TRINIDAD/TOB. VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,119	1	1,476	- 357
Lung Disease	2	835	16	129	+ 706
Stroke	3	574	3	822	- 249
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	282	10	205	+ 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	270	45	18	+ 252
Liver Disease	6	264	14	136	+ 128
Diabetes Mellitus	7	261	2	1,275	- 1,014
Kidney Disease	8	237	5	439	- 203
Tuberculosis	9	219	43	22	+ 198
Road Traffic Accidents	10	197	15	130	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	11	188	26	69	+ 119
Falls	12	177	33	43	+ 134
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	167	9	215	- 48
Low Birth Weight	14	126	23	83	+ 43
Asthma	15	124	35	40	+ 84
Hypertension	16	122	11	201	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	108	49	11	+ 96
HIV/AIDS	18	92	12	196	- 104
Birth Trauma	19	82	40	25	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	20	80	22	93	- 13
Lung Cancers	21	70	8	217	- 147
Oesophagus Cancer	22	70	41	24	+ 45
Oral Cancer	23	69	38	31	+ 38
Other Injuries	24	68	30	61	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	62	31	52	+ 10
Suicide	26	56	17	121	- 65
Liver Cancer	27	56	28	66	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	28	50	32	51	- 1
Cervical Cancer	29	49	21	97	- 48
Encephalitis	30	45	54	6	+ 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	38	13	196	- 157
Drownings	32	32	39	31	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	33	32	19	114	- 82
Leukemia	34	30	29	62	- 33
Violence	35	29	4	549	- 520
Meningitis	36	27	52	9	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	37	23	24	80	- 57
Epilepsy	38	22	37	32	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	39	17	18	119	- 102
Syphilis	40	17	61	0	+ 17
Skin Cancers	41	15	57	4	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	42	15	50	10	+ 4
Breast Cancer	43	13	7	258	- 246
Fires	44	13	48	16	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	45	12	25	72	- 60
Skin Disease	46	12	36	39	- 27
Drug Use	47	11	44	19	- 8
Bladder Cancer	48	10	34	41	- 30
Alcohol	49	10	42	23	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	8	53	8	+ 0
Appendicitis	51	8	56	4	+ 4
Lymphomas	52	8	20	111	- 104
Hepatitis B	53	6	60	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	54	6	47	17	- 11
Prostate Cancer	55	5	6	330	- 324
Dengue	56	5	55	5	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	57	3	51	10	- 7
Measles	58	3	76	0	+ 3
Poisonings	59	3	59	1	+ 2
Tetanus	60	2	65	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	58	2	- 1
Pertussis	63	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	62	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	63	0	+ 0
War	68	0	46	17	- 17
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	27	68	- 68
Anemia	72	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Bhutan

Trinidad/Tob.

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.