ovary Cancer	53	99	56	86	+ 14
Appendicitis	54	76	60	45	+ 31
Hepatitis B	55	74	53	143	- 69
Uterin Cancer	56	63	55	99	- 36
Upper Respiratory	57	63	64	17	+ 46
Tetanus	58	57	50	156	- 99
Measles	59	56	26	788	- 732
Drug Use	60	48	44	197	- 149
Encephalitis	61	42	57	85	- 43
Bladder Cancer	62	38	61	43	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	25	67	11	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	64	17	63	20	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	13	65	17	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	8	66	16	- 8
Ascariasis	67	5	62	40	- 35
Otitis Media	68	4	71	0	+ 4
War	69	3	69	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	3	70	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	68	10	- 9
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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

Rwanda

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.