BHUTAN VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,276	3	360	+ 916
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,107	1	702	+ 404
Lung Disease	3	605	2	524	+ 81
Lung Cancers	4	446	21	44	+ 402
Stomach Cancer	5	249	11	118	+ 131
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	190	13	105	+ 86
Hypertension	7	188	16	77	+ 112
Road Traffic Accidents	8	156	10	123	+ 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	155	31	24	+ 131
Oesophagus Cancer	10	152	22	44	+ 108
Kidney Disease	11	120	8	149	- 28
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	115	4	177	- 63
Liver Cancer	13	113	27	35	+ 78
Diabetes Mellitus	14	101	7	164	- 63
Liver Disease	15	91	6	166	- 75
Falls	16	87	12	111	- 24
Suicide	17	73	26	35	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	18	70	33	20	+ 50
Breast Cancer	19	58	43	8	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	20	44	28	31	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	41	17	68	- 27
Leukemia	22	36	34	19	+ 18
Lymphomas	23	36	52	5	+ 31
Oral Cancer	24	34	23	43	- 9
Other Injuries	25	34	24	43	- 9
Drownings	26	33	32	20	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	27	32	29	30	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	28	32	55	3	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	29	24	48	6	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	24	25	39	- 15
Congenital Anomalies	31	23	20	50	- 27
Tuberculosis	32	22	9	138	- 116
Inflammatory/Heart	33	19	45	8	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	34	18	18	58	- 40
Ovary Cancer	35	18	37	14	+ 3
Poisonings	36	16	59	2	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	37	16	39	11	+ 5
Drug Use	38	15	47	7	+ 8
Asthma	39	14	15	78	- 63
Low Birth Weight	40	14	14	79	- 66
Skin Cancers	41	12	41	9	+ 3
Alcohol	42	12	49	6	+ 6
Birth Trauma	43	11	19	51	- 40
Malnutrition	44	8	54	3	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	45	7	71	0	+ 7
Epilepsy	46	7	38	14	- 7
Violence	47	7	35	18	- 11
Fires	48	7	44	8	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	50	5	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	5	5	169	- 164
Meningitis	51	4	36	17	- 14
Skin Disease	52	3	46	7	- 4
Other Neoplasms	53	3	57	2	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	54	2	42	9	- 7
Encephalitis	55	2	30	28	- 26
Hepatitis B	56	2	53	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	57	2	61	1	+ 1
Syphilis	58	1	40	11	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	62	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	1	51	5	- 4
War	61	1	68	0	+ 0
Measles	62	0	58	2	- 2
Tetanus	63	0	60	1	- 1
Pertussis	64	0	63	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	56	3	- 3
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

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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.