BHUTAN VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	476	1	702	- 226
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	448	4	177	+ 271
Diabetes Mellitus	3	336	7	164	+ 172
Kidney Disease	4	304	8	149	+ 156
Liver Disease	5	275	6	166	+ 110
Stroke	6	235	3	360	- 125
Violence	7	214	35	18	+ 195
Road Traffic Accidents	8	195	10	123	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	127	5	169	- 43
Other Injuries	10	119	24	43	+ 77
Malnutrition	11	96	54	3	+ 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	95	13	105	- 10
Lung Disease	13	92	2	524	- 432
Alcohol	14	87	49	6	+ 81
Liver Cancer	15	86	27	35	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	16	80	14	79	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	17	76	11	118	- 42
Congenital Anomalies	18	73	20	50	+ 23
Birth Trauma	19	71	19	51	+ 20
Falls	20	66	12	111	- 44
HIV/AIDS	21	57	18	58	- 1
Suicide	22	50	26	35	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	50	25	39	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	24	41	55	3	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	25	39	29	30	+ 9
Hypertension	26	33	16	77	- 44
Leukemia	27	29	34	19	+ 11
Breast Cancer	28	24	43	8	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	29	24	39	11	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	30	23	42	9	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	22	31	24	- 2
Drownings	32	22	32	20	+ 2
Epilepsy	33	22	38	14	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	34	19	28	31	- 12
Lung Cancers	35	19	21	44	- 25
Asthma	36	16	15	78	- 62
Tuberculosis	37	15	9	138	- 123
Pancreas Cancer	38	14	33	20	- 6
Poisonings	39	13	59	2	+ 11
Drug Use	40	13	47	7	+ 6
Meningitis	41	13	36	17	- 4
Skin Disease	42	11	46	7	+ 4
Lymphomas	43	11	52	5	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	44	11	45	8	+ 3
Fires	45	10	44	8	+ 2
Skin Cancers	46	9	41	9	+ 0
Appendicitis	47	8	51	5	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	48	7	22	44	- 37
Oral Cancer	49	7	23	43	- 36
Ovary Cancer	50	6	37	14	- 8
Encephalitis	51	5	30	28	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	4	50	5	- 1
Pertussis	53	3	63	1	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	17	68	- 65
Bladder Cancer	55	3	48	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	56	2	57	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	57	2	61	1	+ 1
Dengue	58	2	56	3	- 2
Uterin Cancer	59	1	71	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Chagas disease	61	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	60	1	- 1
Ascariasis	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	40	11	- 10
Hepatitis B	65	0	53	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	67	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	58	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	74	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

Guatemala

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.