YEMEN VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,523	1	30,158	- 4,635
Lung Disease	2	19,056	11	3,196	+ 15,860
Stroke	3	13,090	2	13,570	- 480
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,435	4	11,978	- 5,544
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	6,154	9	4,372	+ 1,782
Liver Disease	6	6,015	13	2,891	+ 3,124
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,957	19	1,794	+ 4,162
Kidney Disease	8	5,400	15	2,679	+ 2,722
Tuberculosis	9	5,006	18	1,899	+ 3,106
Road Traffic Accidents	10	4,486	6	8,561	- 4,074
Stomach Cancer	11	4,292	31	902	+ 3,390
Falls	12	4,031	24	1,170	+ 2,861
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	3,798	22	1,405	+ 2,393
Low Birth Weight	14	2,879	5	8,810	- 5,931
Asthma	15	2,825	17	2,106	+ 719
Hypertension	16	2,781	8	5,293	- 2,513
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	2,456	37	707	+ 1,749
HIV/AIDS	18	2,107	46	396	+ 1,711
Birth Trauma	19	1,863	7	5,939	- 4,077
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,826	10	4,291	- 2,464
Lung Cancers	21	1,600	41	569	+ 1,031
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,590	35	765	+ 825
Oral Cancer	23	1,564	42	547	+ 1,017
Other Injuries	24	1,549	16	2,225	- 677
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,403	33	833	+ 570
Suicide	26	1,277	21	1,699	- 422
Liver Cancer	27	1,269	39	609	+ 660
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,141	49	362	+ 780
Cervical Cancer	29	1,107	57	119	+ 988
Encephalitis	30	1,018	48	369	+ 649
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	878	30	913	- 35
Drownings	32	738	25	1,142	- 404
Pancreas Cancer	33	725	51	283	+ 442
Leukemia	34	674	34	776	- 102
Violence	35	666	14	2,839	- 2,173
Meningitis	36	626	28	1,018	- 393
Ovary Cancer	37	518	52	188	+ 330
Epilepsy	38	502	43	539	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	39	398	36	738	- 339
Syphilis	40	386	53	175	+ 211
Skin Cancers	41	335	58	100	+ 236
Maternal Conditions	42	332	32	890	- 557
Breast Cancer	43	288	26	1,134	- 846
Fires	44	286	29	991	- 705
Inflammatory/Heart	45	278	40	585	- 306
Skin Disease	46	264	61	44	+ 220
Drug Use	47	249	38	613	- 364
Bladder Cancer	48	236	55	160	+ 76
Alcohol	49	217	59	78	+ 139
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	193	66	14	+ 179
Appendicitis	51	183	54	162	+ 21
Lymphomas	52	176	45	433	- 257
Hepatitis B	53	147	50	299	- 152
Malnutrition	54	126	27	1,058	- 932
Prostate Cancer	55	123	63	39	+ 84
Dengue	56	121	60	71	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	57	78	64	21	+ 57
Measles	58	74	12	3,019	- 2,945
Poisonings	59	69	44	532	- 463
Tetanus	60	50	47	395	- 344
Upper Respiratory	61	37	70	5	+ 32
Multiple Sclerosis	62	36	62	42	- 5
Pertussis	63	35	23	1,239	- 1,205
Hepatitis C	64	34	68	8	+ 25
Leishmaniasis	65	33	71	2	+ 31
Ascariasis	66	6	65	17	- 11
Chlamydia	67	3	72	1	+ 3
War	68	3	3	12,915	- 12,912
Otitis Media	69	2	73	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	1	67	14	- 13
Uterin Cancer	71	0	69	5	- 5
Anemia	72	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Schistosomiasis	82	0	56	124	- 124
Chagas disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

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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.