BHUTAN VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	794	1	702	+ 92
Stroke	2	313	3	360	- 47
Road Traffic Accidents	3	173	10	123	+ 50
Kidney Disease	4	142	8	149	- 6
War	5	127	68	0	+ 127
Hypertension	6	110	16	77	+ 33
Tuberculosis	7	98	9	138	- 40
Diabetes Mellitus	8	97	7	164	- 67
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	89	4	177	- 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	89	13	105	- 15
Liver Disease	11	76	6	166	- 90
Lung Disease	12	73	2	524	- 451
Lung Cancers	13	71	21	44	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	14	59	20	50	+ 9
Other Injuries	15	52	24	43	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	51	31	24	+ 27
Drug Use	17	45	47	7	+ 38
Low Birth Weight	18	43	14	79	- 36
Suicide	19	36	26	35	+ 1
Asthma	20	36	15	78	- 42
HIV/AIDS	21	27	18	58	- 31
Leukemia	22	26	34	19	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	23	25	33	20	+ 5
Falls	24	24	12	111	- 86
Breast Cancer	25	23	43	8	+ 15
Lymphomas	26	23	52	5	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	27	19	28	31	- 12
Liver Cancer	28	18	27	35	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	29	18	39	11	+ 7
Violence	30	17	35	18	- 1
Bladder Cancer	31	16	48	6	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	32	16	29	30	- 14
Stomach Cancer	33	16	11	118	- 102
Birth Trauma	34	16	19	51	- 35
Maternal Conditions	35	15	42	9	+ 6
Fires	36	14	44	8	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	37	13	45	8	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	12	25	39	- 27
Prostate Cancer	39	11	55	3	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	11	5	169	- 158
Oral Cancer	41	10	23	43	- 33
Ovary Cancer	42	9	37	14	- 5
Drownings	43	9	32	20	- 11
Epilepsy	44	8	38	14	- 6
Poisonings	45	7	59	2	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	6	17	68	- 62
Meningitis	47	5	36	17	- 12
Hepatitis B	48	4	53	4	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	49	4	22	44	- 40
Alcohol	50	3	49	6	- 3
Skin Cancers	51	2	41	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	52	2	62	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	53	2	30	28	- 26
Skin Disease	54	2	46	7	- 5
Pertussis	55	2	63	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	56	2	51	5	- 3
Malnutrition	57	1	54	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	1	57	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	59	1	82	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	1	71	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	1	40	11	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	50	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	63	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	64	0	60	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	58	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Libya

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.