NEW ZEALAND VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,099	1	5,095	- 997
Lung Disease	2	3,060	5	1,815	+ 1,245
Stroke	3	2,102	3	2,378	- 276
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,033	7	920	+ 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	988	37	81	+ 907
Liver Disease	6	966	32	158	+ 808
Diabetes Mellitus	7	957	8	769	+ 188
Kidney Disease	8	867	17	432	+ 435
Tuberculosis	9	804	52	17	+ 787
Road Traffic Accidents	10	720	16	458	+ 262
Stomach Cancer	11	689	22	323	+ 366
Falls	12	647	11	627	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	610	2	3,032	- 2,422
Low Birth Weight	14	462	38	78	+ 384
Asthma	15	454	36	91	+ 363
Hypertension	16	447	20	327	+ 120
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	394	35	113	+ 282
HIV/AIDS	18	338	57	10	+ 328
Birth Trauma	19	299	54	15	+ 285
Congenital Anomalies	20	293	30	176	+ 118
Lung Cancers	21	257	4	1,873	- 1,616
Oesophagus Cancer	22	255	25	279	- 24
Oral Cancer	23	251	31	164	+ 87
Other Injuries	24	249	28	218	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	225	39	70	+ 155
Suicide	26	205	15	528	- 323
Liver Cancer	27	204	24	288	- 84
Parkinson's Disease	28	183	19	353	- 170
Cervical Cancer	29	178	41	61	+ 117
Encephalitis	30	164	66	1	+ 163
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	141	6	1,495	- 1,354
Drownings	32	118	44	54	+ 64
Pancreas Cancer	33	116	14	543	- 426
Leukemia	34	108	18	391	- 283
Violence	35	107	42	57	+ 50
Meningitis	36	100	59	9	+ 91
Ovary Cancer	37	83	29	207	- 124
Epilepsy	38	81	43	55	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	39	64	21	325	- 261
Syphilis	40	62	70	0	+ 62
Skin Cancers	41	54	12	612	- 558
Maternal Conditions	42	53	63	5	+ 49
Breast Cancer	43	46	10	737	- 691
Fires	44	46	53	17	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	45	45	23	313	- 268
Skin Disease	46	42	34	118	- 75
Drug Use	47	40	40	69	- 29
Bladder Cancer	48	38	26	267	- 229
Alcohol	49	35	45	51	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	31	46	47	- 16
Appendicitis	51	29	62	6	+ 23
Lymphomas	52	28	13	608	- 580
Hepatitis B	53	24	56	14	+ 10
Malnutrition	54	20	55	14	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	55	20	9	739	- 719
Dengue	56	19	75	0	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	57	13	27	245	- 232
Measles	58	12	82	0	+ 12
Poisonings	59	11	58	9	+ 2
Tetanus	60	8	69	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	61	6	64	4	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	47	43	- 38
Pertussis	63	6	65	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	5	48	30	- 24
Leishmaniasis	65	5	80	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	66	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	71	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	33	145	- 144
Anemia	72	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	60	8	- 8
Oral conditions	76	0	61	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	78	0	49	24	- 24
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Bhutan

New Zealand

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.