BHUTAN VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Egypt EGYPT BHUTAN Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 1,382 1 702 + 680
Liver Disease 2 478 6 166 + 312
Stroke 3 349 3 360 - 12
Liver Cancer 4 195 27 35 + 160
Hypertension 5 168 16 77 + 91
Kidney Disease 6 168 8 149 + 19
Influenza and Pneumonia 7 165 4 177 - 13
Diabetes Mellitus 8 152 7 164 - 12
Lung Disease 9 106 2 524 - 418
Congenital Anomalies 10 97 20 50 + 46
Low Birth Weight 11 91 14 79 + 11
Road Traffic Accidents 12 81 10 123 - 43
Breast Cancer 13 73 43 8 + 65
Lymphomas 14 60 52 5 + 55
Asthma 15 56 15 78 - 21
Alzheimers & Dementia 16 55 13 105 - 49
Birth Trauma 17 49 19 51 - 3
Lung Cancers 18 45 21 44 + 1
Bladder Cancer 19 41 48 6 + 34
Violence 20 33 35 18 + 15
Other Injuries 21 30 24 43 - 12
Leukemia 22 30 34 19 + 11
Diarrhoeal diseases 23 29 5 169 - 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers 24 25 31 24 + 0
Suicide 25 24 26 35 - 11
Pancreas Cancer 26 23 33 20 + 3
Inflammatory/Heart 27 20 45 8 + 12
Parkinson's Disease 28 19 28 31 - 12
Endocrine Disorders 29 19 39 11 + 8
Falls 30 16 12 111 - 95
Ovary Cancer 31 15 37 14 + 1
Stomach Cancer 32 15 11 118 - 103
Fires 33 12 44 8 + 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease 34 11 25 39 - 28
Prostate Cancer 35 10 55 3 + 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease 36 10 17 68 - 58
Drownings 37 9 32 20 - 11
Encephalitis 38 8 30 28 - 20
Skin Cancers 39 8 41 9 - 1
Hepatitis B 40 8 53 4 + 4
Oesophagus Cancer 41 8 22 44 - 36
Pertussis 42 7 63 1 + 6
Meningitis 43 7 36 17 - 11
Maternal Conditions 44 6 42 9 - 3
Oral Cancer 45 6 23 43 - 37
Malnutrition 46 6 54 3 + 3
War 47 6 68 0 + 6
Cervical Cancer 48 5 29 30 - 26
Tetanus 49 4 60 1 + 3
Epilepsy 50 4 38 14 - 10
Tuberculosis 51 3 9 138 - 134
Uterin Cancer 52 3 71 0 + 3
HIV/AIDS 53 3 18 58 - 55
Schistosomiasis 54 2 82 0 + 2
Skin Disease 55 2 46 7 - 6
Multiple Sclerosis 56 2 62 1 + 1
Poisonings 57 2 59 2 - 0
Syphilis 58 1 40 11 - 9
Appendicitis 59 1 51 5 - 4
Alcohol 60 1 49 6 - 5
Other Neoplasms 61 1 57 2 - 1
Drug Use 62 1 47 7 - 6
Hepatitis C 63 1 64 1 - 0
Measles 64 0 58 2 - 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis 65 0 50 5 - 5
Leishmaniasis 66 0 65 1 - 1
Ascariasis 67 0 66 0 - 0
Upper Respiratory 68 0 61 1 - 1
Dengue 69 0 56 3 - 3
Diphtheria 70 0 70 0 + 0
Chlamydia 71 0 67 0 - 0
Otitis Media 72 0 69 0 - 0
Leprosy 73 0 85 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 74 0 86 0 - 0
Chagas disease 75 0 83 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 76 0 84 0 - 0
Malaria 77 0 81 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 78 0 80 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 79 0 79 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 80 0 75 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 81 0 73 0 - 0
Anemia 82 0 72 0 - 0
Depression 83 0 74 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

Egypt

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Bhutan

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020