ZAMBIA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,517	10	4,432	+ 12,085
Lung Disease	2	12,331	21	1,273	+ 11,059
Stroke	3	8,471	3	7,948	+ 523
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,164	2	9,517	- 5,353
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	3,982	5	6,275	- 2,293
Liver Disease	6	3,893	9	4,501	- 608
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,855	14	2,395	+ 1,460
Kidney Disease	8	3,495	18	1,760	+ 1,734
Tuberculosis	9	3,239	6	5,941	- 2,702
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,903	11	3,654	- 751
Stomach Cancer	11	2,778	42	206	+ 2,571
Falls	12	2,608	28	596	+ 2,012
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,458	29	590	+ 1,868
Low Birth Weight	14	1,863	8	4,857	- 2,994
Asthma	15	1,828	26	741	+ 1,087
Hypertension	16	1,799	13	2,616	- 817
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,589	45	190	+ 1,399
HIV/AIDS	18	1,364	1	17,234	- 15,871
Birth Trauma	19	1,205	7	5,062	- 3,856
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,182	12	3,146	- 1,964
Lung Cancers	21	1,036	41	226	+ 810
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,029	36	359	+ 670
Oral Cancer	23	1,012	48	155	+ 857
Other Injuries	24	1,002	19	1,729	- 727
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	908	40	246	+ 663
Suicide	26	826	20	1,303	- 476
Liver Cancer	27	821	46	177	+ 644
Parkinson's Disease	28	739	47	164	+ 575
Cervical Cancer	29	717	17	1,799	- 1,082
Encephalitis	30	659	59	70	+ 589
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	568	43	203	+ 366
Drownings	32	477	27	689	- 211
Pancreas Cancer	33	469	62	42	+ 427
Leukemia	34	436	39	261	+ 175
Violence	35	431	23	1,153	- 722
Meningitis	36	405	16	1,976	- 1,571
Ovary Cancer	37	335	57	82	+ 253
Epilepsy	38	325	38	332	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	39	258	37	354	- 96
Syphilis	40	250	24	885	- 635
Skin Cancers	41	217	54	108	+ 109
Maternal Conditions	42	215	22	1,188	- 973
Breast Cancer	43	186	35	366	- 180
Fires	44	185	32	546	- 361
Inflammatory/Heart	45	180	33	501	- 321
Skin Disease	46	171	52	126	+ 45
Drug Use	47	161	53	122	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	48	153	50	132	+ 21
Alcohol	49	140	49	140	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	125	63	30	+ 95
Appendicitis	51	118	56	84	+ 34
Lymphomas	52	114	31	548	- 434
Hepatitis B	53	95	55	104	- 9
Malnutrition	54	81	15	2,303	- 2,221
Prostate Cancer	55	80	30	561	- 482
Dengue	56	78	74	1	+ 77
Other Neoplasms	57	51	65	20	+ 31
Measles	58	48	61	48	- 0
Poisonings	59	45	34	456	- 411
Tetanus	60	32	44	190	- 157
Upper Respiratory	61	24	60	68	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	62	24	67	13	+ 10
Pertussis	63	22	25	743	- 720
Hepatitis C	64	22	66	18	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	65	22	58	72	- 51
Ascariasis	66	4	68	9	- 4
Chlamydia	67	2	71	3	- 1
War	68	2	69	6	- 4
Otitis Media	69	1	70	5	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	73	3	- 2
Uterin Cancer	71	0	64	30	- 30
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	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Schistosomiasis	82	0	51	128	- 128
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	72	3	- 3
Leprosy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

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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.