BENIN VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	16,471	4	5,855	+ 10,617
Coronary Heart Disease	2	13,008	5	5,397	+ 7,611
Diabetes Mellitus	3	12,214	14	1,912	+ 10,302
Kidney Disease	4	6,970	13	1,929	+ 5,042
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,744	1	10,205	- 4,461
Prostate Cancer	6	4,922	25	867	+ 4,055
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,771	8	3,162	+ 1,609
Lung Disease	8	4,621	17	1,220	+ 3,401
Hypertension	9	4,589	19	1,088	+ 3,500
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,162	29	715	+ 3,447
Violence	11	3,236	28	726	+ 2,510
Liver Disease	12	3,047	9	2,447	+ 601
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,755	33	457	+ 2,298
Breast Cancer	14	2,226	27	784	+ 1,442
Stomach Cancer	15	1,916	38	361	+ 1,555
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,846	41	311	+ 1,534
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,764	16	1,454	+ 311
Lung Cancers	18	1,635	59	66	+ 1,569
Low Birth Weight	19	1,503	6	4,908	- 3,404
Skin Disease	20	1,413	52	144	+ 1,270
Other Injuries	21	1,290	15	1,532	- 242
Suicide	22	1,259	22	922	+ 337
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,213	43	212	+ 1,002
Lymphomas	24	1,144	36	387	+ 758
Cervical Cancer	25	1,037	30	669	+ 369
Falls	26	921	32	543	+ 378
Asthma	27	839	24	891	- 52
Drownings	28	816	31	570	+ 245
Alcohol	29	808	58	85	+ 723
Congenital Anomalies	30	708	10	2,265	- 1,557
Pancreas Cancer	31	705	48	177	+ 528
Epilepsy	32	622	37	369	+ 253
Malnutrition	33	576	21	928	- 352
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	469	34	442	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	400	3	6,830	- 6,430
Leukemia	36	387	46	196	+ 191
Liver Cancer	37	353	40	322	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	344	45	197	+ 147
Fires	39	290	35	431	- 141
Oesophagus Cancer	40	274	39	326	- 51
Ovary Cancer	41	274	56	86	+ 188
Birth Trauma	42	271	7	3,950	- 3,679
Oral Cancer	43	269	49	156	+ 113
Tuberculosis	44	255	23	919	- 664
Uterin Cancer	45	178	55	99	+ 79
Drug Use	46	168	44	197	- 30
Maternal Conditions	47	161	20	1,039	- 878
Other Neoplasms	48	159	63	20	+ 139
Meningitis	49	128	12	1,967	- 1,839
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	114	67	11	+ 103
Appendicitis	51	98	60	45	+ 53
Encephalitis	52	96	57	85	+ 11
Dengue	53	52	72	0	+ 51
Multiple Sclerosis	54	39	66	16	+ 23
Poisonings	55	23	42	307	- 284
Tetanus	56	19	50	156	- 137
Syphilis	57	16	51	150	- 134
War	58	15	69	2	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	59	11	64	17	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	5	53	143	- 138
Schistosomiasis	61	4	47	183	- 179
Chlamydia	62	4	70	2	+ 2
Pertussis	63	3	18	1,168	- 1,165
Ascariasis	64	1	62	40	- 39
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	17	- 16
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	10	- 10
Skin Cancers	68	0	54	102	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	61	43	- 43
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	26	788	- 788
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Leishmaniasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	11	2,263	- 2,263
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Saint Lucia

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.