INDIA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,120,692	3	697,038	+ 423,654
Coronary Heart Disease	2	906,533	1	1,520,034	- 613,501
Lung Disease	3	381,726	2	879,732	- 498,006
Tuberculosis	4	310,527	5	435,882	- 125,355
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	301,633	4	670,315	- 368,681
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	247,130	6	392,425	- 145,295
Diabetes Mellitus	7	242,039	7	271,495	- 29,456
Road Traffic Accidents	8	209,016	12	212,596	- 3,580
Liver Disease	9	175,616	8	268,580	- 92,964
Oesophagus Cancer	10	163,092	34	38,898	+ 124,194
Low Birth Weight	11	145,817	9	238,739	- 92,922
Oral Cancer	12	129,562	16	134,187	- 4,625
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	125,235	17	126,593	- 1,358
Hypertension	14	123,422	19	108,050	+ 15,372
Birth Trauma	15	111,866	20	102,819	+ 9,047
Lung Cancers	16	101,693	21	88,276	+ 13,417
Kidney Disease	17	90,556	11	222,903	- 132,347
Congenital Anomalies	18	84,475	23	82,769	+ 1,707
Measles	19	75,351	51	11,923	+ 63,428
Asthma	20	74,282	13	196,051	- 121,768
Other Injuries	21	63,724	15	149,570	- 85,847
Drownings	22	59,253	28	48,774	+ 10,479
Breast Cancer	23	56,868	22	82,821	- 25,953
Stomach Cancer	24	56,789	24	81,058	- 24,269
Suicide	25	50,100	14	173,347	- 123,247
Cervical Cancer	26	42,866	30	45,319	- 2,453
Violence	27	38,614	27	51,767	- 13,153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	37,875	25	77,368	- 39,493
Maternal Conditions	29	32,742	41	25,917	+ 6,824
Parkinson's Disease	30	31,587	32	43,398	- 11,811
Falls	31	27,798	10	225,755	- 197,957
Drug Use	32	24,787	52	11,747	+ 13,039
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	24,408	18	126,079	- 101,672
Liver Cancer	34	24,094	39	30,369	- 6,275
Lymphomas	35	22,278	33	40,159	- 17,881
Malnutrition	36	20,194	55	8,626	+ 11,568
Ovary Cancer	37	18,638	44	21,947	- 3,309
Meningitis	38	17,585	36	33,337	- 15,751
Pertussis	39	16,798	54	10,094	+ 6,705
Leukemia	40	15,831	35	33,383	- 17,552
Prostate Cancer	41	13,903	38	30,945	- 17,042
Inflammatory/Heart	42	12,400	49	12,651	- 250
Pancreas Cancer	43	11,812	37	32,812	- 21,000
Epilepsy	44	11,304	40	30,307	- 19,003
Endocrine Disorders	45	11,154	47	15,264	- 4,111
Fires	46	10,615	42	23,265	- 12,650
Appendicitis	47	10,541	53	11,245	- 704
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	10,451	26	68,108	- 57,657
Syphilis	49	10,248	64	2,007	+ 8,241
Skin Disease	50	9,449	45	17,857	- 8,408
Hepatitis B	51	9,363	56	8,184	+ 1,179
Bladder Cancer	52	8,275	48	14,081	- 5,806
Skin Cancers	53	7,128	60	5,054	+ 2,074
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	6,810	50	11,931	- 5,121
HIV/AIDS	55	4,701	31	44,406	- 39,704
Poisonings	56	4,499	61	3,540	+ 959
Tetanus	57	3,759	58	7,093	- 3,333
Uterin Cancer	58	3,384	59	6,841	- 3,456
Encephalitis	59	3,099	29	48,080	- 44,981
Alcohol	60	2,188	43	23,097	- 20,909
Other Neoplasms	61	2,034	62	2,968	- 935
Hepatitis C	62	1,727	65	1,364	+ 363
War	63	1,690	67	890	+ 800
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1,496	63	2,328	- 832
Dengue	65	1,342	46	17,546	- 16,204
Upper Respiratory	66	837	68	584	+ 253
Leishmaniasis	67	467	66	973	- 507
Malaria	68	378	57	7,705	- 7,327
Ascariasis	69	263	70	126	+ 137
Chlamydia	70	178	69	379	- 201
Otitis Media	71	114	71	68	+ 46
Diphtheria	72	42	72	65	- 22
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

Bangladesh

India

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.