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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin
BENIN		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
53.1
55.9
54.5
151
152
150
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
58.2
60.7
59.4
152
152
151
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Benin
BENIN		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
58.2
60.7
152
152
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
62.5
68.5
164
155
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
63.2
69.2
165
155
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
63.6
69.5
166
155
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
64.1
70.0
165
154
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
65.0
70.6
162
154
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
65.9
71.4
163
155
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
67.0
72.2
163
154
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
68.2
73.1
164
157
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
69.6
74.0
164
159
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
71.2
74.9
166
162
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
72.9
76.1
169
162
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
75.0
77.5
168
163
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.3
79.1
170
165
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.8
81.1
175
166
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.8
83.7
174
166
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.1
86.7
178
173
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.9
90.2
170
182
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.1
169
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin
BENIN		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
196.38
12
  
23.69
125
2 Stroke
147.77
33
  
36.89
160
3 Coronary Heart Disease
119.28
84
  
68.80
155
4 Diarrhoeal diseases
98.31
22
  
1.95
119
5 Malaria
57.26
16
  
0.01
104
6 Diabetes Mellitus
54.54
50
  
5.04
185
7 HIV/AIDS
42.36
41
  
0.40
137
8 Lung Disease
41.01
46
  
21.47
98
9 Hypertension
26.31
95
  
3.67
183
10 Road Traffic Accidents
25.90
45
  
4.77
180
11 Kidney Disease
25.48
47
  
3.23
185
12 Low Birth Weight
24.17
20
  
3.39
144
13 Meningitis
22.67
10
  
0.41
149
14 Tuberculosis
21.15
69
  
0.41
170
15 Other Injuries
20.54
40
  
5.54
170
16 Breast Cancer
18.41
71
  
23.62
20
17 Maternal Conditions
18.12
32
  
0.15
151
18 Endocrine Disorders
18.08
26
  
3.13
147
19 Violence
17.83
48
  
1.14
160
20 Liver Cancer
16.22
20
  
3.07
164
21 Asthma
15.78
35
  
1.09
153
22 Birth Trauma
15.00
44
  
0.64
166
23 Inflammatory/Heart
14.93
33
  
2.97
152
24 Cervical Cancer
14.12
23
  
1.38
161
25 Malnutrition
13.03
19
  
0.07
172
26 Anaemia
10.38
11
  
0.15
171
27 Epilepsy
9.96
16
  
1.57
104
28 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.15
50
  
17.08
14
29 Pertussis
8.47
14
  
0.02
106
30 Congenital Anomalies
8.42
31
  
3.68
164
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.85
32
  
2.54
123
32 Liver Disease
7.66
116
  
9.48
96
33 Schistosomiasis
7.32
24
  
0.00
64
34 Suicide
6.45
108
  
6.90
101
35 Prostate Cancer
6.42
97
  
8.21
58
36 Skin Disease
4.86
37
  
1.50
104
37 Poisonings
4.53
51
  
2.81
89
38 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.43
139
  
15.49
33
39 Other Neoplasms
4.33
47
  
2.95
92
40 Fires
4.28
58
  
0.45
158
41 Lymphomas
3.84
136
  
7.35
36
42 Falls
3.77
96
  
3.51
109
43 Stomach Cancer
3.67
161
  
4.81
130
44 Drownings
3.41
100
  
0.35
187
45 Trypanosomiasis
3.36
21
  
0.00
192
46 Syphilis
3.14
18
  
0.00
147
47 Upper Respiratory
2.68
25
  
0.07
144
48 Leukemia
2.36
154
  
4.39
63
49 Lung Cancers
2.21
172
  
30.98
18
50 Hepatitis B
2.17
41
  
0.07
177
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Benin
BENIN		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
14,582
17.72
  
37,348
8.00
2 Malaria
9,130
11.09
  
5
0.00
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
8,698
10.57
  
3,081
0.66
4 Stroke
5,135
6.24
  
55,919
11.98
5 Coronary Heart Disease
4,146
5.04
  
92,299
19.77
6 Low Birth Weight
3,983
4.84
  
1,386
0.30
7 HIV/AIDS
3,004
3.65
  
266
0.06
8 Birth Trauma
2,471
3.00
  
262
0.06
9 Meningitis
2,250
2.73
  
278
0.06
10 Diabetes Mellitus
1,982
2.41
  
6,682
1.43
11 Road Traffic Accidents
1,734
2.11
  
3,073
0.66
12 Other Injuries
1,571
1.91
  
6,029
1.29
13 Lung Disease
1,466
1.78
  
29,069
6.23
14 Maternal Conditions
1,434
1.74
  
81
0.02
15 Malnutrition
1,393
1.69
  
85
0.02
16 Pertussis
1,392
1.69
  
6
0.00
17 Tuberculosis
1,375
1.67
  
443
0.09
18 Violence
1,262
1.53
  
703
0.15
19 Congenital Anomalies
1,258
1.53
  
1,950
0.42
20 Kidney Disease
1,048
1.27
  
4,804
1.03
21 Hypertension
890
1.08
  
5,191
1.11
22 Endocrine Disorders
793
0.96
  
3,056
0.65
23 Liver Cancer
735
0.89
  
3,470
0.74
24 Anaemia
712
0.87
  
260
0.06
25 Asthma
669
0.81
  
1,260
0.27
26 Inflammatory/Heart
631
0.77
  
3,014
0.65
27 Cervical Cancer
616
0.75
  
1,322
0.28
28 Epilepsy
584
0.71
  
1,201
0.26
29 Breast Cancer
449
0.55
  
14,343
3.07
30 Fires
406
0.49
  
380
0.08
31 Syphilis
402
0.49
  
3
0.00
32 Schistosomiasis
384
0.47
  
1
0.00
33 Suicide
369
0.45
  
4,660
1.00
34 Liver Disease
338
0.41
  
7,767
1.66
35 Peptic Ulcer Disease
326
0.40
  
3,294
0.71
36 Drownings
304
0.37
  
233
0.05
37 Poisonings
279
0.34
  
1,805
0.39
38 Trypanosomiasis
274
0.33
  
0
0.00
39 Alzheimers/Dementia
254
0.31
  
29,116
6.24
40 Lymphomas
244
0.30
  
8,744
1.87
41 Upper Respiratory
220
0.27
  
56
0.01
42 Vitamin A Deficiency
215
0.26
  
0
0.00
43 Prostate Cancer
213
0.26
  
11,508
2.46
44 Tetanus
206
0.25
  
0
0.00
45 Other Neoplasms
204
0.25
  
3,829
0.82
46 Colon-Rectum Cancers
196
0.24
  
18,951
4.06
47 Falls
184
0.22
  
4,450
0.95
48 Hepatitis B
181
0.22
  
57
0.01
49 Skin Disease
175
0.21
  
2,188
0.47
50 Stomach Cancer
158
0.19
  
6,006
1.29
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin
BENIN		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
18.41
71
  
23.62
20
2 Liver Cancer
16.22
20
  
3.07
164
3 Cervical Cancer
14.12
23
  
1.38
161
4 Prostate Cancer
6.42
97
  
8.21
58
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.43
139
  
15.49
33
6 Other Neoplasms
4.33
47
  
2.95
92
7 Lymphomas
3.84
136
  
7.35
36
8 Stomach Cancer
3.67
161
  
4.81
130
9 Leukemia
2.36
154
  
4.39
63
10 Lung Cancers
2.21
172
  
30.98
18
11 Oral Cancer
2.07
133
  
2.39
113
12 Bladder Cancer
1.61
125
  
4.27
28
13 Ovary Cancer
1.56
150
  
3.96
20
14 Pancreas Cancer
1.18
160
  
6.81
39
15 Oesophagus Cancer
0.83
171
  
7.62
30
16 Skin Cancers
0.81
125
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.48
148
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Benin
BENIN		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
8,791,832
88
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
45.2 %
13
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
52.1 %
180
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.6 %
177
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
39.22
19
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
9.45
70
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
5.49
17
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
64.64
33
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.99
128
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.70
144
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
67
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.98
11
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
34.7
184
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
47.9
174
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
23.3
176
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
59.4
151
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
50.0
160
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$1,500
165
  
$36,600
23
 

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