NEPAL VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	24,752	4	12,909	+ 11,843
Coronary Heart Disease	2	20,022	2	19,677	+ 345
Lung Disease	3	8,431	1	27,027	- 18,596
Tuberculosis	4	6,858	3	16,535	- 9,676
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	6,662	7	6,071	+ 591
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,458	6	6,237	- 779
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,346	14	2,929	+ 2,417
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,616	9	4,654	- 38
Liver Disease	9	3,879	5	6,383	- 2,504
Oesophagus Cancer	10	3,602	38	491	+ 3,111
Low Birth Weight	11	3,221	11	3,822	- 602
Oral Cancer	12	2,862	24	1,389	+ 1,473
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,766	19	2,022	+ 744
Hypertension	14	2,726	18	2,092	+ 634
Birth Trauma	15	2,471	15	2,676	- 205
Lung Cancers	16	2,246	12	3,586	- 1,340
Kidney Disease	17	2,000	10	4,284	- 2,284
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,866	21	1,949	- 83
Measles	19	1,664	59	60	+ 1,604
Asthma	20	1,641	8	5,930	- 4,290
Other Injuries	21	1,407	22	1,655	- 247
Drownings	22	1,309	23	1,505	- 196
Breast Cancer	23	1,256	27	1,038	+ 218
Stomach Cancer	24	1,254	25	1,379	- 125
Suicide	25	1,107	16	2,571	- 1,465
Cervical Cancer	26	947	20	1,969	- 1,023
Violence	27	853	35	704	+ 149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	837	26	1,167	- 331
Maternal Conditions	29	723	28	977	- 254
Parkinson's Disease	30	698	33	760	- 62
Falls	31	614	13	3,321	- 2,707
Drug Use	32	547	57	93	+ 454
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	539	17	2,320	- 1,781
Liver Cancer	34	532	46	256	+ 276
Lymphomas	35	492	32	768	- 275
Malnutrition	36	446	31	845	- 399
Ovary Cancer	37	412	37	585	- 173
Meningitis	38	388	43	377	+ 11
Pertussis	39	371	40	453	- 82
Leukemia	40	350	36	668	- 318
Prostate Cancer	41	307	58	85	+ 222
Inflammatory/Heart	42	274	48	217	+ 57
Pancreas Cancer	43	261	41	445	- 184
Epilepsy	44	250	30	874	- 624
Endocrine Disorders	45	246	45	257	- 11
Fires	46	234	50	184	+ 51
Appendicitis	47	233	47	220	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	231	49	191	+ 40
Syphilis	49	226	54	134	+ 92
Skin Disease	50	209	67	17	+ 192
Hepatitis B	51	207	56	117	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	52	183	44	325	- 142
Skin Cancers	53	157	42	400	- 242
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	150	51	173	- 23
HIV/AIDS	55	104	34	737	- 633
Poisonings	56	99	39	474	- 374
Tetanus	57	83	53	134	- 51
Uterin Cancer	58	75	60	56	+ 18
Encephalitis	59	68	29	882	- 813
Alcohol	60	48	52	168	- 119
Other Neoplasms	61	45	61	50	- 5
Hepatitis C	62	38	64	29	+ 10
War	63	37	65	24	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	64	33	63	38	- 5
Dengue	65	30	55	120	- 90
Upper Respiratory	66	18	66	24	- 5
Leishmaniasis	67	10	62	39	- 29
Malaria	68	8	72	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	69	6	69	4	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	4	68	5	- 1
Otitis Media	71	3	70	4	- 1
Diphtheria	72	1	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Bangladesh

Nepal

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.