NORWAY VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,375	1	5,321	- 945
Lung Disease	2	3,267	3	2,723	+ 544
Stroke	3	2,244	4	2,475	- 231
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,103	6	1,797	- 694
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,055	37	128	+ 927
Liver Disease	6	1,031	30	214	+ 818
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,021	16	560	+ 462
Kidney Disease	8	926	14	611	+ 315
Tuberculosis	9	858	56	15	+ 843
Road Traffic Accidents	10	769	42	114	+ 655
Stomach Cancer	11	736	22	343	+ 392
Falls	12	691	9	777	- 86
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	651	2	4,464	- 3,813
Low Birth Weight	14	493	52	23	+ 470
Asthma	15	484	43	85	+ 400
Hypertension	16	477	28	230	+ 247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	421	46	61	+ 360
HIV/AIDS	18	361	61	10	+ 351
Birth Trauma	19	319	54	17	+ 302
Congenital Anomalies	20	313	34	136	+ 177
Lung Cancers	21	274	5	2,320	- 2,046
Oesophagus Cancer	22	273	27	248	+ 25
Oral Cancer	23	268	32	168	+ 100
Other Injuries	24	265	15	583	- 317
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	241	33	160	+ 81
Suicide	26	219	13	633	- 415
Liver Cancer	27	218	26	259	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	28	196	17	554	- 359
Cervical Cancer	29	190	39	125	+ 65
Encephalitis	30	175	70	0	+ 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	151	7	1,787	- 1,636
Drownings	32	126	45	65	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	33	124	10	770	- 646
Leukemia	34	116	21	354	- 238
Violence	35	114	50	32	+ 82
Meningitis	36	107	58	14	+ 94
Ovary Cancer	37	89	24	309	- 220
Epilepsy	38	86	40	119	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	39	68	19	359	- 291
Syphilis	40	66	67	1	+ 65
Skin Cancers	41	58	18	407	- 350
Maternal Conditions	42	57	66	1	+ 56
Breast Cancer	43	49	11	698	- 649
Fires	44	49	48	45	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	45	48	29	221	- 173
Skin Disease	46	45	38	128	- 82
Drug Use	47	43	25	264	- 221
Bladder Cancer	48	40	20	356	- 316
Alcohol	49	37	31	205	- 167
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	33	47	60	- 27
Appendicitis	51	31	59	12	+ 19
Lymphomas	52	30	12	646	- 616
Hepatitis B	53	25	63	3	+ 22
Malnutrition	54	22	35	135	- 114
Prostate Cancer	55	21	8	1,172	- 1,151
Dengue	56	21	75	0	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	57	13	23	324	- 311
Measles	58	13	72	0	+ 13
Poisonings	59	12	57	14	- 3
Tetanus	60	9	69	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	61	6	60	12	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	41	119	- 113
Pertussis	63	6	64	1	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	6	55	17	- 11
Leishmaniasis	65	6	81	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	66	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	77	0	+ 1
War	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	36	134	- 134
Anemia	72	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	53	23	- 23
Oral conditions	76	0	62	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	78	0	51	27	- 27
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.