BOTSWANA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,946	3	1,632	+ 314
Lung Disease	2	1,453	10	482	+ 971
Stroke	3	998	4	1,588	- 590
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	491	2	1,674	- 1,183
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	469	8	527	- 58
Liver Disease	6	459	12	459	- 0
Diabetes Mellitus	7	454	5	1,273	- 818
Kidney Disease	8	412	9	506	- 95
Tuberculosis	9	382	6	649	- 267
Road Traffic Accidents	10	342	7	608	- 266
Stomach Cancer	11	327	53	10	+ 317
Falls	12	307	34	62	+ 246
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	290	23	164	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	14	220	13	447	- 228
Asthma	15	215	18	232	- 17
Hypertension	16	212	11	471	- 259
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	187	43	37	+ 150
HIV/AIDS	18	161	1	4,950	- 4,789
Birth Trauma	19	142	17	261	- 119
Congenital Anomalies	20	139	16	287	- 148
Lung Cancers	21	122	39	45	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	22	121	28	103	+ 19
Oral Cancer	23	119	32	70	+ 49
Other Injuries	24	118	19	216	- 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	107	29	90	+ 17
Suicide	26	97	15	370	- 273
Liver Cancer	27	97	35	57	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	28	87	38	47	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	29	84	22	164	- 80
Encephalitis	30	78	59	7	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	67	47	28	+ 39
Drownings	32	56	30	83	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	33	55	50	16	+ 39
Leukemia	34	51	51	13	+ 38
Violence	35	51	14	389	- 338
Meningitis	36	48	25	108	- 61
Ovary Cancer	37	39	49	19	+ 20
Epilepsy	38	38	36	56	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	39	30	27	103	- 72
Syphilis	40	29	44	36	- 7
Skin Cancers	41	26	37	52	- 26
Maternal Conditions	42	25	24	118	- 92
Breast Cancer	43	22	33	68	- 46
Fires	44	22	26	108	- 87
Inflammatory/Heart	45	21	20	177	- 156
Skin Disease	46	20	46	30	- 10
Drug Use	47	19	48	26	- 7
Bladder Cancer	48	18	60	6	+ 12
Alcohol	49	17	45	31	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	15	52	11	+ 4
Appendicitis	51	14	57	8	+ 6
Lymphomas	52	13	31	77	- 63
Hepatitis B	53	11	62	6	+ 5
Malnutrition	54	10	21	171	- 161
Prostate Cancer	55	9	41	45	- 35
Dengue	56	9	76	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	57	6	55	9	- 3
Measles	58	6	68	0	+ 5
Poisonings	59	5	42	42	- 37
Tetanus	60	4	61	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	3	58	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	3	- 0
Pertussis	63	3	40	45	- 42
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	3	79	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	1	- 0
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	56	9	- 9
Anemia	72	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	82	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

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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.