GAMBIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,004	3	1,007	+ 997
Lung Disease	2	1,496	19	206	+ 1,290
Stroke	3	1,028	4	802	+ 225
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	505	1	1,340	- 835
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	483	9	626	- 143
Liver Disease	6	472	14	323	+ 149
Diabetes Mellitus	7	468	15	290	+ 178
Kidney Disease	8	424	16	266	+ 158
Tuberculosis	9	393	10	445	- 52
Road Traffic Accidents	10	352	6	695	- 343
Stomach Cancer	11	337	47	14	+ 323
Falls	12	316	29	83	+ 234
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	298	28	89	+ 209
Low Birth Weight	14	226	8	662	- 436
Asthma	15	222	24	134	+ 88
Hypertension	16	218	22	172	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	193	41	24	+ 169
HIV/AIDS	18	165	2	1,125	- 959
Birth Trauma	19	146	5	754	- 608
Congenital Anomalies	20	143	11	383	- 240
Lung Cancers	21	126	38	34	+ 92
Oesophagus Cancer	22	125	54	5	+ 119
Oral Cancer	23	123	71	0	+ 123
Other Injuries	24	122	21	194	- 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	110	33	56	+ 54
Suicide	26	100	25	113	- 12
Liver Cancer	27	100	12	377	- 277
Parkinson's Disease	28	90	37	34	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	29	87	23	145	- 58
Encephalitis	30	80	48	14	+ 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	69	52	11	+ 58
Drownings	32	58	30	69	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	33	57	53	6	+ 51
Leukemia	34	53	59	2	+ 51
Violence	35	52	20	195	- 143
Meningitis	36	49	18	229	- 180
Ovary Cancer	37	41	61	2	+ 39
Epilepsy	38	39	35	43	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	39	31	17	230	- 199
Syphilis	40	30	34	55	- 24
Skin Cancers	41	26	68	0	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	42	26	13	345	- 319
Breast Cancer	43	23	40	26	- 4
Fires	44	22	31	67	- 44
Inflammatory/Heart	45	22	32	59	- 37
Skin Disease	46	21	44	19	+ 2
Drug Use	47	20	39	28	- 8
Bladder Cancer	48	19	56	4	+ 14
Alcohol	49	17	50	12	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	15	62	2	+ 13
Appendicitis	51	14	55	5	+ 10
Lymphomas	52	14	51	12	+ 2
Hepatitis B	53	12	46	14	- 2
Malnutrition	54	10	26	110	- 100
Prostate Cancer	55	10	43	21	- 11
Dengue	56	9	73	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	57	6	57	3	+ 3
Measles	58	6	49	13	- 8
Poisonings	59	5	36	42	- 37
Tetanus	60	4	45	18	- 14
Upper Respiratory	61	3	64	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	58	3	+ 0
Pertussis	63	3	27	99	- 96
Hepatitis C	64	3	65	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	3	60	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	66	1	- 1
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	82	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

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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.