GREECE VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,307	1	21,124	- 12,817
Lung Disease	2	6,202	5	5,526	+ 676
Stroke	3	4,261	2	14,077	- 9,817
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,094	3	8,282	- 6,188
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,003	44	95	+ 1,908
Liver Disease	6	1,958	23	809	+ 1,149
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,939	20	1,266	+ 673
Kidney Disease	8	1,758	6	4,759	- 3,001
Tuberculosis	9	1,629	46	66	+ 1,563
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,460	22	870	+ 590
Stomach Cancer	11	1,397	16	1,535	- 138
Falls	12	1,312	21	1,245	+ 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,236	7	3,940	- 2,703
Low Birth Weight	14	937	41	127	+ 810
Asthma	15	920	55	27	+ 892
Hypertension	16	905	9	2,922	- 2,017
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	799	43	100	+ 699
HIV/AIDS	18	686	50	47	+ 639
Birth Trauma	19	606	57	17	+ 589
Congenital Anomalies	20	594	38	174	+ 420
Lung Cancers	21	521	4	7,355	- 6,835
Oesophagus Cancer	22	517	35	246	+ 272
Oral Cancer	23	509	30	440	+ 69
Other Injuries	24	504	17	1,453	- 949
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	457	26	611	- 154
Suicide	26	416	28	533	- 117
Liver Cancer	27	413	14	1,566	- 1,153
Parkinson's Disease	28	371	10	2,646	- 2,274
Cervical Cancer	29	360	36	243	+ 117
Encephalitis	30	331	67	1	+ 331
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	286	8	3,264	- 2,978
Drownings	32	240	32	435	- 195
Pancreas Cancer	33	236	13	1,904	- 1,668
Leukemia	34	219	18	1,354	- 1,134
Violence	35	217	42	104	+ 113
Meningitis	36	204	53	33	+ 170
Ovary Cancer	37	169	27	557	- 389
Epilepsy	38	163	34	249	- 86
Endocrine Disorders	39	130	29	526	- 396
Syphilis	40	126	65	1	+ 125
Skin Cancers	41	109	31	438	- 329
Maternal Conditions	42	108	61	2	+ 106
Breast Cancer	43	94	11	2,520	- 2,427
Fires	44	93	39	146	- 53
Inflammatory/Heart	45	91	24	725	- 634
Skin Disease	46	86	47	56	+ 30
Drug Use	47	81	37	193	- 112
Bladder Cancer	48	77	15	1,551	- 1,474
Alcohol	49	71	49	50	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	63	45	67	- 4
Appendicitis	51	59	58	9	+ 50
Lymphomas	52	57	19	1,268	- 1,211
Hepatitis B	53	48	48	56	- 8
Malnutrition	54	41	66	1	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	55	40	12	2,023	- 1,983
Dengue	56	39	71	0	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	57	25	25	679	- 653
Measles	58	24	68	0	+ 24
Poisonings	59	22	56	19	+ 3
Tetanus	60	16	62	2	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	61	12	59	8	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	12	40	135	- 123
Pertussis	63	11	69	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	11	52	38	- 28
Leishmaniasis	65	11	60	4	+ 7
Ascariasis	66	2	73	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	67	1	80	0	+ 1
War	68	1	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	33	373	- 372
Anemia	72	0	51	47	- 47
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	54	27	- 27
Oral conditions	76	0	63	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

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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.