MYANMAR VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		MYANMAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	45,752	1	71,440	- 25,688
Coronary Heart Disease	2	37,009	2	34,871	+ 2,138
Lung Disease	3	15,584	3	26,531	- 10,948
Tuberculosis	4	12,677	5	19,299	- 6,622
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	12,314	14	7,237	+ 5,077
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,089	7	16,726	- 6,637
Diabetes Mellitus	7	9,881	4	19,944	- 10,062
Road Traffic Accidents	8	8,533	8	11,004	- 2,471
Liver Disease	9	7,169	6	17,143	- 9,973
Oesophagus Cancer	10	6,658	25	3,325	+ 3,333
Low Birth Weight	11	5,953	15	7,125	- 1,172
Oral Cancer	12	5,289	22	4,209	+ 1,080
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	5,113	20	5,082	+ 30
Hypertension	14	5,039	11	7,843	- 2,804
Birth Trauma	15	4,567	16	6,169	- 1,602
Lung Cancers	16	4,152	13	7,558	- 3,407
Kidney Disease	17	3,697	9	9,924	- 6,227
Congenital Anomalies	18	3,449	24	3,679	- 230
Measles	19	3,076	21	4,465	- 1,389
Asthma	20	3,033	10	9,557	- 6,525
Other Injuries	21	2,601	28	2,762	- 161
Drownings	22	2,419	30	2,212	+ 207
Breast Cancer	23	2,322	26	3,192	- 871
Stomach Cancer	24	2,318	18	5,343	- 3,025
Suicide	25	2,045	34	1,565	+ 480
Cervical Cancer	26	1,750	23	3,945	- 2,195
Violence	27	1,576	31	2,124	- 548
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,546	27	2,996	- 1,450
Maternal Conditions	29	1,337	33	1,681	- 344
Parkinson's Disease	30	1,290	37	1,450	- 161
Falls	31	1,135	17	5,686	- 4,551
Drug Use	32	1,012	52	411	+ 601
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	996	43	893	+ 104
Liver Cancer	34	984	19	5,215	- 4,231
Lymphomas	35	909	36	1,472	- 563
Malnutrition	36	824	42	945	- 121
Ovary Cancer	37	761	40	1,053	- 292
Meningitis	38	718	49	550	+ 167
Pertussis	39	686	39	1,244	- 559
Leukemia	40	646	35	1,546	- 900
Prostate Cancer	41	568	53	338	+ 230
Inflammatory/Heart	42	506	32	1,702	- 1,196
Pancreas Cancer	43	482	44	743	- 261
Epilepsy	44	461	50	524	- 62
Endocrine Disorders	45	455	38	1,265	- 810
Fires	46	433	58	227	+ 206
Appendicitis	47	430	63	93	+ 337
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	427	29	2,558	- 2,131
Syphilis	49	418	55	305	+ 113
Skin Disease	50	386	45	734	- 348
Hepatitis B	51	382	62	93	+ 289
Bladder Cancer	52	338	48	573	- 235
Skin Cancers	53	291	41	962	- 672
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	278	64	73	+ 205
HIV/AIDS	55	192	12	7,707	- 7,515
Poisonings	56	184	46	728	- 544
Tetanus	57	153	51	426	- 273
Uterin Cancer	58	138	57	263	- 125
Encephalitis	59	127	59	171	- 44
Alcohol	60	89	54	324	- 235
Other Neoplasms	61	83	60	117	- 34
Hepatitis C	62	71	67	21	+ 49
War	63	69	47	688	- 619
Multiple Sclerosis	64	61	65	60	+ 1
Dengue	65	55	56	272	- 217
Upper Respiratory	66	34	66	27	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	67	19	76	0	+ 19
Malaria	68	15	61	109	- 94
Ascariasis	69	11	68	13	- 3
Chlamydia	70	7	70	3	+ 4
Otitis Media	71	5	71	1	+ 4
Diphtheria	72	2	69	7	- 6
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MYANMAR

Bangladesh

Myanmar

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.