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France
COUNTRY #1
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Compare France 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
France Population Pyramid
67,586,729
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Benin BENIN
  France FRANCE   Benin BENIN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.0
73.6
70.2
16
10
13
 
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
68.4
75.8
72.0
17
8
8
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
70.2
78.4
74.2
19
8
11
 
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
72.8
80.9
76.7
19
2
10
 
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
75.0
82.7
78.8
20
2
10
 
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
78.0
84.6
81.3
18
4
10
 
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
79.8
85.1
82.5
20
6
11
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
85.1
20
6
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
79.8
85.1
20
6
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
80.2
85.4
20
5
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
80.2
85.5
20
5
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
80.2
85.5
20
5
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
80.3
85.5
19
5
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
80.4
85.6
19
5
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
80.6
85.7
21
5
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
80.8
85.7
21
5
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
81.0
85.9
21
5
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
81.3
86.0
22
5
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
81.8
86.3
22
5
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
82.3
86.7
21
5
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
83.3
87.2
17
5
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
84.5
87.8
10
4
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
85.8
88.5
7
4
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
87.3
89.4
5
3
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
89.0
90.5
9
6
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
91.1
91.9
15
16
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.17
182
113.27
90
2. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
1.08
180
3. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
23.23
37
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.19
64
20.23
42
5. Stroke
16.74
181
119.03
42
6. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
47.73
8
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
5.06
150
8. Suicide
9.65
76
12.71
43
9. Lung Disease
8.62
172
25.54
76
10. Other Injuries
8.36
82
15.04
24
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
3.03
111
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.06
167
112.94
20
13. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
6.58
63
14. Liver Disease
6.54
154
39.37
27
15. Lymphomas
6.05
40
5.99
42
16. Diabetes Mellitus
5.71
165
37.49
67
17. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
2.43
165
18. Kidney Disease
4.86
169
33.45
44
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
65
10.91
17
20. Leukemia
4.65
33
3.48
96
21. Road Traffic Accidents
4.60
156
33.95
38
22. Other Neoplasms
4.55
18
0.41
102
23. Falls
3.99
125
9.00
32
24. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
2.67
96
25. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
6.49
83
26. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
0.67
172
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
6.30
26
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.35
128
7.05
48
29. Parkinson's Disease
3.31
132
5.27
41
30. Alcohol
3.29
30
1.37
93
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.19
154
9.44
13
32. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
3.34
38
33. Hypertension
2.64
170
21.93
72
34. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
22.59
31
35. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
2.06
80
36. Drug Use
1.71
60
2.36
35
37. Malnutrition
1.52
88
8.09
38
38. Epilepsy
1.42
107
3.60
10
39. Low Birth Weight
1.29
162
13.84
10
40. Drownings
0.91
151
3.85
49
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
146
67.45
16
42. Violence
0.80
162
6.79
71
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.70
140
3.06
41
44. Skin Disease
0.67
127
2.32
47
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.65
25
0.23
71
46. Asthma
0.62
152
15.55
37
47. Birth Trauma
0.60
144
11.26
16
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.49
177
7.54
27
49. Schizophrenia
0.46
9
0.00
71
50. HIV/AIDS
0.45
125
25.19
39
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  France FRANCE   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63,181
13.22
5,397
6.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
53,157
11.12
715
0.86
3. Stroke
36,354
7.60
5,855
7.03
4. Lung Cancers
35,657
7.46
66
0.08
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,854
4.57
311
0.37
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,771
4.14
10,205
12.25
7. Lung Disease
18,232
3.81
1,220
1.46
8. Breast Cancer
15,536
3.25
784
0.94
9. Other Injuries
15,119
3.16
1,532
1.84
10. Pancreas Cancer
12,360
2.59
177
0.21
11. Kidney Disease
11,477
2.40
1,929
2.32
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10,912
2.28
1,912
2.29
13. Prostate Cancer
10,873
2.27
867
1.04
14. Lymphomas
10,067
2.11
387
0.46
15. Liver Cancer
9,573
2.00
322
0.39
16. Suicide
8,961
1.87
922
1.11
17. Other Neoplasms
8,771
1.83
20
0.02
18. Falls
8,284
1.73
543
0.65
19. Endocrine Disorders
8,086
1.69
1,454
1.75
20. Parkinson's Disease
7,570
1.58
212
0.25
21. Leukemia
7,457
1.56
196
0.24
22. Liver Disease
7,382
1.54
2,447
2.94
23. Hypertension
7,109
1.49
1,088
1.31
24. Bladder Cancer
6,566
1.37
43
0.05
25. Inflammatory/Heart
6,065
1.27
457
0.55
26. Stomach Cancer
5,530
1.16
361
0.43
27. Oral Cancer
4,676
0.98
156
0.19
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4,673
0.98
326
0.39
29. Malnutrition
4,212
0.88
928
1.11
30. Ovary Cancer
3,964
0.83
86
0.10
31. Road Traffic Accidents
3,339
0.70
3,162
3.80
32. Skin Cancers
3,256
0.68
102
0.12
33. Alcohol
3,189
0.67
85
0.10
34. Uterin Cancer
2,721
0.57
99
0.12
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,012
0.42
2,265
2.72
36. Drug Use
1,881
0.39
197
0.24
37. Epilepsy
1,865
0.39
369
0.44
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,807
0.38
6,830
8.20
39. Skin Disease
1,598
0.33
144
0.17
40. Cervical Cancer
1,574
0.33
669
0.80
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,384
0.29
197
0.24
42. Asthma
1,039
0.22
891
1.07
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
986
0.21
442
0.53
44. Anemia
973
0.20
0
0.00
45. Drownings
868
0.18
570
0.68
46. Multiple Sclerosis
752
0.16
16
0.02
47. Low Birth Weight
651
0.14
4,908
5.89
48. Schizophrenia
647
0.14
0
0.00
49. Violence
538
0.11
726
0.87
50. Tuberculosis
435
0.09
919
1.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
1.08
180
2. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
23.23
37
3. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
47.73
8
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
5.06
150
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
3.03
111
6. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
6.58
63
7. Lymphomas
6.05
40
5.99
42
8. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
2.43
165
9. Leukemia
4.65
33
3.48
96
10. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
2.67
96
11. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
6.49
83
12. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
0.67
172
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
6.30
26
14. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
3.34
38
15. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
22.59
31
16. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
2.06
80
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.