MALTA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	373	1	876	- 503
Lung Disease	2	278	8	127	+ 152
Stroke	3	191	2	291	- 100
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	94	3	213	- 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	90	55	1	+ 89
Liver Disease	6	88	24	23	+ 65
Diabetes Mellitus	7	87	6	163	- 76
Kidney Disease	8	79	11	79	- 0
Tuberculosis	9	73	52	2	+ 72
Road Traffic Accidents	10	66	31	18	+ 47
Stomach Cancer	11	63	15	50	+ 13
Falls	12	59	14	52	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	56	4	207	- 152
Low Birth Weight	14	42	35	11	+ 31
Asthma	15	41	36	8	+ 33
Hypertension	16	41	20	33	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	36	49	2	+ 34
HIV/AIDS	18	31	41	4	+ 27
Birth Trauma	19	27	44	3	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	20	27	32	17	+ 9
Lung Cancers	21	23	5	197	- 174
Oesophagus Cancer	22	23	29	20	+ 3
Oral Cancer	23	23	23	25	- 2
Other Injuries	24	23	33	16	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	21	37	7	+ 13
Suicide	26	19	22	27	- 8
Liver Cancer	27	19	18	34	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	28	17	16	50	- 33
Cervical Cancer	29	16	39	4	+ 12
Encephalitis	30	15	65	0	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	13	7	147	- 134
Drownings	32	11	48	2	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	33	11	9	90	- 80
Leukemia	34	10	21	28	- 18
Violence	35	10	40	4	+ 5
Meningitis	36	9	56	1	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	37	8	17	34	- 26
Epilepsy	38	7	43	3	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	39	6	30	19	- 13
Syphilis	40	6	81	0	+ 6
Skin Cancers	41	5	34	14	- 9
Maternal Conditions	42	5	64	0	+ 5
Breast Cancer	43	4	10	85	- 81
Fires	44	4	62	0	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	45	4	27	22	- 18
Skin Disease	46	4	25	23	- 19
Drug Use	47	4	38	7	- 3
Bladder Cancer	48	3	19	33	- 30
Alcohol	49	3	47	3	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	3	51	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	51	3	63	0	+ 2
Lymphomas	52	3	12	53	- 50
Hepatitis B	53	2	61	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	54	2	60	0	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	55	2	13	53	- 51
Dengue	56	2	78	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	57	1	26	22	- 21
Measles	58	1	73	0	+ 1
Poisonings	59	1	58	1	+ 0
Tetanus	60	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	59	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	45	3	- 2
Pertussis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	53	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	80	0	+ 0
War	68	0	54	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	28	21	- 21
Anemia	72	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	57	1	- 1
Oral conditions	76	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	78	0	50	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.