BENIN VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,931	5	5,397	+ 11,534
Stroke	2	10,418	4	5,855	+ 4,563
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,580	14	1,912	+ 5,668
Lung Disease	4	4,007	17	1,220	+ 2,787
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,734	1	10,205	- 6,471
Kidney Disease	6	3,694	13	1,929	+ 1,765
Hypertension	7	2,099	19	1,088	+ 1,011
Liver Disease	8	1,925	9	2,447	- 521
Lung Cancers	9	1,862	59	66	+ 1,796
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,807	8	3,162	- 1,355
Suicide	11	1,741	22	922	+ 819
Asthma	12	1,462	24	891	+ 571
Breast Cancer	13	1,349	27	784	+ 565
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,333	29	715	+ 618
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,238	10	2,265	- 1,027
Low Birth Weight	16	1,152	6	4,908	- 3,756
Stomach Cancer	17	1,125	38	361	+ 764
Measles	18	1,093	26	788	+ 305
Drownings	19	929	31	570	+ 359
Other Injuries	20	904	15	1,532	- 628
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	839	3	6,830	- 5,992
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	833	41	311	+ 522
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	798	45	197	+ 601
Prostate Cancer	24	748	25	867	- 119
Ovary Cancer	25	701	56	86	+ 615
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	614	34	442	+ 172
Falls	27	555	32	543	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	28	514	43	212	+ 302
Inflammatory/Heart	29	505	33	457	+ 48
Liver Cancer	30	475	40	322	+ 153
Endocrine Disorders	31	424	16	1,454	- 1,030
Cervical Cancer	32	411	30	669	- 257
Lymphomas	33	393	36	387	+ 6
Violence	34	391	28	726	- 336
Birth Trauma	35	382	7	3,950	- 3,568
Uterin Cancer	36	372	55	99	+ 273
Maternal Conditions	37	370	20	1,039	- 669
Bladder Cancer	38	336	61	43	+ 293
Oral Cancer	39	308	49	156	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	40	261	48	177	+ 84
Skin Disease	41	242	52	144	+ 99
Leukemia	42	222	46	196	+ 27
Malnutrition	43	198	21	928	- 729
Meningitis	44	170	12	1,967	- 1,797
Epilepsy	45	164	37	369	- 205
Alcohol	46	149	58	85	+ 64
Skin Cancers	47	138	54	102	+ 36
Fires	48	126	35	431	- 305
Syphilis	49	124	51	150	- 26
Tuberculosis	50	122	23	919	- 796
Oesophagus Cancer	51	67	39	326	- 259
Poisonings	52	59	42	307	- 249
Other Neoplasms	53	46	63	20	+ 27
Encephalitis	54	40	57	85	- 45
Drug Use	55	38	44	197	- 159
Appendicitis	56	28	60	45	- 17
Hepatitis B	57	23	53	143	- 120
Pertussis	58	16	18	1,168	- 1,152
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	14	67	11	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	66	16	- 3
Dengue	61	9	72	0	+ 9
Tetanus	62	3	50	156	- 153
Diphtheria	63	2	68	10	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	17	- 15
War	65	1	69	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	62	40	- 39
Chlamydia	67	1	70	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	17	- 17
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
HIV/AIDS	73	0	11	2,263	- 2,263
Schistosomiasis	74	0	47	183	- 183
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	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.