BHUTAN VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	447	4	177	+ 270
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	331	5	169	+ 162
Stroke	3	294	3	360	- 67
Coronary Heart Disease	4	273	1	702	- 430
Road Traffic Accidents	5	236	10	123	+ 112
Birth Trauma	6	232	19	51	+ 181
Low Birth Weight	7	209	14	79	+ 130
Liver Disease	8	203	6	166	+ 38
Tuberculosis	9	160	9	138	+ 22
Diabetes Mellitus	10	121	7	164	- 43
Congenital Anomalies	11	117	20	50	+ 66
Hypertension	12	101	16	77	+ 24
Kidney Disease	13	90	8	149	- 58
Meningitis	14	90	36	17	+ 72
Lung Disease	15	89	2	524	- 436
Other Injuries	16	88	24	43	+ 45
HIV/AIDS	17	86	18	58	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	18	66	42	9	+ 57
Malnutrition	19	64	54	3	+ 61
Breast Cancer	20	63	43	8	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	62	13	105	- 43
Violence	22	60	35	18	+ 42
Pertussis	23	51	63	1	+ 51
Measles	24	47	58	2	+ 45
Suicide	25	45	26	35	+ 10
Malaria	26	42	81	0	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	27	37	29	30	+ 7
Falls	28	34	12	111	- 77
Asthma	29	33	15	78	- 44
Leukemia	30	32	34	19	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	28	31	24	+ 4
Poisonings	32	27	59	2	+ 25
Lymphomas	33	27	52	5	+ 22
Fires	34	24	44	8	+ 16
Drownings	35	23	32	20	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	36	18	37	14	+ 4
Tetanus	37	16	60	1	+ 15
Lung Cancers	38	16	21	44	- 28
Inflammatory/Heart	39	16	45	8	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	40	14	22	44	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	13	25	39	- 26
Liver Cancer	42	13	27	35	- 22
Syphilis	43	13	40	11	+ 2
Epilepsy	44	12	38	14	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	45	12	39	11	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	46	12	28	31	- 20
Stomach Cancer	47	11	11	118	- 107
Oral Cancer	48	11	23	43	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	10	17	68	- 58
Prostate Cancer	50	9	55	3	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	51	8	48	6	+ 2
Skin Cancers	52	8	41	9	- 2
Skin Disease	53	7	46	7	- 1
Schistosomiasis	54	6	82	0	+ 6
Alcohol	55	6	49	6	- 0
Hepatitis B	56	6	53	4	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	5	61	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	5	51	5	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	59	4	65	1	+ 3
Drug Use	60	4	47	7	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	61	4	33	20	- 16
Uterin Cancer	62	3	71	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	3	30	28	- 25
War	64	2	68	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	50	5	- 4
Other Neoplasms	66	1	57	2	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	64	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	70	0	62	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	67	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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Ethiopia

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.