PANAMA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,550	1	2,624	+ 926
Lung Disease	2	2,650	5	815	+ 1,835
Stroke	3	1,821	2	2,006	- 185
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	895	7	697	+ 198
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	856	28	163	+ 693
Liver Disease	6	837	15	325	+ 511
Diabetes Mellitus	7	828	4	1,070	- 242
Kidney Disease	8	751	3	1,106	- 355
Tuberculosis	9	696	23	223	+ 473
Road Traffic Accidents	10	624	9	591	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	11	597	11	397	+ 200
Falls	12	561	37	92	+ 469
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	528	17	296	+ 232
Low Birth Weight	14	400	22	238	+ 163
Asthma	15	393	43	56	+ 337
Hypertension	16	387	10	510	- 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	342	53	25	+ 317
HIV/AIDS	18	293	8	653	- 360
Birth Trauma	19	259	36	94	+ 165
Congenital Anomalies	20	254	13	378	- 124
Lung Cancers	21	223	16	303	- 80
Oesophagus Cancer	22	221	45	52	+ 170
Oral Cancer	23	218	38	78	+ 139
Other Injuries	24	215	35	100	+ 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	195	50	30	+ 165
Suicide	26	178	32	121	+ 56
Liver Cancer	27	176	27	182	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	28	159	33	115	+ 44
Cervical Cancer	29	154	26	185	- 31
Encephalitis	30	142	63	3	+ 139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	122	14	352	- 230
Drownings	32	103	34	103	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	33	101	29	135	- 34
Leukemia	34	94	25	189	- 95
Violence	35	93	6	730	- 637
Meningitis	36	87	52	27	+ 60
Ovary Cancer	37	72	41	64	+ 8
Epilepsy	38	70	39	66	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	39	55	18	279	- 224
Syphilis	40	54	65	1	+ 52
Skin Cancers	41	47	44	56	- 9
Maternal Conditions	42	46	48	32	+ 14
Breast Cancer	43	40	19	279	- 239
Fires	44	40	57	11	+ 28
Inflammatory/Heart	45	39	20	270	- 231
Skin Disease	46	37	30	127	- 91
Drug Use	47	35	47	33	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	48	33	46	33	- 0
Alcohol	49	30	49	30	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	27	55	14	+ 13
Appendicitis	51	25	56	11	+ 14
Lymphomas	52	24	24	205	- 180
Hepatitis B	53	20	59	7	+ 13
Malnutrition	54	18	31	122	- 105
Prostate Cancer	55	17	12	390	- 373
Dengue	56	17	64	2	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	57	11	21	256	- 245
Measles	58	10	79	0	+ 10
Poisonings	59	10	61	4	+ 6
Tetanus	60	7	69	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	61	5	54	14	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	62	3	+ 2
Pertussis	63	5	74	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	5	66	1	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	65	5	70	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	40	66	- 66
Anemia	72	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	58	10	- 10
Oral conditions	76	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	78	0	60	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.