SWAZILAND VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	904	5	755	+ 149
Lung Disease	2	675	12	264	+ 410
Stroke	3	464	4	800	- 337
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	228	2	921	- 693
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	218	6	517	- 299
Liver Disease	6	213	11	274	- 61
Diabetes Mellitus	7	211	3	892	- 681
Kidney Disease	8	191	8	381	- 190
Tuberculosis	9	177	13	256	- 79
Road Traffic Accidents	10	159	7	384	- 225
Stomach Cancer	11	152	53	7	+ 145
Falls	12	143	32	41	+ 102
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	134	27	77	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	14	102	14	233	- 131
Asthma	15	100	20	150	- 49
Hypertension	16	98	10	292	- 194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	87	39	26	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	18	75	1	2,314	- 2,239
Birth Trauma	19	66	18	166	- 101
Congenital Anomalies	20	65	19	160	- 96
Lung Cancers	21	57	46	17	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	22	56	44	18	+ 38
Oral Cancer	23	55	51	10	+ 45
Other Injuries	24	55	17	190	- 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	50	29	51	- 1
Suicide	26	45	9	338	- 292
Liver Cancer	27	45	37	29	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	28	40	41	24	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	29	39	15	215	- 176
Encephalitis	30	36	59	5	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	31	43	19	+ 12
Drownings	32	26	25	87	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	33	26	56	6	+ 20
Leukemia	34	24	47	16	+ 8
Violence	35	24	16	212	- 189
Meningitis	36	22	23	97	- 75
Ovary Cancer	37	18	52	10	+ 8
Epilepsy	38	18	30	46	- 28
Endocrine Disorders	39	14	28	74	- 60
Syphilis	40	14	45	17	- 4
Skin Cancers	41	12	42	20	- 8
Maternal Conditions	42	12	21	116	- 104
Breast Cancer	43	10	35	37	- 27
Fires	44	10	26	84	- 74
Inflammatory/Heart	45	10	24	94	- 84
Skin Disease	46	9	40	25	- 16
Drug Use	47	9	38	27	- 18
Bladder Cancer	48	8	55	6	+ 2
Alcohol	49	8	48	16	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	58	5	+ 2
Appendicitis	51	6	54	7	- 0
Lymphomas	52	6	36	31	- 25
Hepatitis B	53	5	57	6	- 1
Malnutrition	54	4	22	106	- 101
Prostate Cancer	55	4	31	45	- 41
Dengue	56	4	72	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	57	3	61	4	- 1
Measles	58	3	64	1	+ 2
Poisonings	59	2	34	37	- 35
Tetanus	60	2	62	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	1	60	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	63	1	- 0
Pertussis	63	1	33	39	- 38
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
War	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	50	11	- 11
Anemia	72	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	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	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	49	13	- 13
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 SWAZILAND

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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.