ESTONIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	948	1	3,009	- 2,061
Lung Disease	2	708	13	229	+ 479
Stroke	3	486	3	1,116	- 630
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	239	6	349	- 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	229	53	8	+ 220
Liver Disease	6	223	7	328	- 105
Diabetes Mellitus	7	221	19	146	+ 75
Kidney Disease	8	201	17	176	+ 24
Tuberculosis	9	186	47	16	+ 169
Road Traffic Accidents	10	167	35	59	+ 107
Stomach Cancer	11	159	9	290	- 130
Falls	12	150	24	119	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	141	12	229	- 88
Low Birth Weight	14	107	55	7	+ 100
Asthma	15	105	44	24	+ 81
Hypertension	16	103	2	2,700	- 2,597
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	91	45	22	+ 70
HIV/AIDS	18	78	39	40	+ 38
Birth Trauma	19	69	57	5	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	20	68	43	25	+ 43
Lung Cancers	21	59	4	657	- 598
Oesophagus Cancer	22	59	27	99	- 39
Oral Cancer	23	58	25	110	- 52
Other Injuries	24	58	20	141	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	52	36	55	- 3
Suicide	26	47	16	197	- 150
Liver Cancer	27	47	26	107	- 60
Parkinson's Disease	28	42	29	82	- 40
Cervical Cancer	29	41	32	68	- 26
Encephalitis	30	38	63	0	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	33	5	527	- 494
Drownings	32	27	40	30	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	33	27	10	268	- 241
Leukemia	34	25	22	126	- 101
Violence	35	25	42	28	- 4
Meningitis	36	23	54	7	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	37	19	28	87	- 68
Epilepsy	38	19	37	45	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	39	15	33	66	- 51
Syphilis	40	14	62	1	+ 13
Skin Cancers	41	12	30	79	- 66
Maternal Conditions	42	12	61	1	+ 11
Breast Cancer	43	11	11	260	- 249
Fires	44	11	38	41	- 30
Inflammatory/Heart	45	10	14	217	- 207
Skin Disease	46	10	41	29	- 19
Drug Use	47	9	31	75	- 66
Bladder Cancer	48	9	21	126	- 117
Alcohol	49	8	18	148	- 140
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	46	17	- 10
Appendicitis	51	7	59	2	+ 5
Lymphomas	52	7	15	213	- 206
Hepatitis B	53	5	65	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	54	5	79	0	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	55	5	8	298	- 294
Dengue	56	4	75	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	3	23	123	- 120
Measles	58	3	84	0	+ 3
Poisonings	59	3	52	8	- 6
Tetanus	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	48	16	- 15
Pertussis	63	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	58	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	78	0	+ 0
War	68	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	34	60	- 60
Anemia	72	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	56	6	- 6
Oral conditions	76	0	60	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	78	0	50	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.