SWITZERLAND VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,047	3	3,918	+ 3,129
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,700	1	10,713	- 5,013
Lung Disease	3	2,400	5	2,902	- 502
Tuberculosis	4	1,953	56	21	+ 1,931
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,897	35	186	+ 1,711
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,554	8	1,949	- 395
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,522	17	1,022	+ 500
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,314	34	193	+ 1,121
Liver Disease	9	1,104	21	677	+ 427
Oesophagus Cancer	10	1,026	28	491	+ 535
Low Birth Weight	11	917	43	105	+ 812
Oral Cancer	12	815	26	500	+ 314
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	787	2	7,192	- 6,405
Hypertension	14	776	6	2,471	- 1,695
Birth Trauma	15	703	52	32	+ 671
Lung Cancers	16	639	4	3,520	- 2,880
Kidney Disease	17	569	13	1,261	- 692
Congenital Anomalies	18	531	31	305	+ 226
Measles	19	474	75	0	+ 474
Asthma	20	467	46	95	+ 372
Other Injuries	21	401	30	410	- 9
Drownings	22	373	50	49	+ 323
Breast Cancer	23	358	11	1,577	- 1,219
Stomach Cancer	24	357	24	614	- 257
Suicide	25	315	14	1,249	- 934
Cervical Cancer	26	270	42	105	+ 164
Violence	27	243	51	42	+ 200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	238	7	1,995	- 1,756
Maternal Conditions	29	206	64	4	+ 202
Parkinson's Disease	30	199	18	857	- 659
Falls	31	175	9	1,919	- 1,745
Drug Use	32	156	36	176	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	153	48	78	+ 76
Liver Cancer	34	152	19	805	- 653
Lymphomas	35	140	15	1,131	- 991
Malnutrition	36	127	47	84	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	37	117	29	457	- 340
Meningitis	38	111	57	20	+ 91
Pertussis	39	106	73	0	+ 106
Leukemia	40	100	22	671	- 572
Prostate Cancer	41	87	10	1,579	- 1,492
Inflammatory/Heart	42	78	16	1,027	- 949
Pancreas Cancer	43	74	12	1,486	- 1,412
Epilepsy	44	71	39	159	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	45	70	25	593	- 523
Fires	46	67	55	21	+ 45
Appendicitis	47	66	59	15	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	66	41	122	- 57
Syphilis	49	64	65	2	+ 63
Skin Disease	50	59	40	129	- 70
Hepatitis B	51	59	63	5	+ 54
Bladder Cancer	52	52	23	669	- 617
Skin Cancers	53	45	27	493	- 448
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	43	49	68	- 25
HIV/AIDS	55	30	54	29	+ 1
Poisonings	56	28	60	13	+ 15
Tetanus	57	24	70	0	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	58	21	33	224	- 202
Encephalitis	59	19	68	1	+ 19
Alcohol	60	14	32	229	- 215
Other Neoplasms	61	13	20	681	- 669
Hepatitis C	62	11	58	15	- 4
War	63	11	67	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	9	38	160	- 150
Dengue	65	8	81	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	66	5	61	11	- 6
Leishmaniasis	67	3	71	0	+ 3
Malaria	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	66	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	102	- 102
Schizophrenia	82	0	45	96	- 96
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	62	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	86	0	37	170	- 170
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Bangladesh

Switzerland

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.