MALAWI VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,283	7	4,929	+ 12,354
Lung Disease	2	12,903	21	1,340	+ 11,563
Stroke	3	8,864	5	5,939	+ 2,925
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,357	2	7,739	- 3,382
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,167	6	5,782	- 1,615
Liver Disease	6	4,073	10	3,259	+ 814
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,033	14	2,267	+ 1,767
Kidney Disease	8	3,657	19	1,567	+ 2,089
Tuberculosis	9	3,389	11	2,992	+ 397
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,038	4	6,221	- 3,183
Stomach Cancer	11	2,906	45	206	+ 2,700
Falls	12	2,729	28	562	+ 2,167
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,572	25	782	+ 1,790
Low Birth Weight	14	1,949	8	4,339	- 2,390
Asthma	15	1,913	26	705	+ 1,208
Hypertension	16	1,883	17	1,797	+ 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,663	49	154	+ 1,508
HIV/AIDS	18	1,427	1	12,839	- 11,412
Birth Trauma	19	1,261	9	3,563	- 2,302
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,237	13	2,509	- 1,272
Lung Cancers	21	1,084	51	131	+ 953
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,077	16	1,842	- 765
Oral Cancer	23	1,059	43	251	+ 808
Other Injuries	24	1,049	22	1,266	- 218
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	950	39	280	+ 671
Suicide	26	864	23	1,007	- 143
Liver Cancer	27	859	38	317	+ 543
Parkinson's Disease	28	773	46	200	+ 573
Cervical Cancer	29	750	12	2,876	- 2,126
Encephalitis	30	690	58	48	+ 642
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	595	44	234	+ 360
Drownings	32	500	30	458	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	33	491	60	38	+ 453
Leukemia	34	457	56	82	+ 375
Violence	35	451	32	406	+ 44
Meningitis	36	424	18	1,792	- 1,368
Ovary Cancer	37	351	48	158	+ 193
Epilepsy	38	340	41	260	+ 80
Endocrine Disorders	39	270	42	257	+ 13
Syphilis	40	261	29	480	- 219
Skin Cancers	41	227	36	331	- 104
Maternal Conditions	42	225	15	1,854	- 1,629
Breast Cancer	43	195	27	600	- 405
Fires	44	194	34	380	- 186
Inflammatory/Heart	45	189	35	370	- 182
Skin Disease	46	179	53	101	+ 78
Drug Use	47	169	59	48	+ 121
Bladder Cancer	48	160	33	388	- 228
Alcohol	49	147	52	114	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	131	61	29	+ 102
Appendicitis	51	124	54	94	+ 30
Lymphomas	52	119	24	839	- 719
Hepatitis B	53	100	55	88	+ 12
Malnutrition	54	85	20	1,499	- 1,414
Prostate Cancer	55	83	40	271	- 187
Dengue	56	82	65	9	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	57	53	63	17	+ 36
Measles	58	50	67	6	+ 44
Poisonings	59	47	37	325	- 278
Tetanus	60	34	47	178	- 144
Upper Respiratory	61	25	57	60	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	62	25	66	9	+ 16
Pertussis	63	23	31	436	- 413
Hepatitis C	64	23	64	15	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	65	23	74	0	+ 23
Ascariasis	66	4	69	4	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	2	70	3	- 0
War	68	2	71	2	- 0
Otitis Media	69	1	68	5	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	72	2	- 1
Uterin Cancer	71	0	62	23	- 23
Anemia	72	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	80	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	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Schistosomiasis	82	0	50	143	- 143
Chagas disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Bhutan

Malawi

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.