BHUTAN VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	614	4	177	+ 437
Malaria	2	424	81	0	+ 424
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	411	5	169	+ 242
Stroke	4	352	3	360	- 8
Coronary Heart Disease	5	325	1	702	- 378
Low Birth Weight	6	295	14	79	+ 216
Birth Trauma	7	238	19	51	+ 186
Road Traffic Accidents	8	190	10	123	+ 67
Liver Disease	9	147	6	166	- 18
Congenital Anomalies	10	136	20	50	+ 86
HIV/AIDS	11	136	18	58	+ 78
Meningitis	12	118	36	17	+ 101
Kidney Disease	13	116	8	149	- 33
Diabetes Mellitus	14	115	7	164	- 49
Other Injuries	15	92	24	43	+ 50
Endocrine Disorders	16	88	39	11	+ 77
Lung Disease	17	73	2	524	- 451
Pertussis	18	70	63	1	+ 69
Hypertension	19	66	16	77	- 11
Maternal Conditions	20	63	42	9	+ 53
Malnutrition	21	56	54	3	+ 52
Suicide	22	55	26	35	+ 20
Tuberculosis	23	55	9	138	- 82
Asthma	24	54	15	78	- 24
Prostate Cancer	25	52	55	3	+ 49
Measles	26	47	58	2	+ 45
Breast Cancer	27	47	43	8	+ 39
Violence	28	44	35	18	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	43	13	105	- 61
Cervical Cancer	30	40	29	30	+ 10
Drownings	31	34	32	20	+ 14
Falls	32	33	12	111	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	33	28	45	8	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	27	25	39	- 12
Fires	35	26	44	8	+ 18
Lymphomas	36	23	52	5	+ 18
Epilepsy	37	22	38	14	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	38	22	11	118	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	39	20	22	44	- 24
Liver Cancer	40	19	27	35	- 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	19	31	24	- 5
Poisonings	42	18	59	2	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	43	13	28	31	- 19
Drug Use	44	12	47	7	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	12	17	68	- 56
Leukemia	46	12	34	19	- 7
Schistosomiasis	47	11	82	0	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	48	11	33	20	- 9
Oral Cancer	49	9	23	43	- 34
Tetanus	50	9	60	1	+ 8
Syphilis	51	9	40	11	- 2
Skin Disease	52	9	46	7	+ 1
Hepatitis B	53	9	53	4	+ 5
Skin Cancers	54	6	41	9	- 3
Uterin Cancer	55	6	71	0	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	56	5	37	14	- 9
Encephalitis	57	5	30	28	- 23
Alcohol	58	5	49	6	- 1
Lung Cancers	59	4	21	44	- 40
Appendicitis	60	3	51	5	- 2
Bladder Cancer	61	3	48	6	- 4
Ascariasis	62	2	66	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	57	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	62	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	50	5	- 5
Diphtheria	68	1	70	0	+ 1
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	86	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	1	- 1
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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

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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.