DENMARK VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,743	1	5,341	- 598
Lung Disease	2	3,541	3	4,387	- 845
Stroke	3	2,433	5	3,662	- 1,230
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,196	6	2,244	- 1,048
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,144	38	145	+ 999
Liver Disease	6	1,118	14	692	+ 426
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,107	10	1,284	- 177
Kidney Disease	8	1,004	12	911	+ 93
Tuberculosis	9	930	57	16	+ 915
Road Traffic Accidents	10	834	33	213	+ 620
Stomach Cancer	11	798	23	484	+ 314
Falls	12	749	22	541	+ 208
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	706	2	5,218	- 4,512
Low Birth Weight	14	535	41	116	+ 419
Asthma	15	525	44	82	+ 443
Hypertension	16	517	15	642	- 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	456	42	96	+ 360
HIV/AIDS	18	392	55	23	+ 369
Birth Trauma	19	346	56	21	+ 325
Congenital Anomalies	20	339	36	153	+ 186
Lung Cancers	21	297	4	3,721	- 3,424
Oesophagus Cancer	22	295	24	477	- 181
Oral Cancer	23	291	28	371	- 80
Other Injuries	24	288	30	347	- 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	261	32	216	+ 45
Suicide	26	237	16	617	- 380
Liver Cancer	27	236	25	464	- 229
Parkinson's Disease	28	212	17	600	- 388
Cervical Cancer	29	206	37	153	+ 53
Encephalitis	30	189	67	1	+ 189
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	163	7	2,147	- 1,984
Drownings	32	137	50	37	+ 100
Pancreas Cancer	33	135	11	1,096	- 961
Leukemia	34	125	20	558	- 433
Violence	35	124	47	63	+ 61
Meningitis	36	116	52	25	+ 91
Ovary Cancer	37	96	29	367	- 271
Epilepsy	38	93	40	125	- 32
Endocrine Disorders	39	74	19	575	- 501
Syphilis	40	72	70	0	+ 71
Skin Cancers	41	62	26	388	- 326
Maternal Conditions	42	62	64	2	+ 60
Breast Cancer	43	53	9	1,299	- 1,245
Fires	44	53	49	53	+ 0
Inflammatory/Heart	45	52	31	284	- 233
Skin Disease	46	49	45	79	- 30
Drug Use	47	46	34	197	- 150
Bladder Cancer	48	44	21	545	- 502
Alcohol	49	40	18	598	- 558
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	36	43	84	- 49
Appendicitis	51	34	54	23	+ 11
Lymphomas	52	33	13	730	- 697
Hepatitis B	53	27	61	6	+ 21
Malnutrition	54	23	59	14	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	55	23	8	1,480	- 1,457
Dengue	56	22	83	0	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	57	15	27	378	- 363
Measles	58	14	71	0	+ 14
Poisonings	59	13	62	6	+ 7
Tetanus	60	9	68	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	61	7	58	15	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	39	132	- 125
Pertussis	63	6	72	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	6	60	9	- 2
Leishmaniasis	65	6	78	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	69	0	+ 0
War	68	1	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	35	156	- 156
Anemia	72	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	48	57	- 57
Oral conditions	76	0	63	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	78	0	51	25	- 25
Trichuriasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.