BHUTAN VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,977	1	702	+ 3,275
Stroke	2	2,894	3	360	+ 2,533
Hypertension	3	586	16	77	+ 510
Lung Cancers	4	470	21	44	+ 426
Inflammatory/Heart	5	452	45	8	+ 445
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	355	31	24	+ 330
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	326	13	105	+ 221
Diabetes Mellitus	8	260	7	164	+ 96
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	246	4	177	+ 69
Breast Cancer	10	232	43	8	+ 224
Stomach Cancer	11	231	11	118	+ 112
Prostate Cancer	12	228	55	3	+ 224
Pancreas Cancer	13	214	33	20	+ 194
Suicide	14	188	26	35	+ 153
Liver Disease	15	179	6	166	+ 14
Other Injuries	16	178	24	43	+ 135
Kidney Disease	17	175	8	149	+ 26
Lung Disease	18	170	2	524	- 354
Lymphomas	19	121	52	5	+ 116
Bladder Cancer	20	112	48	6	+ 105
Alcohol	21	112	49	6	+ 106
Oral Cancer	22	105	23	43	+ 62
Falls	23	99	12	111	- 12
Ovary Cancer	24	96	37	14	+ 82
Leukemia	25	91	34	19	+ 73
Liver Cancer	26	77	27	35	+ 42
Road Traffic Accidents	27	75	10	123	- 48
Other Neoplasms	28	75	57	2	+ 73
Uterin Cancer	29	73	71	0	+ 73
Skin Cancers	30	71	41	9	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	70	25	39	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	32	64	22	44	+ 21
Cervical Cancer	33	63	29	30	+ 32
Drownings	34	62	32	20	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	35	62	28	31	+ 30
Fires	36	51	44	8	+ 43
Violence	37	46	35	18	+ 28
Skin Disease	38	38	46	7	+ 30
HIV/AIDS	39	36	18	58	- 22
Tuberculosis	40	35	9	138	- 103
Endocrine Disorders	41	29	39	11	+ 18
Hepatitis C	42	26	64	1	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	43	23	20	50	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	22	77	0	+ 22
Epilepsy	45	22	38	14	+ 8
Asthma	46	20	15	78	- 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	20	17	68	- 48
Drug Use	48	20	47	7	+ 13
Poisonings	49	11	59	2	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	50	10	62	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	10	50	5	+ 4
Meningitis	52	7	36	17	- 10
Anemia	53	7	72	0	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	7	5	169	- 163
Birth Trauma	55	6	19	51	- 46
Low Birth Weight	56	6	14	79	- 74
Schizophrenia	57	4	75	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	58	3	78	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	59	2	51	5	- 3
Maternal Conditions	60	2	42	9	- 7
Oral conditions	61	2	76	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	53	4	- 2
Malnutrition	64	1	54	3	- 3
Syphilis	65	1	40	11	- 10
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	30	28	- 28
Pertussis	70	0	63	1	- 1
Tetanus	71	0	60	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	58	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	85	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	56	3	- 3
Ascariasis	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Latvia

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.