BENIN VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,790	5	5,397	+ 8,393
Stroke	2	6,205	4	5,855	+ 350
War	3	5,906	69	2	+ 5,903
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	5,477	1	10,205	- 4,727
Low Birth Weight	5	4,029	6	4,908	- 879
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,915	8	3,162	+ 752
Birth Trauma	7	2,716	7	3,950	- 1,234
Hypertension	8	2,421	19	1,088	+ 1,332
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,999	3	6,830	- 4,831
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,962	10	2,265	- 303
Lung Disease	11	1,461	17	1,220	+ 242
Measles	12	1,381	26	788	+ 593
Liver Disease	13	1,322	9	2,447	- 1,125
Violence	14	1,298	28	726	+ 572
Kidney Disease	15	1,225	13	1,929	- 704
Other Injuries	16	1,018	15	1,532	- 515
Asthma	17	963	24	891	+ 72
Tuberculosis	18	869	23	919	- 50
Diabetes Mellitus	19	821	14	1,912	- 1,091
Malaria	20	786	2	7,037	- 6,251
Suicide	21	777	22	922	- 145
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	643	29	715	- 72
Pertussis	23	567	18	1,168	- 601
Falls	24	535	32	543	- 8
Drownings	25	522	31	570	- 48
Breast Cancer	26	518	27	784	- 266
Malnutrition	27	484	21	928	- 444
Meningitis	28	466	12	1,967	- 1,501
Fires	29	453	35	431	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	417	41	311	+ 106
Stomach Cancer	31	413	38	361	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	32	407	20	1,039	- 632
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	381	34	442	- 61
Leukemia	34	355	46	196	+ 159
Oesophagus Cancer	35	350	39	326	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	36	337	16	1,454	- 1,117
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	323	45	197	+ 126
Drug Use	38	280	44	197	+ 83
Liver Cancer	39	278	40	322	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	40	267	33	457	- 190
Lung Cancers	41	260	59	66	+ 194
Oral Cancer	42	250	49	156	+ 94
Epilepsy	43	246	37	369	- 123
Poisonings	44	243	42	307	- 64
Lymphomas	45	198	36	387	- 189
HIV/AIDS	46	181	11	2,263	- 2,082
Tetanus	47	180	50	156	+ 24
Encephalitis	48	169	57	85	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	49	165	43	212	- 46
Hepatitis B	50	137	53	143	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	51	129	48	177	- 48
Ovary Cancer	52	86	56	86	+ 0
Syphilis	53	80	51	150	- 70
Appendicitis	54	74	60	45	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	55	73	61	43	+ 30
Schistosomiasis	56	57	47	183	- 126
Cervical Cancer	57	54	30	669	- 614
Skin Cancers	58	46	54	102	- 56
Alcohol	59	36	58	85	- 49
Dengue	60	33	72	0	+ 33
Skin Disease	61	20	52	144	- 124
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	66	16	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	63	18	25	867	- 849
Other Neoplasms	64	9	63	20	- 10
Ascariasis	65	8	62	40	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	6	67	11	- 5
Diphtheria	67	6	68	10	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	4	65	17	- 13
Uterin Cancer	69	2	55	99	- 97
Upper Respiratory	70	2	64	17	- 15
Leishmaniasis	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Yemen

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.