BENIN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,699	5	5,397	+ 10,302
Stroke	2	6,754	4	5,855	+ 899
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,954	8	3,162	+ 1,791
Kidney Disease	4	3,640	13	1,929	+ 1,711
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,466	1	10,205	- 7,739
Falls	6	2,148	32	543	+ 1,605
Liver Disease	7	1,983	9	2,447	- 464
Other Injuries	8	1,610	15	1,532	+ 78
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,564	14	1,912	- 347
Lung Disease	10	1,143	17	1,220	- 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	982	29	715	+ 267
Congenital Anomalies	12	928	10	2,265	- 1,337
Suicide	13	823	22	922	- 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	656	41	311	+ 344
Endocrine Disorders	15	582	16	1,454	- 872
Inflammatory/Heart	16	540	33	457	+ 82
Asthma	17	470	24	891	- 421
Low Birth Weight	18	398	6	4,908	- 4,510
Leukemia	19	372	46	196	+ 176
Breast Cancer	20	365	27	784	- 419
Liver Cancer	21	340	40	322	+ 18
Hypertension	22	335	19	1,088	- 753
Fires	23	332	35	431	- 99
Drownings	24	330	31	570	- 240
Parkinson's Disease	25	312	43	212	+ 101
Lung Cancers	26	312	59	66	+ 245
Tuberculosis	27	302	23	919	- 616
Lymphomas	28	288	36	387	- 99
Epilepsy	29	279	37	369	- 90
Violence	30	260	28	726	- 466
Pancreas Cancer	31	212	48	177	+ 35
Skin Disease	32	208	52	144	+ 64
Drug Use	33	197	44	197	+ 0
Oral Cancer	34	187	49	156	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	184	3	6,830	- 6,647
Stomach Cancer	36	156	38	361	- 204
Birth Trauma	37	138	7	3,950	- 3,812
Uterin Cancer	38	130	55	99	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	113	45	197	- 84
Poisonings	40	112	42	307	- 195
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	111	34	442	- 332
Ovary Cancer	42	100	56	86	+ 14
Encephalitis	43	94	57	85	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	44	92	39	326	- 234
Meningitis	45	91	12	1,967	- 1,876
Bladder Cancer	46	86	61	43	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	47	77	11	2,263	- 2,185
Maternal Conditions	48	69	20	1,039	- 970
Cervical Cancer	49	63	30	669	- 606
Prostate Cancer	50	60	25	867	- 807
Alcohol	51	52	58	85	- 33
Malnutrition	52	32	21	928	- 896
Hepatitis B	53	23	53	143	- 120
Pertussis	54	23	18	1,168	- 1,145
Skin Cancers	55	22	54	102	- 80
Multiple Sclerosis	56	20	66	16	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	16	63	20	- 4
Appendicitis	58	14	60	45	- 31
Syphilis	59	13	51	150	- 137
Schistosomiasis	60	10	47	183	- 173
Tetanus	61	6	50	156	- 150
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	67	11	- 8
Dengue	63	4	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	3	65	17	- 14
War	65	1	69	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	62	40	- 40
Leishmaniasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	26	788	- 787
Diphtheria	69	0	68	10	- 10
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	17	- 17
Chlamydia	71	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Saudi Arabia

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.