GABON VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,950	3	1,019	+ 931
Lung Disease	2	1,456	16	215	+ 1,240
Stroke	3	1,000	5	896	+ 104
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	492	4	966	- 474
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	470	14	318	+ 152
Liver Disease	6	459	10	416	+ 43
Diabetes Mellitus	7	455	6	643	- 188
Kidney Disease	8	413	12	384	+ 29
Tuberculosis	9	382	1	1,819	- 1,437
Road Traffic Accidents	10	343	8	518	- 176
Stomach Cancer	11	328	48	32	+ 295
Falls	12	308	30	84	+ 223
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	290	19	152	+ 139
Low Birth Weight	14	220	9	494	- 275
Asthma	15	216	28	90	+ 125
Hypertension	16	212	11	412	- 200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	188	54	20	+ 168
HIV/AIDS	18	161	2	1,128	- 967
Birth Trauma	19	142	13	362	- 220
Congenital Anomalies	20	140	15	285	- 146
Lung Cancers	21	122	29	87	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	22	121	44	35	+ 87
Oral Cancer	23	119	34	69	+ 50
Other Injuries	24	118	22	140	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	107	41	36	+ 71
Suicide	26	98	18	183	- 85
Liver Cancer	27	97	35	53	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	28	87	36	47	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	29	85	26	96	- 12
Encephalitis	30	78	60	7	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	67	37	43	+ 24
Drownings	32	56	38	42	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	33	55	53	21	+ 35
Leukemia	34	52	57	17	+ 35
Violence	35	51	17	184	- 133
Meningitis	36	48	23	113	- 65
Ovary Cancer	37	40	51	27	+ 13
Epilepsy	38	38	40	37	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	39	30	25	98	- 68
Syphilis	40	29	47	33	- 3
Skin Cancers	41	26	46	34	- 8
Maternal Conditions	42	25	21	145	- 120
Breast Cancer	43	22	27	92	- 70
Fires	44	22	39	39	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	45	21	24	101	- 80
Skin Disease	46	20	52	22	- 1
Drug Use	47	19	45	34	- 15
Bladder Cancer	48	18	43	35	- 17
Alcohol	49	17	56	19	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	15	63	6	+ 9
Appendicitis	51	14	61	7	+ 7
Lymphomas	52	13	49	32	- 18
Hepatitis B	53	11	62	7	+ 5
Malnutrition	54	10	33	78	- 68
Prostate Cancer	55	9	32	80	- 70
Dengue	56	9	73	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	57	6	64	5	+ 1
Measles	58	6	20	146	- 140
Poisonings	59	5	50	28	- 23
Tetanus	60	4	59	8	- 5
Upper Respiratory	61	3	66	3	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	67	2	+ 1
Pertussis	63	3	31	81	- 79
Hepatitis C	64	3	68	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	3	76	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	71	0	- 0
War	68	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	55	19	- 19
Anemia	72	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	540	- 540
Schistosomiasis	82	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	42	35	- 35
Leprosy	85	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.