BHUTAN VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,226	1	702	+ 523
Stroke	2	645	3	360	+ 284
Road Traffic Accidents	3	567	10	123	+ 444
Diabetes Mellitus	4	226	7	164	+ 62
Liver Disease	5	219	6	166	+ 54
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	184	4	177	+ 7
Kidney Disease	7	173	8	149	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	8	158	18	58	+ 100
Violence	9	157	35	18	+ 138
Hypertension	10	155	16	77	+ 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	148	13	105	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	12	135	55	3	+ 132
Low Birth Weight	13	125	14	79	+ 46
Breast Cancer	14	119	43	8	+ 111
Lung Disease	15	111	2	524	- 413
Lung Cancers	16	102	21	44	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	17	85	20	50	+ 35
Birth Trauma	18	75	19	51	+ 24
Other Injuries	19	73	24	43	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	70	31	24	+ 45
Liver Cancer	21	54	27	35	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	22	49	39	11	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	23	46	29	30	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	24	45	11	118	- 73
Suicide	25	43	26	35	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	41	5	169	- 128
Pancreas Cancer	27	37	33	20	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	28	37	28	31	+ 5
Asthma	29	36	15	78	- 42
Falls	30	36	12	111	- 75
Oral Cancer	31	35	23	43	- 8
Leukemia	32	33	34	19	+ 15
Lymphomas	33	31	52	5	+ 26
Malnutrition	34	30	54	3	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	35	25	45	8	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	24	25	39	- 15
Drownings	37	20	32	20	- 0
Tuberculosis	38	20	9	138	- 118
Maternal Conditions	39	17	42	9	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	40	16	22	44	- 27
Skin Cancers	41	14	41	9	+ 5
Epilepsy	42	13	38	14	- 1
Drug Use	43	13	47	7	+ 6
Fires	44	11	44	8	+ 4
Meningitis	45	11	36	17	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	10	17	68	- 58
Pertussis	47	10	63	1	+ 9
Alcohol	48	10	49	6	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	49	8	48	6	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	50	7	37	14	- 7
Syphilis	51	6	40	11	- 5
Appendicitis	52	5	51	5	+ 0
Skin Disease	53	4	46	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	4	50	5	- 1
Poisonings	55	4	59	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	4	30	28	- 24
Uterin Cancer	57	4	71	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	3	57	2	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	59	2	82	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	60	1	64	1	+ 0
Tetanus	61	1	60	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	62	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	53	4	- 3
Dengue	64	0	56	3	- 3
Malaria	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	67	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	86	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	58	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Dominican Rep.

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.