LATVIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,430	1	8,099	- 6,669
Lung Disease	2	1,068	18	346	+ 722
Stroke	3	734	2	5,893	- 5,159
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	361	9	501	- 141
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	345	54	14	+ 331
Liver Disease	6	337	15	365	- 28
Diabetes Mellitus	7	334	8	529	- 196
Kidney Disease	8	303	17	356	- 54
Tuberculosis	9	281	40	71	+ 209
Road Traffic Accidents	10	251	27	154	+ 98
Stomach Cancer	11	241	11	470	- 229
Falls	12	226	23	201	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	213	7	664	- 451
Low Birth Weight	14	161	56	11	+ 150
Asthma	15	158	46	42	+ 117
Hypertension	16	156	3	1,194	- 1,038
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	138	47	41	+ 97
HIV/AIDS	18	118	39	74	+ 44
Birth Trauma	19	104	55	12	+ 93
Congenital Anomalies	20	102	43	46	+ 56
Lung Cancers	21	90	4	956	- 867
Oesophagus Cancer	22	89	32	131	- 42
Oral Cancer	23	88	22	214	- 126
Other Injuries	24	87	16	362	- 276
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	79	31	142	- 63
Suicide	26	72	14	384	- 312
Liver Cancer	27	71	26	157	- 86
Parkinson's Disease	28	64	35	125	- 62
Cervical Cancer	29	62	33	128	- 66
Encephalitis	30	57	69	0	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	49	6	722	- 673
Drownings	32	41	34	127	- 85
Pancreas Cancer	33	41	13	436	- 396
Leukemia	34	38	25	186	- 148
Violence	35	37	37	94	- 57
Meningitis	36	35	52	15	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	37	29	24	196	- 167
Epilepsy	38	28	45	44	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	39	22	41	59	- 37
Syphilis	40	22	65	1	+ 20
Skin Cancers	41	19	30	144	- 126
Maternal Conditions	42	19	60	5	+ 14
Breast Cancer	43	16	10	472	- 456
Fires	44	16	36	103	- 87
Inflammatory/Heart	45	16	5	921	- 905
Skin Disease	46	15	38	76	- 62
Drug Use	47	14	48	41	- 27
Bladder Cancer	48	13	20	228	- 215
Alcohol	49	12	21	227	- 215
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	11	51	20	- 9
Appendicitis	51	10	59	5	+ 5
Lymphomas	52	10	19	245	- 236
Hepatitis B	53	8	63	3	+ 5
Malnutrition	54	7	64	2	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	55	7	12	464	- 457
Dengue	56	7	83	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	57	4	28	153	- 148
Measles	58	4	72	0	+ 4
Poisonings	59	4	49	23	- 19
Tetanus	60	3	71	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	50	20	- 18
Pertussis	63	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	42	53	- 51
Leishmaniasis	65	2	77	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	71	0	29	148	- 148
Anemia	72	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	57	7	- 7
Oral conditions	76	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	78	0	58	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

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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.