LESOTHO VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,769	5	2,101	- 332
Lung Disease	2	1,321	9	1,102	+ 219
Stroke	3	907	3	2,817	- 1,910
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	446	2	3,214	- 2,768
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	427	4	2,354	- 1,928
Liver Disease	6	417	14	792	- 375
Diabetes Mellitus	7	413	6	2,000	- 1,587
Kidney Disease	8	374	10	1,015	- 640
Tuberculosis	9	347	8	1,208	- 861
Road Traffic Accidents	10	311	16	678	- 368
Stomach Cancer	11	297	60	11	+ 287
Falls	12	279	31	128	+ 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	263	29	194	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	14	200	12	957	- 757
Asthma	15	196	17	678	- 482
Hypertension	16	193	11	990	- 797
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	170	32	126	+ 45
HIV/AIDS	18	146	1	4,767	- 4,621
Birth Trauma	19	129	15	717	- 588
Congenital Anomalies	20	127	19	389	- 263
Lung Cancers	21	111	43	51	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	22	110	37	73	+ 37
Oral Cancer	23	108	42	52	+ 57
Other Injuries	24	107	18	533	- 425
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	97	25	279	- 181
Suicide	26	88	7	1,539	- 1,451
Liver Cancer	27	88	39	71	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	28	79	41	55	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	29	77	20	372	- 296
Encephalitis	30	71	57	14	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	61	48	40	+ 21
Drownings	32	51	28	200	- 149
Pancreas Cancer	33	50	58	12	+ 38
Leukemia	34	47	49	39	+ 8
Violence	35	46	13	924	- 878
Meningitis	36	43	22	318	- 274
Ovary Cancer	37	36	53	24	+ 11
Epilepsy	38	35	30	143	- 109
Endocrine Disorders	39	28	27	235	- 207
Syphilis	40	27	45	50	- 24
Skin Cancers	41	23	46	46	- 23
Maternal Conditions	42	23	24	292	- 269
Breast Cancer	43	20	34	97	- 77
Fires	44	20	26	269	- 249
Inflammatory/Heart	45	19	23	305	- 286
Skin Disease	46	18	40	70	- 52
Drug Use	47	17	50	32	- 14
Bladder Cancer	48	16	61	10	+ 7
Alcohol	49	15	38	71	- 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	13	56	18	- 5
Appendicitis	51	13	52	25	- 12
Lymphomas	52	12	36	78	- 66
Hepatitis B	53	10	51	27	- 17
Malnutrition	54	9	21	357	- 348
Prostate Cancer	55	9	35	81	- 72
Dengue	56	8	70	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	57	5	62	9	- 4
Measles	58	5	59	12	- 7
Poisonings	59	5	33	111	- 106
Tetanus	60	3	47	45	- 42
Upper Respiratory	61	3	55	18	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	6	- 3
Pertussis	63	2	44	51	- 49
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	2	- 1
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	54	23	- 23
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	81	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	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

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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.