NICARAGUA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,302	1	5,843	- 541
Lung Disease	2	3,959	5	1,570	+ 2,389
Stroke	3	2,719	3	2,225	+ 495
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,337	7	1,152	+ 185
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,278	36	122	+ 1,156
Liver Disease	6	1,250	6	1,203	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,237	4	2,068	- 830
Kidney Disease	8	1,122	2	3,533	- 2,411
Tuberculosis	9	1,040	37	115	+ 925
Road Traffic Accidents	10	932	8	1,109	- 177
Stomach Cancer	11	892	14	478	+ 414
Falls	12	837	22	276	+ 561
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	789	33	149	+ 640
Low Birth Weight	14	598	13	490	+ 108
Asthma	15	587	38	105	+ 482
Hypertension	16	578	9	1,103	- 525
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	510	54	20	+ 490
HIV/AIDS	18	438	35	139	+ 299
Birth Trauma	19	387	25	198	+ 189
Congenital Anomalies	20	379	11	571	- 191
Lung Cancers	21	332	23	274	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	22	330	47	42	+ 288
Oral Cancer	23	325	43	64	+ 261
Other Injuries	24	322	17	358	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	292	40	85	+ 206
Suicide	26	265	19	285	- 19
Liver Cancer	27	264	12	509	- 245
Parkinson's Disease	28	237	42	67	+ 170
Cervical Cancer	29	230	16	374	- 144
Encephalitis	30	212	58	10	+ 201
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	182	18	315	- 133
Drownings	32	153	32	157	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	33	151	27	178	- 27
Leukemia	34	140	24	227	- 87
Violence	35	138	10	619	- 480
Meningitis	36	130	51	29	+ 101
Ovary Cancer	37	108	44	61	+ 46
Epilepsy	38	104	41	74	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	39	83	28	164	- 81
Syphilis	40	80	60	9	+ 71
Skin Cancers	41	70	45	59	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	42	69	39	88	- 19
Breast Cancer	43	60	20	283	- 223
Fires	44	59	57	16	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	45	58	34	139	- 82
Skin Disease	46	55	31	162	- 107
Drug Use	47	52	46	50	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	48	49	52	28	+ 21
Alcohol	49	45	21	279	- 234
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	40	50	31	+ 10
Appendicitis	51	38	49	32	+ 6
Lymphomas	52	37	29	164	- 127
Hepatitis B	53	31	62	5	+ 25
Malnutrition	54	26	30	163	- 137
Prostate Cancer	55	26	15	386	- 360
Dengue	56	25	64	4	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	57	16	26	192	- 176
Measles	58	15	78	0	+ 15
Poisonings	59	14	55	18	- 3
Tetanus	60	10	79	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	61	8	72	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	61	7	+ 1
Pertussis	63	7	67	3	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	7	68	1	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	65	7	76	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	66	1	69	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	74	0	+ 0
War	68	1	70	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	48	39	- 39
Anemia	72	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	66	3	- 3
Oral conditions	76	0	63	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	78	0	59	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Bhutan

Nicaragua

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.