BARBADOS VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	242	2	358	- 116
Lung Disease	2	180	12	74	+ 106
Stroke	3	124	1	384	- 261
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	61	4	221	- 160
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	58	40	7	+ 51
Liver Disease	6	57	26	23	+ 34
Diabetes Mellitus	7	56	3	260	- 204
Kidney Disease	8	51	10	92	- 41
Tuberculosis	9	47	60	1	+ 46
Road Traffic Accidents	10	42	25	23	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	11	41	22	28	+ 13
Falls	12	38	41	7	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	36	7	114	- 78
Low Birth Weight	14	27	42	5	+ 22
Asthma	15	27	35	13	+ 14
Hypertension	16	26	13	72	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	23	55	1	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	18	20	21	28	- 8
Birth Trauma	19	18	43	5	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	20	17	29	18	- 1
Lung Cancers	21	15	16	43	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	22	15	36	12	+ 4
Oral Cancer	23	15	28	18	- 3
Other Injuries	24	15	11	79	- 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	13	34	14	- 1
Suicide	26	12	51	2	+ 10
Liver Cancer	27	12	33	14	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	28	11	31	16	- 6
Cervical Cancer	29	10	23	28	- 17
Encephalitis	30	10	82	0	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	8	6	115	- 107
Drownings	32	7	57	1	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	33	7	18	39	- 32
Leukemia	34	6	20	29	- 23
Violence	35	6	19	32	- 26
Meningitis	36	6	45	4	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	37	5	32	16	- 11
Epilepsy	38	5	38	9	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	39	4	9	93	- 90
Syphilis	40	4	64	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	41	3	47	4	- 1
Maternal Conditions	42	3	56	1	+ 2
Breast Cancer	43	3	8	95	- 92
Fires	44	3	62	1	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	45	3	17	39	- 36
Skin Disease	46	3	14	62	- 60
Drug Use	47	2	53	1	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	48	2	39	9	- 7
Alcohol	49	2	46	4	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	2	44	5	- 3
Appendicitis	51	2	65	0	+ 1
Lymphomas	52	2	15	51	- 49
Hepatitis B	53	1	52	2	- 0
Malnutrition	54	1	49	2	- 1
Prostate Cancer	55	1	5	165	- 164
Dengue	56	1	54	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	57	1	24	26	- 25
Measles	58	1	68	0	+ 1
Poisonings	59	1	48	2	- 1
Tetanus	60	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	0	58	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	0	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	81	0	+ 0
War	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	27	21	- 21
Anemia	72	0	37	11	- 11
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	59	1	- 1
Oral conditions	76	0	63	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	30	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	78	0	50	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

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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.