SOMALIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,337	7	7,233	+ 3,104
Lung Disease	2	7,718	19	2,442	+ 5,275
Stroke	3	5,302	6	8,595	- 3,294
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,606	1	21,712	- 19,106
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,492	2	15,363	- 12,870
Liver Disease	6	2,436	13	3,917	- 1,480
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,413	16	2,888	- 475
Kidney Disease	8	2,187	21	2,051	+ 136
Tuberculosis	9	2,027	4	10,261	- 8,234
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,817	11	4,231	- 2,414
Stomach Cancer	11	1,738	49	310	+ 1,429
Falls	12	1,632	37	548	+ 1,085
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,538	32	647	+ 891
Low Birth Weight	14	1,166	8	6,250	- 5,084
Asthma	15	1,144	23	1,878	- 734
Hypertension	16	1,126	18	2,643	- 1,517
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	995	41	446	+ 549
HIV/AIDS	18	854	33	610	+ 244
Birth Trauma	19	754	5	9,573	- 8,819
Congenital Anomalies	20	740	15	3,410	- 2,670
Lung Cancers	21	648	54	233	+ 415
Oesophagus Cancer	22	644	40	516	+ 128
Oral Cancer	23	633	46	328	+ 306
Other Injuries	24	627	14	3,602	- 2,974
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	568	36	559	+ 9
Suicide	26	517	27	1,219	- 702
Liver Cancer	27	514	53	256	+ 258
Parkinson's Disease	28	462	56	184	+ 278
Cervical Cancer	29	448	28	883	- 434
Encephalitis	30	412	63	91	+ 322
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	356	38	546	- 191
Drownings	32	299	25	1,272	- 973
Pancreas Cancer	33	294	62	108	+ 186
Leukemia	34	273	35	562	- 288
Violence	35	270	29	828	- 559
Meningitis	36	253	9	5,381	- 5,128
Ovary Cancer	37	210	50	295	- 85
Epilepsy	38	203	43	419	- 216
Endocrine Disorders	39	161	44	406	- 245
Syphilis	40	156	45	378	- 221
Skin Cancers	41	136	57	164	- 28
Maternal Conditions	42	135	12	4,127	- 3,992
Breast Cancer	43	117	26	1,232	- 1,115
Fires	44	116	30	810	- 695
Inflammatory/Heart	45	113	39	521	- 408
Skin Disease	46	107	58	151	- 44
Drug Use	47	101	65	54	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	48	96	61	149	- 54
Alcohol	49	88	59	151	- 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	78	66	35	+ 43
Appendicitis	51	74	55	188	- 114
Lymphomas	52	71	34	605	- 533
Hepatitis B	53	60	48	315	- 255
Malnutrition	54	51	10	4,825	- 4,774
Prostate Cancer	55	50	52	285	- 235
Dengue	56	49	73	1	+ 48
Other Neoplasms	57	32	70	12	+ 19
Measles	58	30	3	11,576	- 11,545
Poisonings	59	28	31	758	- 730
Tetanus	60	20	17	2,648	- 2,628
Upper Respiratory	61	15	47	326	- 311
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	71	8	+ 7
Pertussis	63	14	20	2,054	- 2,040
Hepatitis C	64	14	67	34	- 21
Leishmaniasis	65	14	51	290	- 276
Ascariasis	66	3	69	30	- 27
Chlamydia	67	1	72	5	- 3
War	68	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Otitis Media	69	1	68	32	- 31
Diphtheria	70	0	60	150	- 149
Uterin Cancer	71	0	64	78	- 78
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Schistosomiasis	82	0	42	435	- 435
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.