BHUTAN VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,893	18	58	+ 1,835
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,276	4	177	+ 1,099
Stroke	3	1,119	3	360	+ 758
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	935	5	169	+ 765
Coronary Heart Disease	5	834	1	702	+ 132
Diabetes Mellitus	6	794	7	164	+ 630
Suicide	7	611	26	35	+ 576
Tuberculosis	8	480	9	138	+ 342
Lung Disease	9	438	2	524	- 87
Kidney Disease	10	403	8	149	+ 254
Hypertension	11	393	16	77	+ 317
Low Birth Weight	12	380	14	79	+ 301
Violence	13	367	35	18	+ 349
Liver Disease	14	315	6	166	+ 149
Birth Trauma	15	285	19	51	+ 234
Road Traffic Accidents	16	269	10	123	+ 146
Asthma	17	269	15	78	+ 191
Other Injuries	18	212	24	43	+ 169
Congenital Anomalies	19	155	20	50	+ 104
Cervical Cancer	20	148	29	30	+ 117
Malnutrition	21	142	54	3	+ 138
Meningitis	22	126	36	17	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	23	121	45	8	+ 113
Maternal Conditions	24	116	42	9	+ 107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	111	25	39	+ 72
Fires	26	107	44	8	+ 99
Endocrine Disorders	27	93	39	11	+ 82
Drownings	28	79	32	20	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	77	13	105	- 27
Epilepsy	30	57	38	14	+ 43
Falls	31	51	12	111	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	50	17	68	- 18
Poisonings	33	44	59	2	+ 42
Breast Cancer	34	39	43	8	+ 31
Prostate Cancer	35	32	55	3	+ 29
Lymphomas	36	31	52	5	+ 26
Oesophagus Cancer	37	29	22	44	- 15
Alcohol	38	28	49	6	+ 22
Liver Cancer	39	28	27	35	- 7
Skin Disease	40	28	46	7	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	41	22	28	31	- 10
Oral Cancer	42	21	23	43	- 23
Lung Cancers	43	20	21	44	- 24
Pertussis	44	20	63	1	+ 19
Syphilis	45	20	40	11	+ 9
Skin Cancers	46	18	41	9	+ 9
Tetanus	47	18	60	1	+ 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	16	31	24	- 8
Leukemia	49	15	34	19	- 3
Drug Use	50	13	47	7	+ 6
Hepatitis B	51	11	53	4	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	10	51	5	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	53	10	37	14	- 5
Uterin Cancer	54	9	71	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	55	7	61	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	7	50	5	+ 2
Encephalitis	57	5	30	28	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	58	5	33	20	- 15
Measles	59	5	58	2	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	60	4	11	118	- 114
Bladder Cancer	61	4	48	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	4	57	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	62	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	85	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	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

Lesotho

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.