BHUTAN VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,198	1	702	+ 1,495
Stroke	2	296	3	360	- 64
Lung Cancers	3	247	21	44	+ 203
Hypertension	4	235	16	77	+ 159
Kidney Disease	5	205	8	149	+ 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	200	13	105	+ 96
Road Traffic Accidents	7	186	10	123	+ 62
Breast Cancer	8	163	43	8	+ 155
Diabetes Mellitus	9	154	7	164	- 10
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	154	4	177	- 24
Lung Disease	11	147	2	524	- 378
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	139	31	24	+ 115
Bladder Cancer	13	116	48	6	+ 110
Liver Disease	14	109	6	166	- 56
Lymphomas	15	106	52	5	+ 102
Stomach Cancer	16	79	11	118	- 39
Prostate Cancer	17	73	55	3	+ 70
Leukemia	18	55	34	19	+ 36
Asthma	19	49	15	78	- 29
Congenital Anomalies	20	49	20	50	- 1
Skin Cancers	21	49	41	9	+ 40
Violence	22	47	35	18	+ 29
Drug Use	23	46	47	7	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	24	45	33	20	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	25	37	28	31	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	26	37	37	14	+ 23
Liver Cancer	27	36	27	35	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	28	31	14	79	- 48
Suicide	29	31	26	35	- 4
Other Injuries	30	28	24	43	- 15
Oral Cancer	31	27	23	43	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	32	25	45	8	+ 18
Falls	33	24	12	111	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	34	24	39	11	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	35	22	29	30	- 8
Hepatitis B	36	20	53	4	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	19	25	39	- 20
Uterin Cancer	38	16	71	0	+ 16
Fires	39	16	44	8	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	13	5	169	- 156
Tuberculosis	41	12	9	138	- 126
Birth Trauma	42	11	19	51	- 40
Drownings	43	10	32	20	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	44	9	22	44	- 35
HIV/AIDS	45	8	18	58	- 50
Epilepsy	46	8	38	14	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	8	17	68	- 60
Poisonings	48	6	59	2	+ 4
Meningitis	49	6	36	17	- 11
Maternal Conditions	50	5	42	9	- 4
War	51	4	68	0	+ 4
Tetanus	52	4	60	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	3	46	7	- 4
Alcohol	54	3	49	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	55	3	62	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	3	30	28	- 25
Pertussis	57	3	63	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	2	57	2	+ 0
Measles	59	2	58	2	- 0
Malnutrition	60	2	54	3	- 2
Appendicitis	61	2	51	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	50	5	- 4
Syphilis	63	1	40	11	- 10
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	65	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	65	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	56	3	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	86	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	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.