BENIN VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,586	5	5,397	+ 12,189
Diabetes Mellitus	2	8,331	14	1,912	+ 6,419
Lung Disease	3	6,322	17	1,220	+ 5,103
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	4,639	29	715	+ 3,924
Kidney Disease	5	4,585	13	1,929	+ 2,657
Stroke	6	4,550	4	5,855	- 1,305
Asthma	7	4,326	24	891	+ 3,436
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,421	1	10,205	- 6,784
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,808	8	3,162	- 354
Suicide	10	1,991	22	922	+ 1,069
Oral Cancer	11	1,934	49	156	+ 1,778
Lung Cancers	12	1,187	59	66	+ 1,120
Oesophagus Cancer	13	1,032	39	326	+ 706
Other Injuries	14	1,022	15	1,532	- 510
Breast Cancer	15	925	27	784	+ 140
Stomach Cancer	16	883	38	361	+ 522
Liver Disease	17	871	9	2,447	- 1,576
Leukemia	18	772	46	196	+ 577
Liver Cancer	19	729	40	322	+ 407
Hypertension	20	706	19	1,088	- 383
Lymphomas	21	687	36	387	+ 300
Congenital Anomalies	22	661	10	2,265	- 1,603
Falls	23	645	32	543	+ 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	609	41	311	+ 298
Tuberculosis	25	514	23	919	- 404
Cervical Cancer	26	510	30	669	- 159
Drownings	27	488	31	570	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	404	3	6,830	- 6,426
Low Birth Weight	29	358	6	4,908	- 4,549
Prostate Cancer	30	339	25	867	- 528
Violence	31	334	28	726	- 392
Endocrine Disorders	32	309	16	1,454	- 1,145
Anemia	33	298	83	0	+ 298
Bladder Cancer	34	289	61	43	+ 245
Inflammatory/Heart	35	284	33	457	- 173
Skin Disease	36	196	52	144	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	37	188	56	86	+ 102
War	38	187	69	2	+ 185
Epilepsy	39	180	37	369	- 189
Drug Use	40	172	44	197	- 25
Fires	41	160	35	431	- 271
Uterin Cancer	42	146	55	99	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	43	143	48	177	- 34
Birth Trauma	44	129	7	3,950	- 3,821
Parkinson's Disease	45	112	43	212	- 99
Meningitis	46	98	12	1,967	- 1,869
Dengue	47	88	72	0	+ 87
Maternal Conditions	48	64	20	1,039	- 975
Poisonings	49	62	42	307	- 245
Other Neoplasms	50	57	63	20	+ 38
Alcohol	51	55	58	85	- 30
Skin Cancers	52	39	54	102	- 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	33	45	197	- 164
Malnutrition	54	29	21	928	- 899
HIV/AIDS	55	26	11	2,263	- 2,236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	25	34	442	- 417
Tetanus	57	18	50	156	- 138
Syphilis	58	10	51	150	- 140
Pertussis	59	10	18	1,168	- 1,158
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	7	67	11	- 4
Encephalitis	61	7	57	85	- 78
Hepatitis B	62	4	53	143	- 139
Leprosy	63	4	75	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	64	4	60	45	- 42
Schizophrenia	65	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	17	- 14
Osteoarthritis	67	2	85	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	2	86	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	66	16	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	62	40	- 40
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	10	- 10
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	17	- 17
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	26	788	- 788
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Schistosomiasis	81	0	47	183	- 183
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Sri Lanka

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.