TIMOR-LESTE VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		TIMOR-LESTE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,197	3	814	+ 383
Lung Disease	2	893	6	283	+ 610
Stroke	3	614	2	923	- 309
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	302	4	651	- 349
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	289	5	285	+ 4
Liver Disease	6	282	10	162	+ 120
Diabetes Mellitus	7	279	11	156	+ 123
Kidney Disease	8	253	8	192	+ 61
Tuberculosis	9	235	1	1,139	- 904
Road Traffic Accidents	10	210	13	154	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	11	201	35	31	+ 171
Falls	12	189	21	62	+ 127
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	178	18	84	+ 94
Low Birth Weight	14	135	9	189	- 54
Asthma	15	132	15	123	+ 10
Hypertension	16	130	12	156	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	115	40	25	+ 90
HIV/AIDS	18	99	36	30	+ 69
Birth Trauma	19	87	7	238	- 151
Congenital Anomalies	20	86	14	144	- 58
Lung Cancers	21	75	17	87	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	22	75	53	5	+ 70
Oral Cancer	23	73	29	44	+ 29
Other Injuries	24	73	20	76	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	66	16	96	- 30
Suicide	26	60	27	48	+ 12
Liver Cancer	27	59	28	45	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	28	54	39	26	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	29	52	37	28	+ 24
Encephalitis	30	48	42	16	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	41	26	54	- 13
Drownings	32	35	19	84	- 49
Pancreas Cancer	33	34	45	14	+ 20
Leukemia	34	32	32	34	- 2
Violence	35	31	22	60	- 29
Meningitis	36	29	31	38	- 8
Ovary Cancer	37	24	41	18	+ 6
Epilepsy	38	24	51	8	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	39	19	38	26	- 7
Syphilis	40	18	48	12	+ 6
Skin Cancers	41	16	55	5	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	42	16	23	60	- 44
Breast Cancer	43	13	30	38	- 25
Fires	44	13	43	15	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	45	13	33	32	- 19
Skin Disease	46	12	46	13	- 1
Drug Use	47	12	58	3	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	48	11	49	12	- 1
Alcohol	49	10	52	5	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	9	61	1	+ 8
Appendicitis	51	9	57	4	+ 4
Lymphomas	52	8	34	32	- 23
Hepatitis B	53	7	59	2	+ 5
Malnutrition	54	6	25	56	- 50
Prostate Cancer	55	6	47	13	- 7
Dengue	56	6	56	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	4	60	2	+ 2
Measles	58	3	68	0	+ 3
Poisonings	59	3	54	5	- 2
Tetanus	60	2	44	14	- 11
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Pertussis	63	2	24	59	- 57
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	2	72	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	0	64	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
War	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	- 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	50	9	- 9
Anemia	72	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TIMOR-LESTE

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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.