EQU. GUINEA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,426	7	419	+ 1,007
Lung Disease	2	1,065	20	120	+ 944
Stroke	3	731	6	437	+ 294
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	360	2	913	- 553
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	344	9	349	- 5
Liver Disease	6	336	13	199	+ 137
Diabetes Mellitus	7	333	11	299	+ 34
Kidney Disease	8	302	14	198	+ 103
Tuberculosis	9	280	10	321	- 41
Road Traffic Accidents	10	251	8	368	- 118
Stomach Cancer	11	240	49	16	+ 224
Falls	12	225	32	46	+ 180
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	212	29	55	+ 157
Low Birth Weight	14	161	4	457	- 296
Asthma	15	158	26	65	+ 93
Hypertension	16	155	16	165	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	137	50	14	+ 123
HIV/AIDS	18	118	1	1,838	- 1,721
Birth Trauma	19	104	5	441	- 337
Congenital Anomalies	20	102	12	249	- 147
Lung Cancers	21	89	41	27	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	22	89	54	12	+ 77
Oral Cancer	23	87	37	35	+ 53
Other Injuries	24	87	23	105	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	78	43	22	+ 57
Suicide	26	71	22	107	- 36
Liver Cancer	27	71	34	43	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	28	64	46	18	+ 46
Cervical Cancer	29	62	28	56	+ 6
Encephalitis	30	57	57	8	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	49	40	29	+ 20
Drownings	32	41	36	39	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	33	41	55	11	+ 29
Leukemia	34	38	61	4	+ 34
Violence	35	37	33	45	- 8
Meningitis	36	35	19	127	- 92
Ovary Cancer	37	29	52	13	+ 16
Epilepsy	38	28	38	32	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	39	22	25	73	- 51
Syphilis	40	22	18	134	- 112
Skin Cancers	41	19	48	16	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	42	19	17	139	- 120
Breast Cancer	43	16	24	84	- 68
Fires	44	16	39	30	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	45	16	27	63	- 48
Skin Disease	46	15	51	13	+ 2
Drug Use	47	14	30	50	- 36
Bladder Cancer	48	13	56	9	+ 5
Alcohol	49	12	53	12	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	11	62	4	+ 7
Appendicitis	51	10	59	6	+ 5
Lymphomas	52	10	45	19	- 10
Hepatitis B	53	8	65	3	+ 5
Malnutrition	54	7	31	48	- 41
Prostate Cancer	55	7	35	43	- 36
Dengue	56	7	73	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	57	4	63	3	+ 1
Measles	58	4	15	181	- 177
Poisonings	59	4	44	21	- 17
Tetanus	60	3	42	23	- 20
Upper Respiratory	61	2	66	2	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	1	+ 1
Pertussis	63	2	21	109	- 107
Hepatitis C	64	2	69	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
War	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	64	3	- 3
Uterin Cancer	71	0	58	8	- 8
Anemia	72	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	3	668	- 668
Schistosomiasis	82	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	47	16	- 16
Leprosy	85	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Bhutan

Equ. Guinea

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.