BHUTAN VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	768	1	702	+ 66
Violence	2	344	35	18	+ 325
Stroke	3	296	3	360	- 65
Lung Disease	4	284	2	524	- 240
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	192	4	177	+ 15
Road Traffic Accidents	6	139	10	123	+ 15
Kidney Disease	7	122	8	149	- 27
Hypertension	8	114	16	77	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	9	109	11	118	- 9
Lung Cancers	10	94	21	44	+ 50
Diabetes Mellitus	11	90	7	164	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	78	31	24	+ 54
Breast Cancer	13	65	43	8	+ 58
Prostate Cancer	14	64	55	3	+ 61
Other Neoplasms	15	57	57	2	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	16	53	20	50	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	17	48	18	58	- 10
Lymphomas	18	46	52	5	+ 42
Liver Disease	19	43	6	166	- 122
Cervical Cancer	20	40	29	30	+ 10
Leukemia	21	39	34	19	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	38	13	105	- 66
Low Birth Weight	23	37	14	79	- 42
Liver Cancer	24	37	27	35	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	25	36	33	20	+ 16
Suicide	26	35	26	35	- 0
Malnutrition	27	34	54	3	+ 30
Other Injuries	28	28	24	43	- 14
Falls	29	27	12	111	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	30	24	39	11	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	31	24	45	8	+ 16
Tuberculosis	32	23	9	138	- 115
Ovary Cancer	33	20	37	14	+ 6
Skin Disease	34	20	46	7	+ 12
Skin Cancers	35	18	41	9	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	36	15	22	44	- 29
Oral Cancer	37	14	23	43	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	13	5	169	- 156
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	12	25	39	- 26
Drownings	40	12	32	20	- 8
Birth Trauma	41	12	19	51	- 40
Bladder Cancer	42	11	48	6	+ 4
Epilepsy	43	11	38	14	- 3
Drug Use	44	9	47	7	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	45	8	71	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	46	7	42	9	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	47	7	28	31	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	6	77	0	+ 6
War	49	5	68	0	+ 5
Meningitis	50	4	36	17	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	50	5	- 1
Appendicitis	52	4	51	5	- 1
Chagas disease	53	4	83	0	+ 4
Asthma	54	3	15	78	- 74
Dengue	55	2	56	3	- 1
Fires	56	2	44	8	- 6
Anemia	57	2	72	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	59	1	64	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Poisonings	61	1	59	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	53	4	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	17	68	- 67
Encephalitis	64	1	30	28	- 27
Syphilis	65	1	40	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	1	- 1
Malaria	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Alcohol	68	0	49	6	- 6
Pertussis	69	0	63	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	60	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	85	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	65	1	- 1
Oral conditions	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	58	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Colombia

Bhutan

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.