BENIN VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,991	5	5,397	+ 15,594
Stroke	2	13,328	4	5,855	+ 7,473
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,863	14	1,912	+ 3,951
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,746	1	10,205	- 4,459
Lung Disease	5	5,010	17	1,220	+ 3,790
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,692	3	6,830	- 3,138
Kidney Disease	7	3,255	13	1,929	+ 1,327
Suicide	8	2,499	22	922	+ 1,577
Liver Disease	9	2,377	9	2,447	- 70
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,206	10	2,265	- 59
Hypertension	11	2,173	19	1,088	+ 1,085
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,060	8	3,162	- 1,102
Asthma	13	2,059	24	891	+ 1,168
Low Birth Weight	14	2,002	6	4,908	- 2,906
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,616	45	197	+ 1,419
Drownings	16	1,608	31	570	+ 1,038
Other Injuries	17	1,380	15	1,532	- 152
Liver Cancer	18	1,271	40	322	+ 949
Birth Trauma	19	908	7	3,950	- 3,042
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	853	34	442	+ 410
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	814	29	715	+ 98
Tuberculosis	22	752	23	919	- 167
Lung Cancers	23	694	59	66	+ 627
Maternal Conditions	24	652	20	1,039	- 387
Falls	25	608	32	543	+ 65
Breast Cancer	26	598	27	784	- 186
Cervical Cancer	27	593	30	669	- 75
Parkinson's Disease	28	537	43	212	+ 325
Inflammatory/Heart	29	513	33	457	+ 56
Pertussis	30	469	18	1,168	- 699
Malnutrition	31	463	21	928	- 465
Leukemia	32	414	46	196	+ 218
Endocrine Disorders	33	406	16	1,454	- 1,048
Prostate Cancer	34	402	25	867	- 465
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	392	41	311	+ 81
Meningitis	36	373	12	1,967	- 1,594
Syphilis	37	354	51	150	+ 204
Violence	38	313	28	726	- 413
Skin Disease	39	313	52	144	+ 170
Stomach Cancer	40	283	38	361	- 78
Epilepsy	41	244	37	369	- 125
Fires	42	194	35	431	- 237
Alcohol	43	184	58	85	+ 99
Ovary Cancer	44	182	56	86	+ 96
Lymphomas	45	148	36	387	- 239
Tetanus	46	132	50	156	- 24
Poisonings	47	102	42	307	- 206
Uterin Cancer	48	91	55	99	- 8
Bladder Cancer	49	86	61	43	+ 43
Appendicitis	50	62	60	45	+ 17
Hepatitis B	51	57	53	143	- 85
Encephalitis	52	48	57	85	- 37
Pancreas Cancer	53	41	48	177	- 136
Oral Cancer	54	38	49	156	- 118
Other Neoplasms	55	34	63	20	+ 14
Drug Use	56	20	44	197	- 177
Multiple Sclerosis	57	13	66	16	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	12	67	11	+ 1
Dengue	59	9	72	0	+ 9
Diphtheria	60	9	68	10	- 2
Hepatitis C	61	7	65	17	- 10
Measles	62	5	26	788	- 783
Ascariasis	63	4	62	40	- 36
War	64	1	69	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	17	- 16
Chlamydia	66	1	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	11	2,263	- 2,263
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Schistosomiasis	76	0	47	183	- 183
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	39	326	- 326
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	54	102	- 102
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

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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.