BHUTAN VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,118	3	360	+ 758
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,040	1	702	+ 338
Diabetes Mellitus	3	756	7	164	+ 592
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	643	4	177	+ 466
Prostate Cancer	5	480	55	3	+ 477
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	334	31	24	+ 310
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	332	13	105	+ 227
Breast Cancer	8	276	43	8	+ 269
Endocrine Disorders	9	271	39	11	+ 260
Kidney Disease	10	268	8	149	+ 120
Other Injuries	11	228	24	43	+ 186
Lung Disease	12	215	2	524	- 310
Hypertension	13	209	16	77	+ 133
Skin Disease	14	182	46	7	+ 174
Lymphomas	15	148	52	5	+ 143
Lung Cancers	16	124	21	44	+ 80
Inflammatory/Heart	17	113	45	8	+ 106
Pancreas Cancer	18	113	33	20	+ 93
Violence	19	94	35	18	+ 76
Leukemia	20	85	34	19	+ 66
HIV/AIDS	21	82	18	58	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	22	81	11	118	- 38
Cervical Cancer	23	80	29	30	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	24	75	57	2	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	25	68	10	123	- 55
Liver Disease	26	66	6	166	- 99
Uterin Cancer	27	62	71	0	+ 62
Oral Cancer	28	52	23	43	+ 9
Congenital Anomalies	29	52	20	50	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	50	77	0	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	31	48	28	31	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	32	45	37	14	+ 31
Liver Cancer	33	42	27	35	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	41	25	39	+ 3
Asthma	35	38	15	78	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	36	33	22	44	- 10
Anemia	37	32	72	0	+ 32
Epilepsy	38	27	38	14	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	39	27	48	6	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	20	5	169	- 149
Falls	41	19	12	111	- 92
Low Birth Weight	42	15	14	79	- 64
Birth Trauma	43	15	19	51	- 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	14	50	5	+ 8
Meningitis	45	13	36	17	- 5
Alcohol	46	12	49	6	+ 6
Skin Cancers	47	11	41	9	+ 2
Poisonings	48	6	59	2	+ 4
Malnutrition	49	6	54	3	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	50	6	78	0	+ 6
Suicide	51	5	26	35	- 30
Hepatitis B	52	5	53	4	+ 1
Drug Use	53	4	47	7	- 3
Dengue	54	4	56	3	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	3	17	68	- 64
Maternal Conditions	56	3	42	9	- 6
Drownings	57	3	32	20	- 17
Upper Respiratory	58	3	61	1	+ 2
Schizophrenia	59	3	75	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	60	3	9	138	- 135
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	62	1	+ 1
Fires	62	2	44	8	- 6
Oral conditions	63	2	76	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	40	11	- 9
Appendicitis	65	1	51	5	- 4
War	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	63	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	58	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	60	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	85	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	1	- 1
Chagas disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	67	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	30	28	- 28
Hepatitis C	83	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Barbados

Bhutan

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.