BHUTAN VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	343	4	177	+ 166
HIV/AIDS	2	317	18	58	+ 259
Tuberculosis	3	298	9	138	+ 161
Stroke	4	241	3	360	- 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	234	5	169	+ 65
Road Traffic Accidents	6	226	10	123	+ 103
Liver Disease	7	204	6	166	+ 38
Malaria	8	192	81	0	+ 192
Coronary Heart Disease	9	182	1	702	- 521
Birth Trauma	10	151	19	51	+ 100
Low Birth Weight	11	145	14	79	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	12	93	20	50	+ 43
Maternal Conditions	13	86	42	9	+ 77
Diabetes Mellitus	14	86	7	164	- 78
Meningitis	15	81	36	17	+ 64
Kidney Disease	16	68	8	149	- 81
Hypertension	17	67	16	77	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	18	66	22	44	+ 23
Other Injuries	19	66	24	43	+ 23
Lung Disease	20	65	2	524	- 459
Malnutrition	21	64	54	3	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	22	51	29	30	+ 21
Suicide	23	49	26	35	+ 14
Violence	24	45	35	18	+ 26
Breast Cancer	25	40	43	8	+ 32
Asthma	26	35	15	78	- 43
Tetanus	27	32	60	1	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	28	31	11	118	- 88
Lymphomas	29	29	52	5	+ 24
Oral Cancer	30	28	23	43	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	28	13	105	- 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	22	31	24	- 2
Falls	33	22	12	111	- 89
Liver Cancer	34	21	27	35	- 14
Leukemia	35	20	34	19	+ 2
Fires	36	20	44	8	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	37	20	55	3	+ 16
Poisonings	38	19	59	2	+ 17
Drownings	39	18	32	20	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	40	17	45	8	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	17	25	39	- 22
Pertussis	42	15	63	1	+ 14
Epilepsy	43	13	38	14	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	44	13	39	11	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	45	12	37	14	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	46	11	33	20	- 9
Lung Cancers	47	10	21	44	- 34
Skin Cancers	48	10	41	9	+ 0
Hepatitis B	49	8	53	4	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	50	7	28	31	- 24
Skin Disease	51	7	46	7	- 0
Syphilis	52	7	40	11	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	17	68	- 61
Schistosomiasis	54	6	82	0	+ 6
Alcohol	55	5	49	6	- 1
Uterin Cancer	56	5	71	0	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	57	5	48	6	- 2
Appendicitis	58	4	51	5	- 1
Leishmaniasis	59	3	65	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	60	3	30	28	- 25
Hepatitis C	61	2	64	1	+ 1
Drug Use	62	2	47	7	- 5
Measles	63	2	58	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	1	+ 0
War	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	50	5	- 4
Other Neoplasms	67	1	57	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	62	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	86	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	75	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

Kenya

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.