LIBYA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,846	1	6,610	- 765
Lung Disease	2	4,364	12	607	+ 3,757
Stroke	3	2,998	2	2,603	+ 395
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,474	9	744	+ 730
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,409	40	92	+ 1,318
Liver Disease	6	1,378	11	630	+ 747
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,364	8	803	+ 561
Kidney Disease	8	1,237	4	1,186	+ 51
Tuberculosis	9	1,146	7	812	+ 334
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,028	3	1,444	- 416
Stomach Cancer	11	983	33	134	+ 849
Falls	12	923	24	204	+ 720
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	870	10	743	+ 127
Low Birth Weight	14	659	18	359	+ 300
Asthma	15	647	20	297	+ 350
Hypertension	16	637	6	915	- 278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	562	46	49	+ 513
HIV/AIDS	18	483	21	224	+ 259
Birth Trauma	19	427	34	132	+ 294
Congenital Anomalies	20	418	14	493	- 75
Lung Cancers	21	366	13	592	- 226
Oesophagus Cancer	22	364	49	33	+ 331
Oral Cancer	23	358	41	81	+ 278
Other Injuries	24	355	15	432	- 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	321	38	99	+ 223
Suicide	26	292	19	304	- 11
Liver Cancer	27	291	28	153	+ 138
Parkinson's Disease	28	261	27	159	+ 102
Cervical Cancer	29	254	32	135	+ 119
Encephalitis	30	233	53	19	+ 214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	201	16	427	- 225
Drownings	32	169	43	74	+ 95
Pancreas Cancer	33	166	23	209	- 43
Leukemia	34	154	22	217	- 62
Violence	35	152	30	145	+ 7
Meningitis	36	143	47	41	+ 102
Ovary Cancer	37	119	42	75	+ 44
Epilepsy	38	115	44	67	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	39	91	29	153	- 61
Syphilis	40	88	61	6	+ 83
Skin Cancers	41	77	51	20	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	42	76	35	124	- 48
Breast Cancer	43	66	25	190	- 124
Fires	44	65	36	115	- 50
Inflammatory/Heart	45	64	37	107	- 44
Skin Disease	46	61	54	17	+ 43
Drug Use	47	57	17	371	- 314
Bladder Cancer	48	54	31	136	- 82
Alcohol	49	50	50	22	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	44	62	4	+ 40
Appendicitis	51	42	56	15	+ 27
Lymphomas	52	40	26	189	- 149
Hepatitis B	53	34	48	34	- 0
Malnutrition	54	29	57	11	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	55	28	39	96	- 67
Dengue	56	28	74	0	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	57	18	58	10	+ 8
Measles	58	17	72	0	+ 17
Poisonings	59	16	45	56	- 40
Tetanus	60	12	64	1	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	61	8	67	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	52	20	- 12
Pertussis	63	8	55	17	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	8	65	1	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	65	8	63	2	+ 6
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	69	0	+ 1
War	68	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	72	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	59	9	- 9
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

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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.