BHUTAN VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	655	9	138	+ 518
HIV/AIDS	2	406	18	58	+ 348
Coronary Heart Disease	3	367	1	702	- 335
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	348	4	177	+ 171
Stroke	5	323	3	360	- 37
Diabetes Mellitus	6	232	7	164	+ 68
Malaria	7	194	81	0	+ 194
Road Traffic Accidents	8	187	10	123	+ 63
Low Birth Weight	9	178	14	79	+ 99
Liver Disease	10	150	6	166	- 15
Hypertension	11	149	16	77	+ 72
Kidney Disease	12	138	8	149	- 10
Birth Trauma	13	131	19	51	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	115	5	169	- 55
Congenital Anomalies	15	103	20	50	+ 53
Lung Disease	16	77	2	524	- 447
Violence	17	66	35	18	+ 48
Suicide	18	66	26	35	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	55	13	105	- 50
Measles	20	53	58	2	+ 51
Maternal Conditions	21	52	42	9	+ 43
Other Injuries	22	50	24	43	+ 8
Meningitis	23	41	36	17	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	24	36	45	8	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	25	35	39	11	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	26	35	29	30	+ 4
Breast Cancer	27	33	43	8	+ 25
Asthma	28	33	15	78	- 45
Lung Cancers	29	31	21	44	- 13
Falls	30	30	12	111	- 81
Pertussis	31	29	63	1	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	32	29	55	3	+ 25
Malnutrition	33	28	54	3	+ 25
Oral Cancer	34	25	23	43	- 18
Liver Cancer	35	19	27	35	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	36	17	28	31	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	16	31	24	- 9
Drownings	38	15	32	20	- 5
Fires	39	14	44	8	+ 6
Epilepsy	40	13	38	14	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	13	25	39	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	42	13	84	0	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	43	13	48	6	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	44	12	22	44	- 31
Drug Use	45	12	47	7	+ 5
Skin Cancers	46	12	41	9	+ 3
Syphilis	47	12	40	11	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	48	12	11	118	- 106
Lymphomas	49	11	52	5	+ 7
Poisonings	50	10	59	2	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	51	10	37	14	- 5
Skin Disease	52	8	46	7	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	33	20	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	7	17	68	- 60
Uterin Cancer	55	7	71	0	+ 7
Alcohol	56	7	49	6	+ 1
Leukemia	57	6	34	19	- 12
Schistosomiasis	58	5	82	0	+ 5
Tetanus	59	3	60	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	60	3	30	28	- 25
Appendicitis	61	2	51	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	62	2	53	4	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	50	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	64	2	57	2	- 0
War	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	62	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	1	- 1
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
Schizophrenia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

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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.