IRELAND VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,156	1	4,762	- 606
Lung Disease	2	3,103	4	1,915	+ 1,187
Stroke	3	2,131	5	1,770	+ 362
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,048	6	1,298	- 251
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,002	45	53	+ 949
Liver Disease	6	979	19	279	+ 700
Diabetes Mellitus	7	970	16	414	+ 556
Kidney Disease	8	879	10	566	+ 313
Tuberculosis	9	815	50	23	+ 792
Road Traffic Accidents	10	731	33	153	+ 578
Stomach Cancer	11	699	17	357	+ 342
Falls	12	656	25	247	+ 409
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	618	2	3,209	- 2,591
Low Birth Weight	14	469	44	56	+ 413
Asthma	15	460	41	58	+ 402
Hypertension	16	453	29	175	+ 278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	400	46	50	+ 350
HIV/AIDS	18	343	57	9	+ 335
Birth Trauma	19	303	56	10	+ 293
Congenital Anomalies	20	297	32	153	+ 144
Lung Cancers	21	261	3	1,916	- 1,655
Oesophagus Cancer	22	259	15	419	- 160
Oral Cancer	23	255	28	183	+ 72
Other Injuries	24	252	30	171	+ 81
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	229	38	67	+ 162
Suicide	26	208	14	470	- 262
Liver Cancer	27	207	18	318	- 111
Parkinson's Disease	28	186	12	530	- 344
Cervical Cancer	29	180	35	103	+ 77
Encephalitis	30	166	66	0	+ 166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	143	7	1,095	- 952
Drownings	32	120	43	57	+ 63
Pancreas Cancer	33	118	11	530	- 412
Leukemia	34	110	20	274	- 164
Violence	35	108	47	38	+ 70
Meningitis	36	102	58	7	+ 95
Ovary Cancer	37	84	21	273	- 189
Epilepsy	38	82	36	85	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	39	65	24	249	- 184
Syphilis	40	63	68	0	+ 63
Skin Cancers	41	55	23	252	- 197
Maternal Conditions	42	54	61	3	+ 51
Breast Cancer	43	47	8	760	- 713
Fires	44	47	48	30	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	45	45	26	240	- 194
Skin Disease	46	43	42	58	- 15
Drug Use	47	41	31	167	- 126
Bladder Cancer	48	38	22	256	- 218
Alcohol	49	35	39	64	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	31	40	59	- 27
Appendicitis	51	30	60	3	+ 26
Lymphomas	52	29	13	513	- 484
Hepatitis B	53	24	59	6	+ 18
Malnutrition	54	20	63	2	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	55	20	9	585	- 565
Dengue	56	20	78	0	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	57	13	27	218	- 205
Measles	58	12	83	0	+ 12
Poisonings	59	11	53	14	- 3
Tetanus	60	8	81	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	61	6	64	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	37	83	- 77
Pertussis	63	6	67	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	52	19	- 14
Leishmaniasis	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	69	0	+ 1
War	68	1	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	34	126	- 126
Anemia	72	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	55	12	- 12
Oral conditions	76	0	62	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	78	0	51	20	- 20
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Bhutan

Ireland

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.