BHUTAN VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	450	9	138	+ 312
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	438	4	177	+ 261
Measles	3	416	58	2	+ 414
Malaria	4	395	81	0	+ 395
Road Traffic Accidents	5	312	10	123	+ 189
HIV/AIDS	6	312	18	58	+ 254
Coronary Heart Disease	7	307	1	702	- 396
Low Birth Weight	8	269	14	79	+ 189
Birth Trauma	9	261	19	51	+ 209
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	259	5	169	+ 90
Stroke	11	257	3	360	- 104
Maternal Conditions	12	141	42	9	+ 132
Liver Disease	13	140	6	166	- 26
Congenital Anomalies	14	136	20	50	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	15	106	7	164	- 58
Kidney Disease	16	99	8	149	- 50
Meningitis	17	90	36	17	+ 73
Violence	18	78	35	18	+ 59
Cervical Cancer	19	77	29	30	+ 47
Liver Cancer	20	71	27	35	+ 37
Syphilis	21	64	40	11	+ 54
Other Injuries	22	62	24	43	+ 19
Hypertension	23	60	16	77	- 16
Malnutrition	24	57	54	3	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	25	48	55	3	+ 45
Lung Disease	26	48	2	524	- 477
Breast Cancer	27	40	43	8	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	28	40	39	11	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	38	13	105	- 66
Suicide	30	36	26	35	+ 1
Asthma	31	32	15	78	- 45
Pertussis	32	32	63	1	+ 31
Falls	33	25	12	111	- 86
Fires	34	25	44	8	+ 17
Drownings	35	21	32	20	+ 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	21	25	39	- 18
Stomach Cancer	37	20	11	118	- 98
Inflammatory/Heart	38	19	45	8	+ 11
Lymphomas	39	15	52	5	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	15	31	24	- 10
Poisonings	41	13	59	2	+ 11
Epilepsy	42	13	38	14	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	43	12	28	31	- 20
Lung Cancers	44	11	21	44	- 33
Schistosomiasis	45	8	82	0	+ 8
Skin Cancers	46	8	41	9	- 1
Ovary Cancer	47	8	37	14	- 6
Oral Cancer	48	8	23	43	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	8	17	68	- 59
Drug Use	50	7	47	7	+ 0
Skin Disease	51	7	46	7	- 1
Hepatitis B	52	6	53	4	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	33	20	- 14
Tetanus	54	5	60	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	55	5	71	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	4	30	28	- 24
Alcohol	57	4	49	6	- 2
Leukemia	58	4	34	19	- 15
Bladder Cancer	59	3	48	6	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	60	3	22	44	- 41
Appendicitis	61	2	51	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	1	57	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	62	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	50	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	- 0
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	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

Liberia

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.