MALAYSIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,449	1	36,729	- 9,281
Lung Disease	2	20,493	5	6,633	+ 13,860
Stroke	3	14,077	3	21,592	- 7,515
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,920	2	23,477	- 16,557
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	6,618	20	1,773	+ 4,846
Liver Disease	6	6,469	7	5,125	+ 1,344
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,406	9	4,107	+ 2,299
Kidney Disease	8	5,808	6	6,629	- 822
Tuberculosis	9	5,383	26	1,227	+ 4,156
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,825	4	7,181	- 2,357
Stomach Cancer	11	4,616	21	1,441	+ 3,174
Falls	12	4,335	18	1,855	+ 2,480
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	4,085	10	3,996	+ 88
Low Birth Weight	14	3,096	29	1,020	+ 2,076
Asthma	15	3,038	30	1,013	+ 2,025
Hypertension	16	2,990	38	649	+ 2,341
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	2,641	51	246	+ 2,395
HIV/AIDS	18	2,266	13	2,679	- 412
Birth Trauma	19	2,003	42	359	+ 1,644
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,964	24	1,403	+ 561
Lung Cancers	21	1,721	8	4,319	- 2,598
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,710	41	435	+ 1,275
Oral Cancer	23	1,682	17	1,865	- 183
Other Injuries	24	1,665	14	2,222	- 557
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,509	22	1,424	+ 85
Suicide	26	1,373	19	1,823	- 450
Liver Cancer	27	1,365	16	1,984	- 619
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,227	28	1,106	+ 121
Cervical Cancer	29	1,191	31	1,010	+ 180
Encephalitis	30	1,095	40	452	+ 643
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	944	11	3,832	- 2,888
Drownings	32	794	36	820	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	33	780	32	994	- 215
Leukemia	34	725	23	1,412	- 687
Violence	35	716	34	869	- 153
Meningitis	36	673	46	301	+ 372
Ovary Cancer	37	557	35	827	- 271
Epilepsy	38	539	52	226	+ 314
Endocrine Disorders	39	428	37	809	- 381
Syphilis	40	415	62	19	+ 396
Skin Cancers	41	361	50	247	+ 113
Maternal Conditions	42	357	56	167	+ 191
Breast Cancer	43	309	12	3,071	- 2,762
Fires	44	307	44	336	- 28
Inflammatory/Heart	45	299	27	1,214	- 914
Skin Disease	46	284	15	2,066	- 1,782
Drug Use	47	268	45	322	- 54
Bladder Cancer	48	254	39	467	- 213
Alcohol	49	233	55	181	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	208	60	27	+ 180
Appendicitis	51	196	58	71	+ 125
Lymphomas	52	189	25	1,321	- 1,132
Hepatitis B	53	158	54	206	- 47
Malnutrition	54	135	49	249	- 114
Prostate Cancer	55	132	33	903	- 771
Dengue	56	130	47	280	- 150
Other Neoplasms	57	84	48	265	- 181
Measles	58	80	70	0	+ 80
Poisonings	59	74	53	211	- 137
Tetanus	60	54	61	21	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	61	40	65	5	+ 35
Multiple Sclerosis	62	39	59	30	+ 9
Pertussis	63	37	57	80	- 43
Hepatitis C	64	36	64	6	+ 30
Leishmaniasis	65	36	77	0	+ 36
Ascariasis	66	7	67	2	+ 5
Chlamydia	67	4	68	2	+ 2
War	68	3	63	11	- 7
Otitis Media	69	2	66	3	- 1
Diphtheria	70	1	69	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	43	352	- 352
Anemia	72	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Bhutan

Malaysia

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.