INDIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,119,013	1	1,520,034	- 401,022
Lung Disease	2	835,448	2	879,732	- 44,285
Stroke	3	573,900	3	697,038	- 123,138
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	282,109	6	392,425	- 110,316
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	269,806	4	670,315	- 400,509
Liver Disease	6	263,727	8	268,580	- 4,853
Diabetes Mellitus	7	261,160	7	271,495	- 10,335
Kidney Disease	8	236,764	11	222,903	+ 13,862
Tuberculosis	9	219,459	5	435,882	- 216,423
Road Traffic Accidents	10	196,696	12	212,596	- 15,900
Stomach Cancer	11	188,178	24	81,058	+ 107,120
Falls	12	176,713	10	225,755	- 49,043
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	166,522	17	126,593	+ 39,929
Low Birth Weight	14	126,213	9	238,739	- 112,526
Asthma	15	123,860	13	196,051	- 72,191
Hypertension	16	121,908	19	108,050	+ 13,858
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	107,662	18	126,079	- 18,417
HIV/AIDS	18	92,397	31	44,406	+ 47,991
Birth Trauma	19	81,660	20	102,819	- 21,159
Congenital Anomalies	20	80,076	23	82,769	- 2,692
Lung Cancers	21	70,156	21	88,276	- 18,119
Oesophagus Cancer	22	69,702	34	38,898	+ 30,805
Oral Cancer	23	68,568	16	134,187	- 65,619
Other Injuries	24	67,891	15	149,570	- 81,679
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	61,527	26	68,108	- 6,581
Suicide	26	55,972	14	173,347	- 117,375
Liver Cancer	27	55,631	39	30,369	+ 25,262
Parkinson's Disease	28	50,038	32	43,398	+ 6,640
Cervical Cancer	29	48,547	30	45,319	+ 3,227
Encephalitis	30	44,644	29	48,080	- 3,437
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	38,498	25	77,368	- 38,870
Drownings	32	32,350	28	48,774	- 16,424
Pancreas Cancer	33	31,785	37	32,812	- 1,027
Leukemia	34	29,561	35	33,383	- 3,822
Violence	35	29,186	27	51,767	- 22,580
Meningitis	36	27,432	36	33,337	- 5,904
Ovary Cancer	37	22,701	44	21,947	+ 754
Epilepsy	38	21,987	40	30,307	- 8,320
Endocrine Disorders	39	17,466	47	15,264	+ 2,202
Syphilis	40	16,926	64	2,007	+ 14,919
Skin Cancers	41	14,709	60	5,054	+ 9,655
Maternal Conditions	42	14,573	41	25,917	- 11,344
Breast Cancer	43	12,615	22	82,821	- 70,205
Fires	44	12,536	42	23,265	- 10,729
Inflammatory/Heart	45	12,208	49	12,651	- 443
Skin Disease	46	11,583	45	17,857	- 6,274
Drug Use	47	10,920	52	11,747	- 827
Bladder Cancer	48	10,342	48	14,081	- 3,739
Alcohol	49	9,517	43	23,097	- 13,580
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	8,469	50	11,931	- 3,462
Appendicitis	51	8,010	53	11,245	- 3,235
Lymphomas	52	7,710	33	40,159	- 32,449
Hepatitis B	53	6,449	56	8,184	- 1,735
Malnutrition	54	5,518	55	8,626	- 3,108
Prostate Cancer	55	5,392	38	30,945	- 25,552
Dengue	56	5,284	46	17,546	- 12,262
Other Neoplasms	57	3,428	62	2,968	+ 460
Measles	58	3,266	51	11,923	- 8,657
Poisonings	59	3,027	61	3,540	- 513
Tetanus	60	2,202	58	7,093	- 4,891
Upper Respiratory	61	1,627	68	584	+ 1,043
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1,595	63	2,328	- 734
Pertussis	63	1,513	54	10,094	- 8,580
Hepatitis C	64	1,469	65	1,364	+ 105
Leishmaniasis	65	1,467	66	973	+ 494
Ascariasis	66	284	70	126	+ 157
Chlamydia	67	153	69	379	- 226
War	68	139	67	890	- 751
Otitis Media	69	78	71	68	+ 10
Diphtheria	70	30	72	65	- 34
Uterin Cancer	71	3	59	6,841	- 6,838
Anemia	72	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	57	7,705	- 7,705
Schistosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

Bhutan

India

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.