SINGAPORE VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,787	1	5,292	- 504
Lung Disease	2	3,574	14	383	+ 3,191
Stroke	3	2,455	3	1,559	+ 897
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,207	2	5,189	- 3,982
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,154	39	28	+ 1,127
Liver Disease	6	1,128	20	209	+ 919
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,117	28	108	+ 1,010
Kidney Disease	8	1,013	6	1,028	- 15
Tuberculosis	9	939	40	26	+ 913
Road Traffic Accidents	10	841	26	121	+ 720
Stomach Cancer	11	805	12	405	+ 400
Falls	12	756	18	218	+ 538
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	712	36	32	+ 680
Low Birth Weight	14	540	41	25	+ 515
Asthma	15	530	35	37	+ 493
Hypertension	16	522	8	732	- 210
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	461	43	22	+ 438
HIV/AIDS	18	395	45	18	+ 377
Birth Trauma	19	349	55	3	+ 346
Congenital Anomalies	20	343	31	80	+ 263
Lung Cancers	21	300	4	1,540	- 1,240
Oesophagus Cancer	22	298	24	137	+ 161
Oral Cancer	23	293	15	317	- 24
Other Injuries	24	290	32	79	+ 211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	263	33	69	+ 194
Suicide	26	239	9	650	- 411
Liver Cancer	27	238	7	746	- 508
Parkinson's Disease	28	214	29	90	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	29	208	30	85	+ 123
Encephalitis	30	191	61	0	+ 191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	165	5	1,203	- 1,038
Drownings	32	138	38	29	+ 109
Pancreas Cancer	33	136	11	537	- 401
Leukemia	34	126	17	249	- 123
Violence	35	125	46	15	+ 110
Meningitis	36	117	48	8	+ 109
Ovary Cancer	37	97	21	204	- 107
Epilepsy	38	94	42	25	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	39	75	37	30	+ 44
Syphilis	40	72	65	0	+ 72
Skin Cancers	41	63	34	56	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	42	62	53	3	+ 59
Breast Cancer	43	54	10	605	- 551
Fires	44	54	49	7	+ 47
Inflammatory/Heart	45	52	19	215	- 163
Skin Disease	46	50	25	136	- 86
Drug Use	47	47	44	19	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	48	44	27	120	- 76
Alcohol	49	41	47	10	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	36	58	2	+ 34
Appendicitis	51	34	50	6	+ 28
Lymphomas	52	33	13	397	- 364
Hepatitis B	53	28	52	4	+ 23
Malnutrition	54	24	63	0	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	55	23	16	303	- 280
Dengue	56	23	66	0	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	57	15	22	195	- 181
Measles	58	14	72	0	+ 14
Poisonings	59	13	60	1	+ 12
Tetanus	60	9	73	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	61	7	54	3	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	57	3	+ 4
Pertussis	63	6	62	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	6	56	3	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	6	76	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	70	0	+ 1
War	68	1	59	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	23	147	- 147
Anemia	72	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Bhutan

Singapore

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.