JAMAICA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,242	3	1,726	+ 516
Lung Disease	2	1,674	11	452	+ 1,222
Stroke	3	1,150	1	2,415	- 1,265
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	565	15	393	+ 172
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	541	42	35	+ 506
Liver Disease	6	528	21	155	+ 374
Diabetes Mellitus	7	523	2	2,077	- 1,554
Kidney Disease	8	474	6	793	- 319
Tuberculosis	9	440	54	8	+ 432
Road Traffic Accidents	10	394	12	444	- 50
Stomach Cancer	11	377	19	231	+ 147
Falls	12	354	33	82	+ 272
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	334	9	587	- 254
Low Birth Weight	14	253	18	241	+ 12
Asthma	15	248	36	65	+ 183
Hypertension	16	244	8	651	- 406
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	216	44	27	+ 189
HIV/AIDS	18	185	7	757	- 572
Birth Trauma	19	164	37	65	+ 99
Congenital Anomalies	20	160	23	139	+ 22
Lung Cancers	21	141	10	472	- 332
Oesophagus Cancer	22	140	34	74	+ 66
Oral Cancer	23	137	39	59	+ 79
Other Injuries	24	136	31	91	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	123	32	82	+ 41
Suicide	26	112	35	70	+ 42
Liver Cancer	27	111	29	101	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	28	100	25	132	- 32
Cervical Cancer	29	97	16	358	- 261
Encephalitis	30	89	49	13	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	77	13	436	- 359
Drownings	32	65	51	10	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	33	64	27	119	- 55
Leukemia	34	59	26	129	- 70
Violence	35	58	4	1,484	- 1,426
Meningitis	36	55	47	16	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	37	45	30	97	- 51
Epilepsy	38	44	41	46	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	39	35	20	176	- 141
Syphilis	40	34	60	1	+ 33
Skin Cancers	41	29	52	10	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	42	29	43	35	- 5
Breast Cancer	43	25	14	413	- 388
Fires	44	25	46	16	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	45	24	24	133	- 109
Skin Disease	46	23	22	145	- 122
Drug Use	47	22	48	13	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	48	21	38	60	- 39
Alcohol	49	19	55	7	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	17	50	11	+ 6
Appendicitis	51	16	53	9	+ 7
Lymphomas	52	15	17	251	- 235
Hepatitis B	53	13	59	1	+ 12
Malnutrition	54	11	40	48	- 37
Prostate Cancer	55	11	5	883	- 873
Dengue	56	11	58	1	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	57	7	45	19	- 12
Measles	58	7	77	0	+ 7
Poisonings	59	6	57	2	+ 4
Tetanus	60	4	63	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	61	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	56	3	- 0
Pertussis	63	3	67	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
War	68	0	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	28	106	- 106
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	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.