BENIN VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,700	5	5,397	+ 16,303
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	12,343	29	715	+ 11,628
Lung Disease	3	8,397	17	1,220	+ 7,178
Stroke	4	6,813	4	5,855	+ 958
Lung Cancers	5	6,685	59	66	+ 6,618
Kidney Disease	6	3,690	13	1,929	+ 1,762
Drug Use	7	3,199	44	197	+ 3,002
Hypertension	8	2,835	19	1,088	+ 1,746
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,657	41	311	+ 2,346
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,640	14	1,912	+ 728
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	2,592	1	10,205	- 7,612
Suicide	12	2,282	22	922	+ 1,360
Breast Cancer	13	2,092	27	784	+ 1,308
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,019	16	1,454	+ 565
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,904	48	177	+ 1,727
Liver Disease	16	1,865	9	2,447	- 581
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,792	8	3,162	- 1,370
Falls	18	1,737	32	543	+ 1,194
Lymphomas	19	1,731	36	387	+ 1,345
Prostate Cancer	20	1,531	25	867	+ 664
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,482	43	212	+ 1,271
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,398	33	457	+ 941
Liver Cancer	23	1,163	40	322	+ 841
Leukemia	24	1,159	46	196	+ 963
Other Injuries	25	1,117	15	1,532	- 415
Bladder Cancer	26	843	61	43	+ 800
Violence	27	816	28	726	+ 89
Oesophagus Cancer	28	766	39	326	+ 440
Other Neoplasms	29	763	63	20	+ 743
Alcohol	30	630	58	85	+ 545
Ovary Cancer	31	627	56	86	+ 541
Skin Cancers	32	615	54	102	+ 513
Stomach Cancer	33	562	38	361	+ 201
Congenital Anomalies	34	505	10	2,265	- 1,759
Oral Cancer	35	497	49	156	+ 340
Uterin Cancer	36	432	55	99	+ 333
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	428	3	6,830	- 6,402
Cervical Cancer	38	300	30	669	- 368
Low Birth Weight	39	298	6	4,908	- 4,610
Malnutrition	40	291	21	928	- 637
Hepatitis C	41	244	65	17	+ 227
HIV/AIDS	42	243	11	2,263	- 2,019
Skin Disease	43	232	52	144	+ 89
Multiple Sclerosis	44	217	66	16	+ 202
Drownings	45	175	31	570	- 395
Asthma	46	164	24	891	- 727
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	157	45	197	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	149	34	442	- 294
Fires	49	137	35	431	- 294
Epilepsy	50	136	37	369	- 233
Anemia	51	134	83	0	+ 134
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	106	67	11	+ 94
Poisonings	53	72	42	307	- 235
Birth Trauma	54	53	7	3,950	- 3,897
War	55	51	69	2	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	56	33	20	1,039	- 1,006
Schizophrenia	57	31	80	0	+ 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	29	84	0	+ 29
Hepatitis B	59	26	53	143	- 117
Meningitis	60	26	12	1,967	- 1,941
Osteoarthritis	61	25	85	0	+ 25
Tuberculosis	62	23	23	919	- 895
Appendicitis	63	18	60	45	- 27
Oral conditions	64	12	86	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	65	10	64	17	- 7
Syphilis	66	2	51	150	- 148
Otitis Media	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	57	85	- 84
Pertussis	69	1	18	1,168	- 1,167
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	50	156	- 156
Schistosomiasis	72	0	47	183	- 183
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	10	- 10
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	26	788	- 788
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	62	40	- 40
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	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

United States

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.