Download Benin versus the US – Selected Health Statistics

Benin versus the US – Selected Health Statistics
(compiled from World Health Organization data accessed at http://www.who.int; rates and ratios
are for per 100,000 population unless otherwise indicated; data are from years 2002-2004)
Indicator
Coverage of vital
registration of deaths (%)
Life expectancy at birth
(m/f)
Healthy life expectancy at
birth (m/f)
Probability of dying under 5
years of age (m/f)
Infant mortality rate
Neonatal mortality rate
Maternal mortality ratio
Deaths due to HIV/AIDS
Deaths due to TB among
HIV-negative persons
Age-standardized death
rate for non-communicable
diseases
Age-standardized death
rate for cardiovascular
diseases
Age-standardized death
rate for cancer
Age-standardized death
rate for injuries
Years of life lost to
communicable diseases
(%)
Years of life lost to noncommunicable diseases (5)
Years of life lost to injuries
(5)
Deaths among children <5
due to HIV/AIDS (%)
Deaths among children <5
due to diarrheal disease
(%)
Deaths among children <5
due to malaria (%)
Deaths among children <5
due to pneumonia (%)
HIV prevalence among
adults aged 15-49 years
(%)
Benin
US
<25
100
52/53
75/80
43.4/44.5
67.2/71.3
152/153 (per 1000
population)
90 per 1000 live births
38 per 100 live births
850 per 100,000 live births
5800
14
8/7
852.2
460.4
432.4
187.7
153.7
134.4
116.2
46.8
81.7
8.6
10.3
74.7
8.0
16.8
2.2
0.1
7.1
0.1
27.2
0.0
21.1
1.3
1.9
0.6
6.0
5.0
14
14,000
0
1
Indicator
Benin
US
Incidence of TB per
100,000 pop per year
Prevalence of TB
Children < 5 stunted for
growth (%)
Children < 5 underweight
for age (%)
Children < 5 overweight for
age (%)
Newborns with low
birthweight (%)
Prevalence of adults who
are obese (%) females
Total fertility rate (per
women)
Adolescent fertility
proportion (%)
Contraceptive prevalence
rate (%)
86.8
4.7
142.3
30.7
3.6
1.1
22.9
1.6
1.8
5.6
16
8
6.1 (data not available for
males)
5.7
21.4 (males = 19.7)
9.3
11.6
18.6
76.4
Top ten causes of death, all ages
Cause
Deaths (000)
Benin
Lower respiratory infection
15.2
Malaria
12.4
Diarrheal diseases
7.34
HIV/AIDS
5.79
Perinatal conditions
4.84
Cerebrvascular disease
3.28
Ischemic heart disease
3.02
Road traffic accidents
2.06
Syphilis
1.64
Protein-energy malnutrition
1.03
US
Ischemic heart disease
Cerebrovascular disease
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers
Chronic obstructive pulm disease
Alzheimer and other dementias
Diabetes mellitus
Colon and rectum cancers
Lower respiratory infections
Breast cancer
Road traffic accidents
514
163
157
128
93
76
64
59
45
45
2.0
Deaths (%)
YLL (%)
17
14
8
7
6
4
4
2
2
1
21
18
10
7
6
1
1
3
2
1
21
7
7
5
4
3
3
3
2
2
15
4
7
4
1
3
3
2
2
6
2