SWITZERLAND VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,036	1	10,713	- 3,677
Lung Disease	2	5,253	5	2,902	+ 2,351
Stroke	3	3,609	3	3,918	- 309
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,774	8	1,949	- 175
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,697	35	186	+ 1,511
Liver Disease	6	1,658	21	677	+ 981
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,642	17	1,022	+ 620
Kidney Disease	8	1,489	13	1,261	+ 228
Tuberculosis	9	1,380	56	21	+ 1,359
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,237	34	193	+ 1,044
Stomach Cancer	11	1,183	24	614	+ 570
Falls	12	1,111	9	1,919	- 808
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,047	2	7,192	- 6,145
Low Birth Weight	14	794	43	105	+ 689
Asthma	15	779	46	95	+ 684
Hypertension	16	767	6	2,471	- 1,705
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	677	48	78	+ 599
HIV/AIDS	18	581	54	29	+ 552
Birth Trauma	19	513	52	32	+ 482
Congenital Anomalies	20	504	31	305	+ 198
Lung Cancers	21	441	4	3,520	- 3,078
Oesophagus Cancer	22	438	28	491	- 53
Oral Cancer	23	431	26	500	- 69
Other Injuries	24	427	30	410	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	387	41	122	+ 265
Suicide	26	352	14	1,249	- 897
Liver Cancer	27	350	19	805	- 455
Parkinson's Disease	28	315	18	857	- 542
Cervical Cancer	29	305	42	105	+ 200
Encephalitis	30	281	68	1	+ 280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	242	7	1,995	- 1,753
Drownings	32	203	50	49	+ 154
Pancreas Cancer	33	200	12	1,486	- 1,286
Leukemia	34	186	22	671	- 485
Violence	35	184	51	42	+ 141
Meningitis	36	172	57	20	+ 153
Ovary Cancer	37	143	29	457	- 314
Epilepsy	38	138	39	159	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	39	110	25	593	- 483
Syphilis	40	106	65	2	+ 105
Skin Cancers	41	92	27	493	- 401
Maternal Conditions	42	92	64	4	+ 87
Breast Cancer	43	79	11	1,577	- 1,498
Fires	44	79	55	21	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	45	77	16	1,027	- 950
Skin Disease	46	73	40	129	- 56
Drug Use	47	69	36	176	- 107
Bladder Cancer	48	65	23	669	- 604
Alcohol	49	60	32	229	- 169
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	53	49	68	- 15
Appendicitis	51	50	59	15	+ 36
Lymphomas	52	48	15	1,131	- 1,083
Hepatitis B	53	41	63	5	+ 36
Malnutrition	54	35	47	84	- 49
Prostate Cancer	55	34	10	1,579	- 1,545
Dengue	56	33	81	0	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	57	22	20	681	- 660
Measles	58	21	75	0	+ 21
Poisonings	59	19	60	13	+ 6
Tetanus	60	14	70	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	61	10	61	11	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	38	160	- 150
Pertussis	63	10	73	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	64	9	58	15	- 6
Leishmaniasis	65	9	71	0	+ 9
Ascariasis	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	67	1	79	0	+ 1
War	68	1	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	33	224	- 224
Anemia	72	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	45	96	- 96
Oral conditions	76	0	62	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	78	0	37	170	- 170
Trichuriasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Bhutan

Switzerland

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.