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Central African Republic
COUNTRY #1
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC VS BENIN

Compare Central African Republic and Benin health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Benin
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Central African Republic Population Pyramid
8,400,954
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Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Benin BENIN
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Benin BENIN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
36.2
41.2
38.7
159
146
156
  
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
40.2
45.2
42.6
160
148
154
  
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
45.1
50.4
47.7
157
147
153
  
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
47.3
52.5
49.8
165
159
163
  
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
44.9
47.1
46.0
177
178
178
  
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
47.9
50.5
49.2
181
181
181
  
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
50.2
56.3
53.1
182
182
182
  
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
50.2
56.3
182
182
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
50.2
56.3
182
182
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
56.9
62.8
181
182
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
57.3
63.3
181
182
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
57.6
63.5
181
182
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
58.4
64.0
181
182
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
59.2
64.6
181
182
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
60.1
65.4
181
182
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
61.0
66.4
181
182
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
62.3
67.7
182
182
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
64.0
69.2
182
182
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
66.1
70.9
182
182
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
68.6
72.8
182
182
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
71.3
74.9
182
182
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
74.4
77.1
183
182
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
77.7
79.6
183
182
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
81.2
82.5
182
179
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
84.9
85.7
179
170
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
88.8
89.3
169
169
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diarrhoeal diseases
186.48
1
67.45
16
2. Stroke
181.27
9
119.03
42
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
163.64
2
112.94
20
4. Coronary Heart Disease
161.58
39
113.27
90
5. Tuberculosis
148.01
1
10.94
64
6. HIV/AIDS
118.59
10
25.19
39
7. Hypertension
73.55
2
21.93
72
8. Diabetes Mellitus
59.37
26
37.49
67
9. Lung Disease
56.65
12
25.54
76
10. Liver Disease
52.83
8
39.37
27
11. Malaria
48.35
11
42.51
22
12. Road Traffic Accidents
46.52
13
33.95
38
13. Asthma
38.64
4
15.55
37
14. Kidney Disease
35.36
36
33.45
44
15. Maternal Conditions
31.52
2
10.57
31
16. Prostate Cancer
26.97
36
47.73
8
17. Breast Cancer
26.45
19
23.23
37
18. Violence
25.46
15
6.79
71
19. Malnutrition
24.59
6
8.09
38
20. Suicide
22.96
10
12.71
43
21. Other Injuries
21.36
7
15.04
24
22. Meningitis
21.14
5
15.80
13
23. Measles
19.96
6
3.77
19
24. Cervical Cancer
18.81
41
22.59
31
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.60
91
20.23
42
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
15.30
5
7.54
27
27. Low Birth Weight
14.93
4
13.84
10
28. Birth Trauma
14.54
5
11.26
16
29. Endocrine Disorders
14.01
11
10.91
17
30. Inflammatory/Heart
12.87
16
7.05
48
31. Falls
9.19
26
9.00
32
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
8.80
11
3.06
41
33. Congenital Anomalies
7.72
39
9.44
13
34. Schistosomiasis
7.44
1
2.90
9
35. War
6.90
7
0.02
92
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.15
133
5.06
150
37. Liver Cancer
5.31
94
6.58
63
38. Ovary Cancer
5.08
64
2.43
165
39. Fires
4.94
11
4.20
25
40. Lymphomas
4.93
81
5.99
42
41. Poisonings
4.53
4
2.64
29
42. Parkinson's Disease
4.47
71
5.27
41
43. Drownings
4.30
39
3.85
49
44. Tetanus
4.09
3
0.85
31
45. Oral Cancer
4.02
58
2.67
96
46. Stomach Cancer
3.43
140
6.49
83
47. Epilepsy
3.37
19
3.60
10
48. Pertussis
3.36
23
5.61
10
49. Leukemia
3.09
117
3.48
96
50. Alcohol
2.64
45
1.37
93
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,231
9.88
10,205
12.25
2. Tuberculosis
4,704
8.88
919
1.10
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,684
8.84
6,830
8.20
4. HIV/AIDS
3,753
7.09
2,263
2.72
5. Stroke
3,284
6.20
5,855
7.03
6. Malaria
3,279
6.19
7,037
8.45
7. Coronary Heart Disease
2,900
5.48
5,397
6.48
8. Low Birth Weight
2,228
4.21
4,908
5.89
9. Birth Trauma
2,192
4.14
3,950
4.74
10. Road Traffic Accidents
1,790
3.38
3,162
3.80
11. Measles
1,625
3.07
788
0.95
12. Hypertension
1,252
2.36
1,088
1.31
13. Maternal Conditions
1,174
2.22
1,039
1.25
14. Liver Disease
1,153
2.18
2,447
2.94
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,141
2.15
1,912
2.29
16. Meningitis
1,015
1.92
1,967
2.36
17. Violence
1,009
1.91
726
0.87
18. Lung Disease
956
1.80
1,220
1.46
19. Congenital Anomalies
776
1.47
2,265
2.72
20. Asthma
761
1.44
891
1.07
21. Kidney Disease
710
1.34
1,929
2.32
22. Malnutrition
691
1.30
928
1.11
23. Other Injuries
621
1.17
1,532
1.84
24. Suicide
585
1.10
922
1.11
25. Endocrine Disorders
423
0.80
1,454
1.75
26. Breast Cancer
344
0.65
784
0.94
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
317
0.60
442
0.53
28. War
314
0.59
2
0.00
29. Tetanus
280
0.53
156
0.19
30. Inflammatory/Heart
270
0.51
457
0.55
31. Pertussis
265
0.50
1,168
1.40
32. Cervical Cancer
230
0.43
669
0.80
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
204
0.39
715
0.86
34. Drownings
202
0.38
570
0.68
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
194
0.37
197
0.24
36. Falls
181
0.34
543
0.65
37. Schistosomiasis
169
0.32
183
0.22
38. Prostate Cancer
156
0.29
867
1.04
39. Fires
142
0.27
431
0.52
40. Poisonings
134
0.25
307
0.37
41. Syphilis
120
0.23
150
0.18
42. Lymphomas
119
0.22
387
0.46
43. Epilepsy
119
0.22
369
0.44
44. Liver Cancer
117
0.22
322
0.39
45. Colon-Rectum Cancers
116
0.22
311
0.37
46. Oral Cancer
91
0.17
156
0.19
47. Leukemia
88
0.17
196
0.24
48. Parkinson's Disease
67
0.13
212
0.25
49. Stomach Cancer
65
0.12
361
0.43
50. Ovary Cancer
64
0.12
86
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Central African Republic CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
26.97
36
47.73
8
2. Breast Cancer
26.45
19
23.23
37
3. Cervical Cancer
18.81
41
22.59
31
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.15
133
5.06
150
5. Liver Cancer
5.31
94
6.58
63
6. Ovary Cancer
5.08
64
2.43
165
7. Lymphomas
4.93
81
5.99
42
8. Oral Cancer
4.02
58
2.67
96
9. Stomach Cancer
3.43
140
6.49
83
10. Leukemia
3.09
117
3.48
96
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.54
89
6.30
26
12. Lung Cancers
2.48
167
1.08
180
13. Skin Cancers
2.26
66
2.06
80
14. Pancreas Cancer
1.95
145
3.03
111
15. Uterin Cancer
1.81
118
3.34
38
16. Bladder Cancer
1.26
143
0.67
172
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.