GUATEMALA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,497	1	9,825	+ 4,672
Lung Disease	2	10,823	13	1,901	+ 8,922
Stroke	3	7,435	6	4,849	+ 2,586
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,655	2	9,245	- 5,591
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,495	9	2,617	+ 878
Liver Disease	6	3,417	5	5,684	- 2,268
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,383	3	6,932	- 3,549
Kidney Disease	8	3,067	4	6,277	- 3,209
Tuberculosis	9	2,843	37	301	+ 2,542
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,548	8	4,026	- 1,478
Stomach Cancer	11	2,438	17	1,570	+ 867
Falls	12	2,289	20	1,371	+ 918
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,157	12	1,957	+ 200
Low Birth Weight	14	1,635	16	1,658	- 23
Asthma	15	1,605	36	335	+ 1,270
Hypertension	16	1,579	26	679	+ 900
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,395	54	62	+ 1,333
HIV/AIDS	18	1,197	21	1,173	+ 24
Birth Trauma	19	1,058	19	1,466	- 408
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,037	18	1,517	- 479
Lung Cancers	21	909	35	391	+ 518
Oesophagus Cancer	22	903	48	144	+ 759
Oral Cancer	23	888	49	142	+ 746
Other Injuries	24	880	10	2,466	- 1,586
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	797	23	1,029	- 232
Suicide	26	725	22	1,039	- 314
Liver Cancer	27	721	15	1,765	- 1,045
Parkinson's Disease	28	648	34	393	+ 256
Cervical Cancer	29	629	25	808	- 179
Encephalitis	30	578	51	104	+ 475
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	499	31	464	+ 35
Drownings	32	419	32	463	- 44
Pancreas Cancer	33	412	38	282	+ 130
Leukemia	34	383	27	601	- 218
Violence	35	378	7	4,411	- 4,033
Meningitis	36	355	41	271	+ 84
Ovary Cancer	37	294	50	133	+ 161
Epilepsy	38	285	33	463	- 178
Endocrine Disorders	39	226	29	486	- 259
Syphilis	40	219	64	3	+ 216
Skin Cancers	41	191	46	195	- 5
Maternal Conditions	42	189	30	468	- 280
Breast Cancer	43	163	28	495	- 332
Fires	44	162	45	207	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	45	158	44	225	- 67
Skin Disease	46	150	42	232	- 82
Drug Use	47	141	40	272	- 130
Bladder Cancer	48	134	55	57	+ 76
Alcohol	49	123	14	1,799	- 1,676
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	110	52	82	+ 28
Appendicitis	51	104	47	164	- 60
Lymphomas	52	100	43	229	- 129
Hepatitis B	53	84	65	2	+ 81
Malnutrition	54	71	11	1,981	- 1,909
Prostate Cancer	55	70	24	846	- 776
Dengue	56	68	58	33	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	57	44	56	42	+ 2
Measles	58	42	72	0	+ 42
Poisonings	59	39	39	275	- 236
Tetanus	60	29	62	10	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	61	21	57	34	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	62	21	60	21	- 0
Pertussis	63	20	53	70	- 50
Hepatitis C	64	19	66	2	+ 17
Leishmaniasis	65	19	69	1	+ 18
Ascariasis	66	4	63	7	- 3
Chlamydia	67	2	67	2	- 0
War	68	2	68	2	- 0
Otitis Media	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	59	27	- 27
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Bhutan

Guatemala

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.