BENIN VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,435	5	5,397	+ 20,038
Stroke	2	12,207	4	5,855	+ 6,352
HIV/AIDS	3	7,695	11	2,263	+ 5,432
Liver Disease	4	5,162	9	2,447	+ 2,716
Low Birth Weight	5	2,971	6	4,908	- 1,937
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,908	1	10,205	- 7,297
Birth Trauma	7	2,332	7	3,950	- 1,617
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,048	8	3,162	- 1,114
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,966	10	2,265	- 298
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,775	14	1,912	- 137
Inflammatory/Heart	11	1,697	33	457	+ 1,240
Kidney Disease	12	1,620	13	1,929	- 309
Tuberculosis	13	1,522	23	919	+ 604
Hypertension	14	1,222	19	1,088	+ 134
Stomach Cancer	15	1,132	38	361	+ 772
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,128	29	715	+ 413
Lung Cancers	17	1,068	59	66	+ 1,002
Breast Cancer	18	1,068	27	784	+ 284
Oesophagus Cancer	19	1,003	39	326	+ 677
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	896	3	6,830	- 5,934
Suicide	21	861	22	922	- 60
Other Injuries	22	860	15	1,532	- 672
Lung Disease	23	814	17	1,220	- 406
Liver Cancer	24	714	40	322	+ 392
Cervical Cancer	25	639	30	669	- 29
Oral Cancer	26	464	49	156	+ 308
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	453	41	311	+ 142
Violence	28	433	28	726	- 293
Drownings	29	393	31	570	- 178
Alcohol	30	365	58	85	+ 280
Endocrine Disorders	31	360	16	1,454	- 1,094
Leukemia	32	345	46	196	+ 150
Lymphomas	33	335	36	387	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	34	320	48	177	+ 143
Fires	35	312	35	431	- 119
Falls	36	265	32	543	- 278
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	263	34	442	- 180
Epilepsy	38	253	37	369	- 116
Parkinson's Disease	39	246	43	212	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	40	239	56	86	+ 153
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	234	45	197	+ 37
Encephalitis	42	187	57	85	+ 102
Bladder Cancer	43	176	61	43	+ 133
Meningitis	44	160	12	1,967	- 1,806
Prostate Cancer	45	152	25	867	- 715
Uterin Cancer	46	149	55	99	+ 50
Skin Cancers	47	138	54	102	+ 37
Drug Use	48	117	44	197	- 80
Asthma	49	113	24	891	- 777
Poisonings	50	94	42	307	- 214
Hepatitis B	51	90	53	143	- 52
Upper Respiratory	52	64	64	17	+ 47
Tetanus	53	39	50	156	- 117
Skin Disease	54	26	52	144	- 118
Multiple Sclerosis	55	26	66	16	+ 10
Malnutrition	56	20	21	928	- 908
Other Neoplasms	57	18	63	20	- 1
Appendicitis	58	17	60	45	- 28
Maternal Conditions	59	11	20	1,039	- 1,028
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	11	67	11	- 1
Pertussis	61	9	18	1,168	- 1,159
Leishmaniasis	62	7	79	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	63	6	65	17	- 11
War	64	5	69	2	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	1	70	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	62	40	- 39
Syphilis	67	0	51	150	- 150
Dengue	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	10	- 10
Measles	71	0	26	788	- 788
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	47	183	- 183
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Turkmenistan

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.