RWANDA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,818	4	3,605	+ 7,213
Lung Disease	2	8,077	13	1,555	+ 6,522
Stroke	3	5,548	2	5,060	+ 488
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,727	1	5,280	- 2,552
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,608	6	3,121	- 513
Liver Disease	6	2,550	8	2,548	+ 2
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,525	11	1,858	+ 666
Kidney Disease	8	2,289	15	1,206	+ 1,083
Tuberculosis	9	2,122	26	625	+ 1,497
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,902	3	3,718	- 1,817
Stomach Cancer	11	1,819	20	780	+ 1,039
Falls	12	1,708	31	412	+ 1,296
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,610	25	657	+ 953
Low Birth Weight	14	1,220	9	2,193	- 973
Asthma	15	1,197	22	717	+ 480
Hypertension	16	1,179	14	1,357	- 179
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,041	48	136	+ 905
HIV/AIDS	18	893	7	2,826	- 1,932
Birth Trauma	19	789	10	1,888	- 1,099
Congenital Anomalies	20	774	12	1,777	- 1,003
Lung Cancers	21	678	39	234	+ 444
Oesophagus Cancer	22	674	44	213	+ 461
Oral Cancer	23	663	37	272	+ 391
Other Injuries	24	656	17	944	- 288
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	595	33	362	+ 233
Suicide	26	541	24	704	- 162
Liver Cancer	27	538	23	706	- 169
Parkinson's Disease	28	484	47	146	+ 338
Cervical Cancer	29	469	18	941	- 471
Encephalitis	30	432	61	39	+ 393
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	372	28	591	- 219
Drownings	32	313	36	285	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	33	307	43	214	+ 94
Leukemia	34	286	35	317	- 31
Violence	35	282	29	548	- 266
Meningitis	36	265	19	847	- 582
Ovary Cancer	37	219	53	92	+ 127
Epilepsy	38	213	45	191	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	39	169	41	219	- 51
Syphilis	40	164	46	173	- 9
Skin Cancers	41	142	50	113	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	42	141	21	722	- 582
Breast Cancer	43	122	27	600	- 478
Fires	44	121	38	270	- 148
Inflammatory/Heart	45	118	34	347	- 229
Skin Disease	46	112	52	103	+ 9
Drug Use	47	106	60	45	+ 61
Bladder Cancer	48	100	62	35	+ 65
Alcohol	49	92	49	125	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	82	63	23	+ 59
Appendicitis	51	77	54	70	+ 7
Lymphomas	52	75	30	450	- 375
Hepatitis B	53	62	55	68	- 6
Malnutrition	54	53	16	1,168	- 1,115
Prostate Cancer	55	52	32	396	- 344
Dengue	56	51	72	0	+ 51
Other Neoplasms	57	33	64	16	+ 17
Measles	58	32	59	51	- 20
Poisonings	59	29	40	220	- 191
Tetanus	60	21	58	53	- 31
Upper Respiratory	61	16	57	58	- 43
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	66	7	+ 8
Pertussis	63	15	42	218	- 203
Hepatitis C	64	14	65	12	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	14	77	0	+ 14
Ascariasis	66	3	67	5	- 2
Chlamydia	67	1	70	2	- 1
War	68	1	69	3	- 1
Otitis Media	69	1	68	4	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	71	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	71	0	56	58	- 58
Anemia	72	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Schistosomiasis	82	0	51	111	- 111
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.