NAMIBIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,226	5	1,221	+ 1,006
Lung Disease	2	1,662	10	461	+ 1,201
Stroke	3	1,142	4	1,333	- 191
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	561	2	1,464	- 903
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	537	8	645	- 108
Liver Disease	6	525	14	336	+ 189
Diabetes Mellitus	7	520	7	724	- 205
Kidney Disease	8	471	15	322	+ 149
Tuberculosis	9	437	3	1,416	- 980
Road Traffic Accidents	10	391	6	868	- 477
Stomach Cancer	11	374	45	33	+ 342
Falls	12	352	34	62	+ 289
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	331	21	176	+ 156
Low Birth Weight	14	251	9	516	- 265
Asthma	15	246	20	200	+ 46
Hypertension	16	243	12	428	- 185
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	214	44	33	+ 181
HIV/AIDS	18	184	1	2,928	- 2,745
Birth Trauma	19	162	13	345	- 182
Congenital Anomalies	20	159	16	283	- 124
Lung Cancers	21	140	35	59	+ 81
Oesophagus Cancer	22	139	52	21	+ 118
Oral Cancer	23	136	30	100	+ 37
Other Injuries	24	135	19	207	- 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	122	32	76	+ 47
Suicide	26	111	17	243	- 131
Liver Cancer	27	111	41	45	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	28	100	42	43	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	29	97	23	133	- 36
Encephalitis	30	89	59	8	+ 81
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	77	36	54	+ 22
Drownings	32	64	26	110	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	33	63	53	18	+ 46
Leukemia	34	59	49	24	+ 35
Violence	35	58	11	450	- 392
Meningitis	36	55	27	109	- 54
Ovary Cancer	37	45	50	23	+ 22
Epilepsy	38	44	38	49	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	39	35	33	73	- 38
Syphilis	40	34	43	35	- 1
Skin Cancers	41	29	29	108	- 78
Maternal Conditions	42	29	25	110	- 81
Breast Cancer	43	25	24	121	- 96
Fires	44	25	28	109	- 84
Inflammatory/Heart	45	24	22	162	- 138
Skin Disease	46	23	47	31	- 8
Drug Use	47	22	46	32	- 10
Bladder Cancer	48	21	54	16	+ 5
Alcohol	49	19	48	28	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	17	57	9	+ 7
Appendicitis	51	16	58	9	+ 7
Lymphomas	52	15	40	46	- 30
Hepatitis B	53	13	63	4	+ 8
Malnutrition	54	11	18	224	- 213
Prostate Cancer	55	11	31	94	- 84
Dengue	56	11	74	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	57	7	60	8	- 1
Measles	58	6	65	2	+ 4
Poisonings	59	6	39	46	- 40
Tetanus	60	4	62	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	3	61	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	64	2	+ 1
Pertussis	63	3	37	54	- 51
Hepatitis C	64	3	66	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	3	79	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	66	1	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	- 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	56	11	- 11
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	82	0	55	14	- 14
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.