SENEGAL VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,967	2	6,224	+ 8,743
Lung Disease	2	11,174	18	1,351	+ 9,823
Stroke	3	7,676	4	5,342	+ 2,334
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,773	1	7,184	- 3,411
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,609	3	5,343	- 1,734
Liver Disease	6	3,527	13	2,147	+ 1,381
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,493	10	2,395	+ 1,098
Kidney Disease	8	3,167	12	2,210	+ 956
Tuberculosis	9	2,935	9	2,678	+ 257
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,631	6	3,832	- 1,201
Stomach Cancer	11	2,517	31	557	+ 1,960
Falls	12	2,364	30	622	+ 1,741
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,227	26	879	+ 1,349
Low Birth Weight	14	1,688	7	3,636	- 1,948
Asthma	15	1,657	25	936	+ 720
Hypertension	16	1,631	21	1,095	+ 536
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,440	46	166	+ 1,274
HIV/AIDS	18	1,236	20	1,186	+ 50
Birth Trauma	19	1,092	8	3,448	- 2,355
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,071	11	2,364	- 1,293
Lung Cancers	21	938	44	180	+ 758
Oesophagus Cancer	22	932	55	99	+ 833
Oral Cancer	23	917	43	208	+ 710
Other Injuries	24	908	16	1,512	- 604
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	823	35	433	+ 390
Suicide	26	749	24	978	- 229
Liver Cancer	27	744	22	1,087	- 343
Parkinson's Disease	28	669	41	273	+ 396
Cervical Cancer	29	649	17	1,405	- 756
Encephalitis	30	597	57	85	+ 512
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	515	37	384	+ 131
Drownings	32	433	33	494	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	33	425	48	159	+ 266
Leukemia	34	395	54	113	+ 283
Violence	35	390	19	1,247	- 856
Meningitis	36	367	15	1,628	- 1,262
Ovary Cancer	37	304	42	220	+ 84
Epilepsy	38	294	38	330	- 36
Endocrine Disorders	39	234	23	1,041	- 807
Syphilis	40	226	53	122	+ 104
Skin Cancers	41	197	51	147	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	42	195	14	1,669	- 1,474
Breast Cancer	43	169	27	861	- 692
Fires	44	168	34	448	- 281
Inflammatory/Heart	45	163	36	426	- 262
Skin Disease	46	155	47	159	- 4
Drug Use	47	146	52	138	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	48	138	50	155	- 16
Alcohol	49	127	59	74	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	113	67	15	+ 99
Appendicitis	51	107	61	38	+ 69
Lymphomas	52	103	39	315	- 212
Hepatitis B	53	86	60	70	+ 16
Malnutrition	54	74	32	494	- 421
Prostate Cancer	55	72	29	642	- 570
Dengue	56	71	73	0	+ 71
Other Neoplasms	57	46	62	24	+ 22
Measles	58	44	49	158	- 115
Poisonings	59	40	40	315	- 274
Tetanus	60	29	58	85	- 55
Upper Respiratory	61	22	66	15	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	21	64	20	+ 2
Pertussis	63	20	28	771	- 751
Hepatitis C	64	20	68	11	+ 9
Leishmaniasis	65	20	63	21	- 1
Ascariasis	66	4	65	18	- 14
Chlamydia	67	2	71	2	+ 1
War	68	2	69	4	- 2
Otitis Media	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	70	3	- 2
Uterin Cancer	71	0	56	94	- 94
Anemia	72	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Schistosomiasis	82	0	45	176	- 176
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Bhutan

Senegal

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.