EL SALVADOR VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,264	1	5,814	- 550
Lung Disease	2	3,930	6	1,493	+ 2,437
Stroke	3	2,700	5	1,595	+ 1,104
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,327	4	2,418	- 1,091
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,269	27	199	+ 1,070
Liver Disease	6	1,241	10	797	+ 443
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,229	7	1,385	- 157
Kidney Disease	8	1,114	3	4,726	- 3,612
Tuberculosis	9	1,032	46	60	+ 972
Road Traffic Accidents	10	925	8	1,347	- 422
Stomach Cancer	11	885	11	702	+ 183
Falls	12	831	24	243	+ 588
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	783	18	320	+ 463
Low Birth Weight	14	594	19	317	+ 277
Asthma	15	583	35	122	+ 461
Hypertension	16	573	31	146	+ 427
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	506	65	6	+ 500
HIV/AIDS	18	435	9	842	- 408
Birth Trauma	19	384	37	121	+ 263
Congenital Anomalies	20	377	14	449	- 72
Lung Cancers	21	330	23	290	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	22	328	41	80	+ 248
Oral Cancer	23	323	39	94	+ 229
Other Injuries	24	319	38	95	+ 224
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	289	30	157	+ 132
Suicide	26	263	15	391	- 127
Liver Cancer	27	262	16	355	- 93
Parkinson's Disease	28	235	44	70	+ 166
Cervical Cancer	29	228	13	451	- 223
Encephalitis	30	210	63	7	+ 203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	181	20	315	- 134
Drownings	32	152	33	137	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	33	150	29	161	- 11
Leukemia	34	139	21	312	- 173
Violence	35	137	2	5,485	- 5,348
Meningitis	36	129	51	36	+ 94
Ovary Cancer	37	107	40	93	+ 14
Epilepsy	38	103	48	50	+ 53
Endocrine Disorders	39	82	25	223	- 140
Syphilis	40	80	58	14	+ 65
Skin Cancers	41	69	47	60	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	42	69	53	26	+ 42
Breast Cancer	43	59	22	291	- 232
Fires	44	59	54	21	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	45	57	42	78	- 20
Skin Disease	46	54	36	121	- 66
Drug Use	47	51	43	74	- 22
Bladder Cancer	48	49	49	42	+ 7
Alcohol	49	45	12	648	- 604
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	40	59	14	+ 26
Appendicitis	51	38	56	18	+ 20
Lymphomas	52	36	28	186	- 150
Hepatitis B	53	30	66	5	+ 26
Malnutrition	54	26	26	214	- 188
Prostate Cancer	55	25	17	328	- 303
Dengue	56	25	61	9	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	57	16	32	145	- 129
Measles	58	15	76	0	+ 15
Poisonings	59	14	57	15	- 1
Tetanus	60	10	60	11	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	8	62	9	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	64	7	+ 1
Pertussis	63	7	52	32	- 25
Hepatitis C	64	7	75	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	65	7	73	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	79	0	+ 1
War	68	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	50	39	- 39
Anemia	72	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	67	4	- 4
Oral conditions	76	0	68	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	78	0	69	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Bhutan

El Salvador

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.