BHUTAN VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,951	1	702	+ 4,249
Stroke	2	1,526	3	360	+ 1,166
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	329	13	105	+ 224
Lung Cancers	4	275	21	44	+ 231
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	269	31	24	+ 245
Alcohol	6	257	49	6	+ 251
Lung Disease	7	206	2	524	- 319
Liver Disease	8	193	6	166	+ 28
Suicide	9	187	26	35	+ 151
Stomach Cancer	10	157	11	118	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	11	127	45	8	+ 119
Breast Cancer	12	115	43	8	+ 107
Pancreas Cancer	13	109	33	20	+ 89
Other Injuries	14	102	24	43	+ 60
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	101	4	177	- 76
Falls	16	89	12	111	- 22
Prostate Cancer	17	87	55	3	+ 84
Oral Cancer	18	84	23	43	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	19	67	10	123	- 56
Lymphomas	20	63	52	5	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	21	58	28	31	+ 26
Fires	22	58	44	8	+ 50
Leukemia	23	52	34	19	+ 33
Drownings	24	51	32	20	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	25	46	22	44	+ 2
Kidney Disease	26	45	8	149	- 104
Ovary Cancer	27	40	37	14	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	28	36	71	0	+ 36
Drug Use	29	36	47	7	+ 29
Diabetes Mellitus	30	35	7	164	- 129
Hypertension	31	34	16	77	- 42
Liver Cancer	32	34	27	35	- 1
Poisonings	33	29	59	2	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	34	28	29	30	- 2
Bladder Cancer	35	27	48	6	+ 21
Skin Cancers	36	25	41	9	+ 16
Tuberculosis	37	25	9	138	- 113
Violence	38	24	35	18	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	22	17	68	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	22	25	39	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	41	19	20	50	- 31
HIV/AIDS	42	16	18	58	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	43	13	39	11	+ 2
Asthma	44	11	15	78	- 66
Epilepsy	45	11	38	14	- 3
Encephalitis	46	9	30	28	- 19
Low Birth Weight	47	6	14	79	- 73
Other Neoplasms	48	5	57	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	49	4	62	1	+ 3
Meningitis	50	3	36	17	- 14
Skin Disease	51	3	46	7	- 4
Birth Trauma	52	2	19	51	- 49
Malnutrition	53	2	54	3	- 1
Appendicitis	54	2	51	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	1	50	5	- 4
Hepatitis B	56	1	53	4	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	1	5	169	- 168
Upper Respiratory	58	0	61	1	- 1
War	59	0	68	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	0	42	9	- 9
Chlamydia	61	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	64	1	- 1
Syphilis	63	0	40	11	- 11
Tetanus	64	0	60	1	- 1
Pertussis	65	0	63	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	58	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	69	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	85	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Belarus

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.