BHUTAN VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	654	18	58	+ 596
Tuberculosis	2	403	9	138	+ 266
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	374	4	177	+ 197
Coronary Heart Disease	4	362	1	702	- 341
Stroke	5	329	3	360	- 31
Malaria	6	287	81	0	+ 287
Road Traffic Accidents	7	232	10	123	+ 108
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	189	5	169	+ 20
Low Birth Weight	9	186	14	79	+ 107
Diabetes Mellitus	10	152	7	164	- 12
Birth Trauma	11	145	19	51	+ 93
Hypertension	12	135	16	77	+ 59
Liver Disease	13	135	6	166	- 31
Congenital Anomalies	14	106	20	50	+ 55
Kidney Disease	15	89	8	149	- 60
Maternal Conditions	16	84	42	9	+ 75
Lung Disease	17	78	2	524	- 446
Violence	18	78	35	18	+ 60
Suicide	19	51	26	35	+ 15
Other Injuries	20	48	24	43	+ 6
Pertussis	21	48	63	1	+ 47
Meningitis	22	43	36	17	+ 26
Asthma	23	42	15	78	- 36
Malnutrition	24	39	54	3	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	33	13	105	- 71
Inflammatory/Heart	26	32	45	8	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	27	30	39	11	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	28	29	55	3	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	29	28	29	30	- 2
Liver Cancer	30	25	27	35	- 10
Measles	31	23	58	2	+ 21
Breast Cancer	32	23	43	8	+ 15
Falls	33	22	12	111	- 89
Syphilis	34	15	40	11	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	15	25	39	- 23
Drownings	36	15	32	20	- 5
Fires	37	13	44	8	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	13	31	24	- 11
Stomach Cancer	39	13	11	118	- 105
Epilepsy	40	11	38	14	- 3
Poisonings	41	10	59	2	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	42	10	28	31	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	10	17	68	- 58
Drug Use	44	9	47	7	+ 3
Lymphomas	45	9	52	5	+ 4
Leukemia	46	8	34	19	- 10
Lung Cancers	47	8	21	44	- 36
Ovary Cancer	48	7	37	14	- 7
Alcohol	49	7	49	6	+ 1
Skin Disease	50	7	46	7	- 1
Schistosomiasis	51	6	82	0	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	52	6	33	20	- 14
Skin Cancers	53	5	41	9	- 4
Oral Cancer	54	5	23	43	- 38
Tetanus	55	3	60	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	3	30	28	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	57	3	22	44	- 41
Appendicitis	58	3	51	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	50	5	- 3
Uterin Cancer	60	2	71	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	61	2	48	6	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	2	53	4	- 2
Other Neoplasms	63	1	57	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	1	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	62	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
War	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	85	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	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.