BHUTAN VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	416	4	177	+ 239
Stroke	2	388	3	360	+ 28
Coronary Heart Disease	3	361	1	702	- 342
HIV/AIDS	4	347	18	58	+ 289
Malaria	5	285	81	0	+ 285
Tuberculosis	6	261	9	138	+ 123
Road Traffic Accidents	7	200	10	123	+ 76
Low Birth Weight	8	170	14	79	+ 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	167	5	169	- 2
Birth Trauma	10	158	19	51	+ 107
Liver Disease	11	155	6	166	- 11
Diabetes Mellitus	12	152	7	164	- 12
Kidney Disease	13	106	8	149	- 42
Congenital Anomalies	14	101	20	50	+ 50
Lung Disease	15	80	2	524	- 445
Meningitis	16	76	36	17	+ 59
Liver Cancer	17	73	27	35	+ 38
Other Injuries	18	62	24	43	+ 20
Hypertension	19	57	16	77	- 19
Cervical Cancer	20	55	29	30	+ 25
Suicide	21	51	26	35	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	22	51	42	9	+ 42
Asthma	23	51	15	78	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	24	50	39	11	+ 39
Breast Cancer	25	50	43	8	+ 42
Malnutrition	26	48	54	3	+ 44
Violence	27	47	35	18	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	28	41	45	8	+ 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	33	13	105	- 71
Falls	30	30	12	111	- 81
Prostate Cancer	31	26	55	3	+ 23
Lymphomas	32	22	52	5	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	33	22	11	118	- 96
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	21	31	24	- 4
Pertussis	35	19	63	1	+ 18
Drownings	36	19	32	20	- 1
Fires	37	19	44	8	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	38	18	37	14	+ 4
Drug Use	39	16	47	7	+ 9
Poisonings	40	13	59	2	+ 11
Syphilis	41	12	40	11	+ 2
Oral Cancer	42	12	23	43	- 31
Parkinson's Disease	43	10	28	31	- 22
Encephalitis	44	9	30	28	- 19
Leukemia	45	9	34	19	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	46	9	33	20	- 11
Epilepsy	47	8	38	14	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	8	25	39	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	49	7	22	44	- 36
Skin Disease	50	7	46	7	- 1
Schistosomiasis	51	7	82	0	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	7	17	68	- 61
Bladder Cancer	53	6	48	6	- 0
Alcohol	54	6	49	6	+ 0
Lung Cancers	55	6	21	44	- 38
Tetanus	56	6	60	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	6	71	0	+ 6
Skin Cancers	58	5	41	9	- 4
Appendicitis	59	4	51	5	- 1
Measles	60	3	58	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	62	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	3	53	4	- 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	57	2	- 1
War	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	50	5	- 5
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	56	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Ghana

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.