BENIN VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	29,878	11	2,263	+ 27,615
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,889	1	10,205	+ 1,684
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,519	14	1,912	+ 9,607
Stroke	4	10,337	4	5,855	+ 4,482
Coronary Heart Disease	5	9,749	5	5,397	+ 4,352
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,678	3	6,830	- 152
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,963	8	3,162	+ 1,800
Kidney Disease	8	4,923	13	1,929	+ 2,994
Suicide	9	4,359	22	922	+ 3,437
Hypertension	10	3,772	19	1,088	+ 2,683
Liver Disease	11	3,534	9	2,447	+ 1,087
Lung Disease	12	3,415	17	1,220	+ 2,196
Tuberculosis	13	3,303	23	919	+ 2,385
Low Birth Weight	14	3,009	6	4,908	- 1,899
Cervical Cancer	15	2,775	30	669	+ 2,107
Violence	16	2,741	28	726	+ 2,015
Other Injuries	17	2,455	15	1,532	+ 923
Birth Trauma	18	2,150	7	3,950	- 1,800
Congenital Anomalies	19	2,072	10	2,265	- 193
Asthma	20	1,931	24	891	+ 1,040
Maternal Conditions	21	1,495	20	1,039	+ 456
Malnutrition	22	1,366	21	928	+ 438
Meningitis	23	1,258	12	1,967	- 709
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,210	33	457	+ 753
Drownings	25	1,123	31	570	+ 553
Fires	26	1,080	35	431	+ 649
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	989	29	715	+ 274
Endocrine Disorders	28	958	16	1,454	- 496
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	656	34	442	+ 214
Epilepsy	30	590	37	369	+ 221
Prostate Cancer	31	580	25	867	- 287
Falls	32	532	32	543	- 10
Pertussis	33	501	18	1,168	- 667
Poisonings	34	484	42	307	+ 177
Breast Cancer	35	476	27	784	- 308
Lymphomas	36	401	36	387	+ 14
Liver Cancer	37	379	40	322	+ 57
Drug Use	38	346	44	197	+ 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	338	45	197	+ 141
Skin Disease	40	326	52	144	+ 182
Parkinson's Disease	41	308	43	212	+ 96
Skin Cancers	42	257	54	102	+ 155
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	241	41	311	- 70
Oesophagus Cancer	44	239	39	326	- 87
Syphilis	45	225	51	150	+ 75
Lung Cancers	46	214	59	66	+ 148
Leukemia	47	211	46	196	+ 15
Alcohol	48	207	58	85	+ 122
Schistosomiasis	49	165	47	183	- 18
Uterin Cancer	50	148	55	99	+ 49
Oral Cancer	51	132	49	156	- 24
Ovary Cancer	52	128	56	86	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	53	88	38	361	- 273
Appendicitis	54	85	60	45	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	55	78	61	43	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	56	78	48	177	- 99
Hepatitis B	57	76	53	143	- 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	63	67	11	+ 52
Encephalitis	59	62	57	85	- 23
Upper Respiratory	60	54	64	17	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	61	51	63	20	+ 31
Tetanus	62	48	50	156	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	63	19	66	16	+ 4
Measles	64	8	26	788	- 780
Hepatitis C	65	5	65	17	- 12
Ascariasis	66	4	62	40	- 36
Malaria	67	4	2	7,037	- 7,033
Otitis Media	68	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	2	70	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	2	68	10	- 8
War	71	2	69	2	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	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
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Swaziland

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.