BENIN VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	17,129	11	2,263	+ 14,866
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,237	1	10,205	- 967
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,278	5	5,397	+ 1,881
Road Traffic Accidents	4	5,174	8	3,162	+ 2,012
Stroke	5	4,393	4	5,855	- 1,462
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,937	3	6,830	- 2,893
Low Birth Weight	7	3,460	6	4,908	- 1,448
Birth Trauma	8	2,918	7	3,950	- 1,031
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,865	14	1,912	+ 954
Malnutrition	10	2,053	21	928	+ 1,126
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,900	10	2,265	- 365
Kidney Disease	12	1,897	13	1,929	- 32
Suicide	13	1,773	22	922	+ 851
Cervical Cancer	14	1,734	30	669	+ 1,065
Malaria	15	1,716	2	7,037	- 5,321
Tuberculosis	16	1,713	23	919	+ 794
Liver Disease	17	1,664	9	2,447	- 783
Violence	18	1,642	28	726	+ 916
Maternal Conditions	19	1,499	20	1,039	+ 460
Other Injuries	20	1,419	15	1,532	- 113
Asthma	21	1,312	24	891	+ 421
Meningitis	22	1,136	12	1,967	- 831
Lung Disease	23	997	17	1,220	- 223
Hypertension	24	982	19	1,088	- 107
Inflammatory/Heart	25	897	33	457	+ 440
Lymphomas	26	822	36	387	+ 436
Drownings	27	819	31	570	+ 249
Breast Cancer	28	719	27	784	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	29	687	39	326	+ 361
Fires	30	679	35	431	+ 248
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	658	29	715	- 57
Prostate Cancer	32	538	25	867	- 329
Stomach Cancer	33	479	38	361	+ 118
Endocrine Disorders	34	474	16	1,454	- 980
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	470	34	442	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	464	45	197	+ 267
Poisonings	37	441	42	307	+ 134
Liver Cancer	38	437	40	322	+ 115
Epilepsy	39	435	37	369	+ 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	433	41	311	+ 122
Falls	41	398	32	543	- 144
Pertussis	42	359	18	1,168	- 809
Lung Cancers	43	245	59	66	+ 179
Skin Cancers	44	226	54	102	+ 125
Leukemia	45	209	46	196	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	46	193	43	212	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	47	186	48	177	+ 9
Drug Use	48	182	44	197	- 15
Oral Cancer	49	178	49	156	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	50	156	55	99	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	51	149	56	86	+ 63
Skin Disease	52	148	52	144	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	53	147	47	183	- 36
Bladder Cancer	54	107	61	43	+ 64
Syphilis	55	107	51	150	- 44
Encephalitis	56	101	57	85	+ 15
Tetanus	57	87	50	156	- 69
Appendicitis	58	57	60	45	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	59	56	64	17	+ 39
Hepatitis B	60	49	53	143	- 94
Alcohol	61	41	58	85	- 44
Other Neoplasms	62	32	63	20	+ 12
Measles	63	26	26	788	- 762
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	22	67	11	+ 11
War	65	22	69	2	+ 20
Hepatitis C	66	12	65	17	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	67	12	66	16	- 3
Otitis Media	68	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	3	70	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	2	62	40	- 38
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	68	10	- 9
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	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

Zimbabwe

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.