BENIN VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	22,100	4	5,855	+ 16,246
Coronary Heart Disease	2	12,777	5	5,397	+ 7,379
Lung Disease	3	4,985	17	1,220	+ 3,766
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,705	14	1,912	+ 2,794
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,096	8	3,162	+ 934
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	4,073	29	715	+ 3,358
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,868	1	10,205	- 6,336
Kidney Disease	8	3,509	13	1,929	+ 1,580
Liver Cancer	9	3,473	40	322	+ 3,152
Liver Disease	10	3,321	9	2,447	+ 875
Lung Cancers	11	2,959	59	66	+ 2,893
Hypertension	12	2,763	19	1,088	+ 1,674
Falls	13	2,144	32	543	+ 1,601
Stomach Cancer	14	2,103	38	361	+ 1,742
Tuberculosis	15	1,313	23	919	+ 394
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,148	41	311	+ 836
Asthma	17	1,133	24	891	+ 242
Suicide	18	1,007	22	922	+ 86
Low Birth Weight	19	991	6	4,908	- 3,917
Oral Cancer	20	985	49	156	+ 829
Congenital Anomalies	21	982	10	2,265	- 1,283
Breast Cancer	22	860	27	784	+ 76
Other Injuries	23	770	15	1,532	- 762
Inflammatory/Heart	24	744	33	457	+ 287
Parkinson's Disease	25	742	43	212	+ 530
Drownings	26	708	31	570	+ 138
HIV/AIDS	27	694	11	2,263	- 1,569
Leukemia	28	681	46	196	+ 485
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	610	3	6,830	- 6,220
Lymphomas	30	412	36	387	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	31	332	30	669	- 336
Birth Trauma	32	325	7	3,950	- 3,625
Oesophagus Cancer	33	315	39	326	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	34	289	16	1,454	- 1,164
Prostate Cancer	35	266	25	867	- 601
Violence	36	248	28	726	- 478
Measles	37	247	26	788	- 540
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	237	45	197	+ 40
Encephalitis	39	217	57	85	+ 131
Skin Disease	40	211	52	144	+ 67
Drug Use	41	190	44	197	- 7
Uterin Cancer	42	161	55	99	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	133	34	442	- 309
Pancreas Cancer	44	129	48	177	- 48
Bladder Cancer	45	125	61	43	+ 81
Alcohol	46	120	58	85	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	47	120	56	86	+ 34
Poisonings	48	116	42	307	- 192
Maternal Conditions	49	107	20	1,039	- 932
Pertussis	50	98	18	1,168	- 1,070
Meningitis	51	87	12	1,967	- 1,880
Fires	52	83	35	431	- 348
Epilepsy	53	81	37	369	- 288
Skin Cancers	54	65	54	102	- 37
Hepatitis B	55	53	53	143	- 90
Syphilis	56	46	51	150	- 105
Other Neoplasms	57	45	63	20	+ 26
Tetanus	58	40	50	156	- 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	31	67	11	+ 20
Appendicitis	60	28	60	45	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	61	19	66	16	+ 3
Dengue	62	18	72	0	+ 17
Malnutrition	63	17	21	928	- 911
Hepatitis C	64	11	65	17	- 6
War	65	5	69	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	17	- 13
Malaria	67	2	2	7,037	- 7,035
Ascariasis	68	1	62	40	- 39
Diphtheria	69	0	68	10	- 10
Chlamydia	70	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	47	183	- 183
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Viet Nam

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.