BHUTAN VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	756	3	360	+ 396
Diabetes Mellitus	2	651	7	164	+ 487
Coronary Heart Disease	3	541	1	702	- 162
Violence	4	465	35	18	+ 447
Prostate Cancer	5	277	55	3	+ 273
Kidney Disease	6	248	8	149	+ 100
HIV/AIDS	7	237	18	58	+ 179
Hypertension	8	204	16	77	+ 127
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	184	13	105	+ 79
Lung Cancers	10	148	21	44	+ 104
Lung Disease	11	142	2	524	- 383
Road Traffic Accidents	12	139	10	123	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	137	31	24	+ 113
Breast Cancer	14	129	43	8	+ 122
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	123	4	177	- 54
Cervical Cancer	16	112	29	30	+ 82
Lymphomas	17	79	52	5	+ 74
Low Birth Weight	18	75	14	79	- 4
Stomach Cancer	19	72	11	118	- 46
Endocrine Disorders	20	55	39	11	+ 44
Liver Disease	21	48	6	166	- 117
Skin Disease	22	46	46	7	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	23	43	20	50	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	24	42	45	8	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	25	42	28	31	+ 10
Leukemia	26	40	34	19	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	27	37	33	20	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	28	33	71	0	+ 33
Liver Cancer	29	32	27	35	- 3
Ovary Cancer	30	30	37	14	+ 16
Other Injuries	31	28	24	43	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	26	25	39	- 13
Falls	33	26	12	111	- 85
Oesophagus Cancer	34	23	22	44	- 21
Suicide	35	22	26	35	- 13
Asthma	36	20	15	78	- 57
Birth Trauma	37	20	19	51	- 31
Bladder Cancer	38	19	48	6	+ 12
Oral Cancer	39	18	23	43	- 25
Malnutrition	40	15	54	3	+ 11
Epilepsy	41	14	38	14	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	11	5	169	- 159
Maternal Conditions	43	11	42	9	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	8	17	68	- 59
Other Neoplasms	45	6	57	2	+ 4
Fires	46	5	44	8	- 3
Meningitis	47	5	36	17	- 12
Drug Use	48	4	47	7	- 3
Encephalitis	49	4	30	28	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	4	50	5	- 2
Drownings	51	3	32	20	- 17
Skin Cancers	52	3	41	9	- 6
Appendicitis	53	3	51	5	- 2
Tuberculosis	54	2	9	138	- 135
Alcohol	55	2	49	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	62	1	+ 0
Poisonings	57	1	59	2	- 1
Dengue	58	0	56	3	- 3
Hepatitis B	59	0	53	4	- 4
Syphilis	60	0	40	11	- 10
War	61	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	60	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	63	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	85	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	65	1	- 1
Malaria	72	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	86	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	58	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	75	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.