SURINAME VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	514	1	650	- 137
Lung Disease	2	383	12	93	+ 291
Stroke	3	263	2	615	- 352
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	129	5	171	- 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	124	27	31	+ 92
Liver Disease	6	121	8	134	- 13
Diabetes Mellitus	7	120	3	286	- 166
Kidney Disease	8	109	4	281	- 172
Tuberculosis	9	101	37	17	+ 84
Road Traffic Accidents	10	90	13	89	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	11	86	33	25	+ 62
Falls	12	81	25	34	+ 47
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	76	10	117	- 41
Low Birth Weight	14	58	19	51	+ 7
Asthma	15	57	39	16	+ 41
Hypertension	16	56	9	134	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	49	47	6	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	18	42	7	138	- 96
Birth Trauma	19	37	30	28	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	20	37	22	40	- 3
Lung Cancers	21	32	11	102	- 70
Oesophagus Cancer	22	32	56	2	+ 30
Oral Cancer	23	31	40	16	+ 16
Other Injuries	24	31	15	73	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	28	28	29	- 0
Suicide	26	26	6	148	- 122
Liver Cancer	27	26	21	45	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	28	23	31	28	- 5
Cervical Cancer	29	22	20	48	- 26
Encephalitis	30	20	51	4	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	18	16	72	- 55
Drownings	32	15	29	28	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	33	15	32	26	- 12
Leukemia	34	14	35	20	- 6
Violence	35	13	26	34	- 20
Meningitis	36	13	50	5	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	37	10	42	14	- 3
Epilepsy	38	10	36	18	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	39	8	24	37	- 29
Syphilis	40	8	52	3	+ 5
Skin Cancers	41	7	60	1	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	42	7	41	14	- 7
Breast Cancer	43	6	17	55	- 49
Fires	44	6	44	13	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	45	6	23	37	- 32
Skin Disease	46	5	18	53	- 48
Drug Use	47	5	45	7	- 2
Bladder Cancer	48	5	48	5	- 0
Alcohol	49	4	38	16	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	4	58	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	51	4	53	3	+ 1
Lymphomas	52	4	34	23	- 19
Hepatitis B	53	3	63	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	54	3	43	13	- 11
Prostate Cancer	55	2	14	78	- 76
Dengue	56	2	46	7	- 4
Other Neoplasms	57	2	54	3	- 1
Measles	58	1	73	0	+ 1
Poisonings	59	1	57	2	- 0
Tetanus	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	1	67	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	63	1	59	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	68	0	+ 0
War	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	49	5	- 5
Anemia	72	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	55	2	- 2
Chagas disease	83	0	64	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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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.