BHUTAN VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	712	1	702	+ 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	515	13	105	+ 411
Stroke	3	341	3	360	- 19
Lung Cancers	4	290	21	44	+ 246
Lung Disease	5	280	2	524	- 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	205	31	24	+ 181
Diabetes Mellitus	7	148	7	164	- 16
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	147	4	177	- 30
Prostate Cancer	9	124	55	3	+ 121
Breast Cancer	10	113	43	8	+ 105
Suicide	11	104	26	35	+ 69
Kidney Disease	12	104	8	149	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	13	103	33	20	+ 83
Falls	14	103	12	111	- 8
Lymphomas	15	100	52	5	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	16	77	39	11	+ 66
Skin Cancers	17	77	41	9	+ 67
Leukemia	18	70	34	19	+ 52
Parkinson's Disease	19	67	28	31	+ 36
Liver Cancer	20	67	27	35	+ 32
Drug Use	21	59	47	7	+ 52
Other Injuries	22	54	24	43	+ 12
Hypertension	23	54	16	77	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	24	52	45	8	+ 44
Oesophagus Cancer	25	49	22	44	+ 6
Liver Disease	26	47	6	166	- 119
Stomach Cancer	27	43	11	118	- 76
Other Neoplasms	28	41	57	2	+ 39
Road Traffic Accidents	29	41	10	123	- 82
Bladder Cancer	30	39	48	6	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	31	33	37	14	+ 19
Oral Cancer	32	32	23	43	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	33	23	20	50	- 27
Skin Disease	34	20	46	7	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	35	17	71	0	+ 17
Asthma	36	15	15	78	- 63
Alcohol	37	13	49	6	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	13	17	68	- 55
Cervical Cancer	39	11	29	30	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	10	5	169	- 160
Epilepsy	41	9	38	14	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	9	25	39	- 30
Low Birth Weight	43	8	14	79	- 71
Violence	44	8	35	18	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	8	50	5	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	46	6	62	1	+ 5
Drownings	47	6	32	20	- 14
Hepatitis C	48	6	64	1	+ 5
Anemia	49	5	72	0	+ 5
Birth Trauma	50	5	19	51	- 47
Malnutrition	51	4	54	3	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	52	4	78	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	2	77	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	54	2	75	0	+ 2
Fires	55	2	44	8	- 6
Tuberculosis	56	2	9	138	- 136
HIV/AIDS	57	2	18	58	- 56
Hepatitis B	58	1	53	4	- 3
Oral conditions	59	1	76	0	+ 1
Meningitis	60	1	36	17	- 16
Poisonings	61	1	59	2	- 1
Appendicitis	62	1	51	5	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	1	42	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	1	- 0
War	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	40	11	- 11
Encephalitis	68	0	30	28	- 28
Pertussis	69	0	63	1	- 1
Tetanus	70	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	58	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	65	1	- 1
Malaria	82	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Australia

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.