BHUTAN VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	886	1	702	+ 184
War	2	565	68	0	+ 565
Stroke	3	420	3	360	+ 60
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	323	4	177	+ 146
Low Birth Weight	5	278	14	79	+ 199
Birth Trauma	6	236	19	51	+ 185
Tuberculosis	7	217	9	138	+ 79
Hypertension	8	176	16	77	+ 100
Maternal Conditions	9	172	42	9	+ 163
Kidney Disease	10	145	8	149	- 3
Road Traffic Accidents	11	133	10	123	+ 10
Diabetes Mellitus	12	127	7	164	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	122	5	169	- 47
Congenital Anomalies	14	110	20	50	+ 60
Lung Disease	15	103	2	524	- 422
Liver Disease	16	101	6	166	- 64
Asthma	17	75	15	78	- 3
Other Injuries	18	71	24	43	+ 29
Violence	19	71	35	18	+ 53
Meningitis	20	58	36	17	+ 41
Pertussis	21	46	63	1	+ 46
Breast Cancer	22	40	43	8	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	39	13	105	- 66
Suicide	24	35	26	35	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	33	25	39	- 5
Stomach Cancer	26	33	11	118	- 85
Oral Cancer	27	32	23	43	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	28	30	39	11	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	29	29	22	44	- 15
Tetanus	30	28	60	1	+ 26
Encephalitis	31	26	30	28	- 2
Lung Cancers	32	24	21	44	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	23	17	68	- 45
Drownings	34	22	32	20	+ 2
Epilepsy	35	22	38	14	+ 8
Lymphomas	36	21	52	5	+ 16
Falls	37	20	12	111	- 91
Hepatitis B	38	19	53	4	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	16	31	24	- 8
Liver Cancer	40	14	27	35	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	41	14	28	31	- 18
Leukemia	42	13	34	19	- 5
Malnutrition	43	13	54	3	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	44	12	29	30	- 19
Inflammatory/Heart	45	12	45	8	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	46	10	18	58	- 48
Poisonings	47	8	59	2	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	48	8	37	14	- 6
Measles	49	8	58	2	+ 6
Fires	50	8	44	8	- 0
Drug Use	51	7	47	7	+ 0
Appendicitis	52	7	51	5	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	53	6	71	0	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	54	6	48	6	- 0
Prostate Cancer	55	6	55	3	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	56	5	33	20	- 15
Malaria	57	4	81	0	+ 4
Alcohol	58	3	49	6	- 3
Skin Cancers	59	3	41	9	- 6
Syphilis	60	2	40	11	- 9
Skin Disease	61	2	46	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	62	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	57	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	50	5	- 5
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	86	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Afghanistan

Bhutan

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.