BHUTAN VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,409	1	702	+ 707
Stroke	2	909	3	360	+ 549
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	601	13	105	+ 497
Lung Cancers	4	496	21	44	+ 451
Lung Disease	5	470	2	524	- 55
Hypertension	6	434	16	77	+ 358
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	308	31	24	+ 284
Diabetes Mellitus	8	288	7	164	+ 124
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	237	4	177	+ 60
Breast Cancer	10	201	43	8	+ 193
Kidney Disease	11	185	8	149	+ 36
Other Injuries	12	176	24	43	+ 133
Pancreas Cancer	13	175	33	20	+ 156
Stomach Cancer	14	149	11	118	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	15	145	57	2	+ 143
Lymphomas	16	140	52	5	+ 135
Liver Cancer	17	140	27	35	+ 105
Endocrine Disorders	18	122	39	11	+ 111
Parkinson's Disease	19	122	28	31	+ 91
Prostate Cancer	20	122	55	3	+ 119
Leukemia	21	98	34	19	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	22	97	48	6	+ 91
Liver Disease	23	81	6	166	- 85
Inflammatory/Heart	24	80	45	8	+ 73
Falls	25	61	12	111	- 50
Suicide	26	59	26	35	+ 24
Oral Cancer	27	49	23	43	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	28	48	37	14	+ 33
Skin Cancers	29	47	41	9	+ 38
Road Traffic Accidents	30	47	10	123	- 77
Hepatitis C	31	36	64	1	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	32	17	68	- 35
Uterin Cancer	33	32	71	0	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	34	30	22	44	- 14
Anemia	35	24	72	0	+ 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	24	5	169	- 146
Congenital Anomalies	37	21	20	50	- 29
Skin Disease	38	21	46	7	+ 14
Epilepsy	39	19	38	14	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	40	17	29	30	- 14
Malnutrition	41	11	54	3	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	10	50	5	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	10	25	39	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	44	10	62	1	+ 9
Drug Use	45	9	47	7	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	46	8	18	58	- 50
Asthma	47	7	15	78	- 71
Osteoarthritis	48	7	78	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	49	6	75	0	+ 6
Violence	50	6	35	18	- 12
Low Birth Weight	51	5	14	79	- 74
Drownings	52	5	32	20	- 15
Tuberculosis	53	5	9	138	- 133
Hepatitis B	54	5	53	4	+ 1
Alcohol	55	4	49	6	- 2
Fires	56	4	44	8	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	77	0	+ 3
Poisonings	58	2	59	2	+ 0
Birth Trauma	59	2	19	51	- 49
Meningitis	60	2	36	17	- 15
Appendicitis	61	1	51	5	- 4
Oral conditions	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	60	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
War	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	42	9	- 9
Encephalitis	68	0	30	28	- 28
Syphilis	69	0	40	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	70	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	71	0	58	2	- 2
Chagas disease	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	63	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	85	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	86	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

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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.