BHUTAN VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	457	4	177	+ 280
Stroke	2	358	3	360	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	320	5	169	+ 150
Coronary Heart Disease	4	300	1	702	- 402
Road Traffic Accidents	5	185	10	123	+ 61
Liver Disease	6	169	6	166	+ 4
Diabetes Mellitus	7	132	7	164	- 32
Hypertension	8	129	16	77	+ 53
Lung Disease	9	92	2	524	- 432
Malnutrition	10	92	54	3	+ 89
Birth Trauma	11	86	19	51	+ 35
Kidney Disease	12	81	8	149	- 68
Maternal Conditions	13	76	42	9	+ 67
Tuberculosis	14	76	9	138	- 62
Other Injuries	15	75	24	43	+ 33
Low Birth Weight	16	74	14	79	- 5
Malaria	17	61	81	0	+ 61
Congenital Anomalies	18	60	20	50	+ 10
Meningitis	19	56	36	17	+ 39
Violence	20	54	35	18	+ 35
Suicide	21	53	26	35	+ 18
Asthma	22	45	15	78	- 32
Breast Cancer	23	43	43	8	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	43	13	105	- 61
HIV/AIDS	25	43	18	58	- 15
Falls	26	23	12	111	- 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	21	25	39	- 18
Lymphomas	28	20	52	5	+ 16
Leukemia	29	20	34	19	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	30	18	29	30	- 12
Fires	31	18	44	8	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	32	17	45	8	+ 9
Drownings	33	16	32	20	- 4
Poisonings	34	16	59	2	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	16	31	24	- 8
Pertussis	36	12	63	1	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	37	12	28	31	- 20
Epilepsy	38	11	38	14	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	39	11	22	44	- 32
Ovary Cancer	40	11	37	14	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	11	17	68	- 57
Schistosomiasis	42	10	82	0	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	43	10	39	11	- 1
Oral Cancer	44	10	23	43	- 33
Liver Cancer	45	10	27	35	- 25
Lung Cancers	46	9	21	44	- 35
Prostate Cancer	47	8	55	3	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	48	7	11	118	- 111
Alcohol	49	6	49	6	+ 0
Skin Disease	50	6	46	7	- 1
Bladder Cancer	51	6	48	6	- 1
Tetanus	52	5	60	1	+ 4
Drug Use	53	5	47	7	- 2
Syphilis	54	5	40	11	- 6
Appendicitis	55	4	51	5	- 1
Skin Cancers	56	4	41	9	- 5
Hepatitis B	57	4	53	4	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	58	3	33	20	- 17
Leishmaniasis	59	3	65	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	2	61	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	61	2	71	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	62	2	30	28	- 26
Measles	63	2	58	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	50	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	1	57	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	62	1	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
War	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
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
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

Eritrea

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.