BENIN VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,304	5	5,397	+ 14,906
Stroke	2	8,724	4	5,855	+ 2,869
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,413	1	10,205	- 5,792
Liver Disease	4	2,916	9	2,447	+ 469
Hypertension	5	2,433	19	1,088	+ 1,344
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,286	14	1,912	+ 374
Low Birth Weight	7	2,209	6	4,908	- 2,698
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,066	8	3,162	- 1,097
Birth Trauma	9	1,797	7	3,950	- 2,153
Lung Disease	10	1,665	17	1,220	+ 445
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,533	10	2,265	- 732
Stomach Cancer	12	1,065	38	361	+ 705
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,038	3	6,830	- 5,792
Tuberculosis	14	1,036	23	919	+ 117
Drownings	15	820	31	570	+ 250
Oesophagus Cancer	16	767	39	326	+ 442
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	732	29	715	+ 17
Epilepsy	18	603	37	369	+ 234
Kidney Disease	19	578	13	1,929	- 1,351
Suicide	20	564	22	922	- 358
Falls	21	523	32	543	- 20
Meningitis	22	481	12	1,967	- 1,486
Fires	23	449	35	431	+ 19
Lung Cancers	24	432	59	66	+ 365
HIV/AIDS	25	413	11	2,263	- 1,850
Pertussis	26	410	18	1,168	- 757
Other Injuries	27	407	15	1,532	- 1,126
Asthma	28	390	24	891	- 501
Parkinson's Disease	29	359	43	212	+ 148
Liver Cancer	30	334	40	322	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	314	45	197	+ 117
Lymphomas	32	314	36	387	- 73
Breast Cancer	33	304	27	784	- 480
Endocrine Disorders	34	288	16	1,454	- 1,166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	285	41	311	- 26
Violence	36	240	28	726	- 486
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	228	34	442	- 214
Alcohol	38	180	58	85	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	39	162	30	669	- 507
Uterin Cancer	40	157	55	99	+ 58
Oral Cancer	41	152	49	156	- 4
Leukemia	42	150	46	196	- 46
Pancreas Cancer	43	137	48	177	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	44	111	33	457	- 346
Maternal Conditions	45	89	20	1,039	- 950
Ovary Cancer	46	84	56	86	- 2
Upper Respiratory	47	78	64	17	+ 61
Bladder Cancer	48	73	61	43	+ 29
Hepatitis B	49	57	53	143	- 86
Poisonings	50	55	42	307	- 253
Skin Cancers	51	52	54	102	- 50
Prostate Cancer	52	46	25	867	- 821
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	39	67	11	+ 28
Encephalitis	54	39	57	85	- 46
Drug Use	55	30	44	197	- 167
Syphilis	56	29	51	150	- 122
Tetanus	57	28	50	156	- 128
Appendicitis	58	25	60	45	- 20
Skin Disease	59	13	52	144	- 131
Hepatitis C	60	11	65	17	- 6
Other Neoplasms	61	10	63	20	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	66	16	- 5
Leishmaniasis	63	5	79	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	64	4	21	928	- 924
Chlamydia	65	2	70	2	+ 0
War	66	1	69	2	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	68	10	- 9
Ascariasis	68	1	62	40	- 39
Dengue	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	26	788	- 788
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Schistosomiasis	76	0	47	183	- 183
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Tajikistan

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.