COSTA RICA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,181	1	2,639	+ 1,542
Lung Disease	2	3,122	4	1,046	+ 2,075
Stroke	3	2,145	2	1,624	+ 520
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,054	7	836	+ 219
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,008	39	87	+ 921
Liver Disease	6	985	18	370	+ 616
Diabetes Mellitus	7	976	5	953	+ 22
Kidney Disease	8	885	3	1,482	- 597
Tuberculosis	9	820	50	32	+ 788
Road Traffic Accidents	10	735	9	746	- 11
Stomach Cancer	11	703	10	661	+ 43
Falls	12	660	35	116	+ 544
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	622	8	818	- 196
Low Birth Weight	14	472	28	178	+ 294
Asthma	15	463	45	60	+ 402
Hypertension	16	456	6	863	- 408
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	402	49	32	+ 370
HIV/AIDS	18	345	25	192	+ 153
Birth Trauma	19	305	47	48	+ 257
Congenital Anomalies	20	299	21	315	- 16
Lung Cancers	21	262	20	343	- 81
Oesophagus Cancer	22	260	44	61	+ 200
Oral Cancer	23	256	38	96	+ 160
Other Injuries	24	254	13	571	- 317
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	230	42	74	+ 156
Suicide	26	209	15	407	- 198
Liver Cancer	27	208	17	382	- 174
Parkinson's Disease	28	187	30	138	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	29	181	29	159	+ 22
Encephalitis	30	167	63	3	+ 164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	144	12	621	- 477
Drownings	32	121	37	97	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	33	119	22	294	- 175
Leukemia	34	110	24	262	- 151
Violence	35	109	11	635	- 526
Meningitis	36	103	54	18	+ 85
Ovary Cancer	37	85	40	80	+ 4
Epilepsy	38	82	34	116	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	39	65	27	183	- 118
Syphilis	40	63	65	1	+ 62
Skin Cancers	41	55	31	137	- 82
Maternal Conditions	42	54	55	17	+ 37
Breast Cancer	43	47	16	384	- 337
Fires	44	47	58	10	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	45	46	26	191	- 146
Skin Disease	46	43	32	126	- 83
Drug Use	47	41	43	63	- 22
Bladder Cancer	48	39	36	100	- 61
Alcohol	49	36	33	126	- 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	32	46	55	- 23
Appendicitis	51	30	52	22	+ 8
Lymphomas	52	29	19	356	- 327
Hepatitis B	53	24	59	7	+ 17
Malnutrition	54	21	48	37	- 16
Prostate Cancer	55	20	14	448	- 428
Dengue	56	20	70	0	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	57	13	23	266	- 253
Measles	58	12	75	0	+ 12
Poisonings	59	11	60	5	+ 6
Tetanus	60	8	74	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	61	6	62	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	57	11	- 5
Pertussis	63	6	69	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	64	1	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	65	5	72	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	41	80	- 80
Anemia	72	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	53	21	- 21
Oral conditions	76	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	78	0	61	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.