THAILAND VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	55,525	1	51,305	+ 4,220
Lung Disease	2	41,455	9	19,474	+ 21,980
Stroke	3	28,477	2	50,273	- 21,796
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	13,998	3	31,289	- 17,291
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	13,388	15	6,863	+ 6,525
Liver Disease	6	13,086	11	17,596	- 4,510
Diabetes Mellitus	7	12,959	10	18,776	- 5,817
Kidney Disease	8	11,748	4	26,822	- 15,074
Tuberculosis	9	10,890	14	9,551	+ 1,338
Road Traffic Accidents	10	9,760	7	22,428	- 12,668
Stomach Cancer	11	9,337	27	3,451	+ 5,887
Falls	12	8,768	18	5,409	+ 3,359
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	8,263	6	22,851	- 14,588
Low Birth Weight	14	6,263	40	1,548	+ 4,715
Asthma	15	6,146	24	4,182	+ 1,964
Hypertension	16	6,049	34	2,179	+ 3,870
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	5,342	51	436	+ 4,906
HIV/AIDS	18	4,585	12	13,922	- 9,338
Birth Trauma	19	4,052	50	533	+ 3,519
Congenital Anomalies	20	3,973	35	2,107	+ 1,866
Lung Cancers	21	3,481	8	22,296	- 18,815
Oesophagus Cancer	22	3,459	29	3,156	+ 303
Oral Cancer	23	3,402	20	4,961	- 1,558
Other Injuries	24	3,369	21	4,869	- 1,501
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	3,053	39	1,679	+ 1,374
Suicide	26	2,777	16	6,147	- 3,370
Liver Cancer	27	2,760	5	23,883	- 21,122
Parkinson's Disease	28	2,483	23	4,292	- 1,810
Cervical Cancer	29	2,409	19	5,110	- 2,701
Encephalitis	30	2,215	46	722	+ 1,494
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	1,910	13	9,908	- 7,998
Drownings	32	1,605	25	3,956	- 2,351
Pancreas Cancer	33	1,577	33	2,383	- 806
Leukemia	34	1,467	26	3,902	- 2,435
Violence	35	1,448	31	2,965	- 1,517
Meningitis	36	1,361	43	931	+ 431
Ovary Cancer	37	1,126	36	2,003	- 877
Epilepsy	38	1,091	47	689	+ 402
Endocrine Disorders	39	867	37	1,888	- 1,021
Syphilis	40	840	64	36	+ 804
Skin Cancers	41	730	41	1,133	- 403
Maternal Conditions	42	723	52	227	+ 496
Breast Cancer	43	626	17	6,053	- 5,427
Fires	44	622	48	617	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	45	606	32	2,879	- 2,273
Skin Disease	46	575	28	3,375	- 2,801
Drug Use	47	542	45	794	- 252
Bladder Cancer	48	513	38	1,798	- 1,285
Alcohol	49	472	49	548	- 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	420	53	194	+ 226
Appendicitis	51	397	59	114	+ 283
Lymphomas	52	383	22	4,539	- 4,156
Hepatitis B	53	320	56	153	+ 167
Malnutrition	54	274	42	962	- 688
Prostate Cancer	55	268	30	3,013	- 2,745
Dengue	56	262	55	172	+ 90
Other Neoplasms	57	170	54	192	- 22
Measles	58	162	63	56	+ 106
Poisonings	59	150	57	132	+ 18
Tetanus	60	109	58	116	- 7
Upper Respiratory	61	81	65	18	+ 63
Multiple Sclerosis	62	79	61	86	- 6
Pertussis	63	75	62	77	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	73	67	7	+ 65
Leishmaniasis	65	73	72	1	+ 72
Ascariasis	66	14	69	4	+ 10
Chlamydia	67	8	70	3	+ 4
War	68	7	60	87	- 80
Otitis Media	69	4	68	7	- 3
Diphtheria	70	2	71	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	44	864	- 864
Anemia	72	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	66	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Bhutan

Thailand

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.