BHUTAN VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,229	1	702	+ 1,527
Hypertension	2	2,001	16	77	+ 1,924
Stroke	3	827	3	360	+ 467
Lung Cancers	4	487	21	44	+ 443
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	390	31	24	+ 366
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	258	4	177	+ 81
Liver Disease	7	243	6	166	+ 78
Prostate Cancer	8	221	55	3	+ 218
Stomach Cancer	9	215	11	118	+ 97
Pancreas Cancer	10	199	33	20	+ 179
Breast Cancer	11	193	43	8	+ 185
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	170	13	105	+ 65
Lung Disease	13	169	2	524	- 355
Inflammatory/Heart	14	161	45	8	+ 153
Lymphomas	15	158	52	5	+ 153
Suicide	16	146	26	35	+ 111
Kidney Disease	17	131	8	149	- 18
Alcohol	18	110	49	6	+ 104
Diabetes Mellitus	19	108	7	164	- 56
Other Injuries	20	105	24	43	+ 62
Bladder Cancer	21	93	48	6	+ 87
Leukemia	22	93	34	19	+ 75
Other Neoplasms	23	91	57	2	+ 89
Falls	24	88	12	111	- 23
Oral Cancer	25	82	23	43	+ 39
Liver Cancer	26	79	27	35	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	27	73	22	44	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	28	65	37	14	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	29	61	28	31	+ 29
Skin Cancers	30	58	41	9	+ 49
Drug Use	31	56	47	7	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	32	50	29	30	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	33	49	39	11	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	34	45	71	0	+ 45
Road Traffic Accidents	35	44	10	123	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	41	25	39	+ 2
Epilepsy	37	33	38	14	+ 19
Fires	38	30	44	8	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	39	30	18	58	- 28
Drownings	40	22	32	20	+ 2
Skin Disease	41	21	46	7	+ 14
Violence	42	21	35	18	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	43	19	20	50	- 32
Asthma	44	18	15	78	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	16	17	68	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	13	50	5	+ 7
Tuberculosis	47	12	9	138	- 126
Multiple Sclerosis	48	12	62	1	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	9	77	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	50	8	78	0	+ 8
Anemia	51	7	72	0	+ 7
Poisonings	52	6	59	2	+ 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	6	5	169	- 163
Meningitis	54	5	36	17	- 12
Low Birth Weight	55	5	14	79	- 74
Schizophrenia	56	5	75	0	+ 5
Birth Trauma	57	4	19	51	- 48
Hepatitis C	58	3	64	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	2	51	5	- 4
Oral conditions	60	1	76	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	42	9	- 8
Syphilis	62	1	40	11	- 10
Encephalitis	63	0	30	28	- 28
War	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	53	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	85	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	67	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	54	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	82	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	63	1	- 1
Measles	84	0	58	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Estonia

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.