SYRIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,952	1	28,203	- 9,251
Lung Disease	2	14,149	13	1,601	+ 12,548
Stroke	3	9,720	2	8,088	+ 1,631
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,778	4	2,958	+ 1,819
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,570	7	2,156	+ 2,414
Liver Disease	6	4,467	11	1,720	+ 2,747
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,423	15	1,534	+ 2,889
Kidney Disease	8	4,010	6	2,329	+ 1,681
Tuberculosis	9	3,717	56	23	+ 3,693
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,331	5	2,550	+ 781
Stomach Cancer	11	3,187	22	725	+ 2,462
Falls	12	2,993	29	383	+ 2,610
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,820	14	1,551	+ 1,270
Low Birth Weight	14	2,138	12	1,652	+ 486
Asthma	15	2,098	17	1,052	+ 1,045
Hypertension	16	2,065	23	707	+ 1,357
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,823	41	197	+ 1,626
HIV/AIDS	18	1,565	58	15	+ 1,550
Birth Trauma	19	1,383	21	744	+ 639
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,356	8	2,077	- 721
Lung Cancers	21	1,188	9	2,048	- 860
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,181	47	97	+ 1,083
Oral Cancer	23	1,161	36	289	+ 872
Other Injuries	24	1,150	24	521	+ 629
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,042	49	79	+ 963
Suicide	26	948	33	333	+ 615
Liver Cancer	27	942	31	366	+ 576
Parkinson's Disease	28	847	30	367	+ 480
Cervical Cancer	29	822	42	188	+ 634
Encephalitis	30	756	50	77	+ 679
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	652	16	1,224	- 572
Drownings	32	548	40	215	+ 333
Pancreas Cancer	33	538	27	411	+ 127
Leukemia	34	501	19	796	- 295
Violence	35	494	25	444	+ 50
Meningitis	36	465	35	295	+ 170
Ovary Cancer	37	384	34	328	+ 57
Epilepsy	38	372	48	92	+ 280
Endocrine Disorders	39	296	26	418	- 122
Syphilis	40	287	55	31	+ 256
Skin Cancers	41	249	38	276	- 27
Maternal Conditions	42	247	45	105	+ 142
Breast Cancer	43	214	10	1,953	- 1,739
Fires	44	212	43	179	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	45	207	32	337	- 131
Skin Disease	46	196	61	8	+ 188
Drug Use	47	185	39	249	- 64
Bladder Cancer	48	175	20	757	- 582
Alcohol	49	161	53	51	+ 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	143	62	7	+ 137
Appendicitis	51	136	54	36	+ 99
Lymphomas	52	131	18	827	- 696
Hepatitis B	53	109	63	5	+ 104
Malnutrition	54	93	51	73	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	55	91	28	404	- 313
Dengue	56	89	72	0	+ 89
Other Neoplasms	57	58	57	21	+ 37
Measles	58	55	70	0	+ 55
Poisonings	59	51	46	98	- 47
Tetanus	60	37	52	57	- 20
Upper Respiratory	61	28	66	3	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	62	27	59	14	+ 13
Pertussis	63	26	37	289	- 263
Hepatitis C	64	25	68	1	+ 24
Leishmaniasis	65	25	65	5	+ 20
Ascariasis	66	5	67	1	+ 4
Chlamydia	67	3	69	1	+ 2
War	68	2	3	7,760	- 7,758
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	64	5	- 4
Uterin Cancer	71	0	44	146	- 146
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	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	60	11	- 11
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

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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.