SINGAPORE VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,794	3	1,559	+ 3,236
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,878	1	5,292	- 1,413
Lung Disease	3	1,633	14	383	+ 1,250
Tuberculosis	4	1,328	40	26	+ 1,303
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,290	39	28	+ 1,263
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,057	2	5,189	- 4,132
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,035	28	108	+ 928
Road Traffic Accidents	8	894	26	121	+ 773
Liver Disease	9	751	20	209	+ 542
Oesophagus Cancer	10	698	24	137	+ 561
Low Birth Weight	11	624	41	25	+ 599
Oral Cancer	12	554	15	317	+ 237
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	536	36	32	+ 503
Hypertension	14	528	8	732	- 204
Birth Trauma	15	479	55	3	+ 475
Lung Cancers	16	435	4	1,540	- 1,105
Kidney Disease	17	387	6	1,028	- 641
Congenital Anomalies	18	361	31	80	+ 282
Measles	19	322	72	0	+ 322
Asthma	20	318	35	37	+ 281
Other Injuries	21	273	32	79	+ 194
Drownings	22	253	38	29	+ 225
Breast Cancer	23	243	10	605	- 362
Stomach Cancer	24	243	12	405	- 162
Suicide	25	214	9	650	- 436
Cervical Cancer	26	183	30	85	+ 98
Violence	27	165	46	15	+ 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	162	5	1,203	- 1,040
Maternal Conditions	29	140	53	3	+ 137
Parkinson's Disease	30	135	29	90	+ 45
Falls	31	119	18	218	- 99
Drug Use	32	106	44	19	+ 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	104	43	22	+ 82
Liver Cancer	34	103	7	746	- 643
Lymphomas	35	95	13	397	- 301
Malnutrition	36	86	63	0	+ 86
Ovary Cancer	37	80	21	204	- 124
Meningitis	38	75	48	8	+ 67
Pertussis	39	72	62	0	+ 72
Leukemia	40	68	17	249	- 182
Prostate Cancer	41	59	16	303	- 243
Inflammatory/Heart	42	53	19	215	- 162
Pancreas Cancer	43	51	11	537	- 486
Epilepsy	44	48	42	25	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	45	48	37	30	+ 17
Fires	46	45	49	7	+ 38
Appendicitis	47	45	50	6	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	45	33	69	- 25
Syphilis	49	44	65	0	+ 44
Skin Disease	50	40	25	136	- 95
Hepatitis B	51	40	52	4	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	52	35	27	120	- 85
Skin Cancers	53	30	34	56	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	29	58	2	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	55	20	45	18	+ 2
Poisonings	56	19	60	1	+ 18
Tetanus	57	16	73	0	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	58	14	23	147	- 133
Encephalitis	59	13	61	0	+ 13
Alcohol	60	9	47	10	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	9	22	195	- 187
Hepatitis C	62	7	56	3	+ 5
War	63	7	59	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	57	3	+ 4
Dengue	65	6	66	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	4	54	3	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	67	2	76	0	+ 2
Malaria	68	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Bangladesh

Singapore

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.