BHUTAN VS MALAWI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAWI		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	522	18	58	+ 464
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	315	4	177	+ 137
Malaria	3	256	81	0	+ 256
Road Traffic Accidents	4	253	10	123	+ 129
Stroke	5	241	3	360	- 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	235	5	169	+ 66
Coronary Heart Disease	7	200	1	702	- 502
Low Birth Weight	8	176	14	79	+ 97
Birth Trauma	9	145	19	51	+ 94
Liver Disease	10	132	6	166	- 33
Tuberculosis	11	122	9	138	- 16
Cervical Cancer	12	117	29	30	+ 86
Congenital Anomalies	13	102	20	50	+ 52
Diabetes Mellitus	14	92	7	164	- 72
Maternal Conditions	15	75	42	9	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	16	75	22	44	+ 31
Hypertension	17	73	16	77	- 4
Meningitis	18	73	36	17	+ 56
Kidney Disease	19	64	8	149	- 85
Malnutrition	20	61	54	3	+ 57
Lung Disease	21	54	2	524	- 470
Other Injuries	22	51	24	43	+ 9
Suicide	23	41	26	35	+ 6
Lymphomas	24	34	52	5	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	32	13	105	- 73
Asthma	26	29	15	78	- 49
Breast Cancer	27	24	43	8	+ 16
Falls	28	23	12	111	- 88
Syphilis	29	20	40	11	+ 9
Drownings	30	19	32	20	- 2
Pertussis	31	18	63	1	+ 17
Violence	32	17	35	18	- 2
Bladder Cancer	33	16	48	6	+ 9
Fires	34	15	44	8	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	35	15	45	8	+ 7
Skin Cancers	36	13	41	9	+ 4
Poisonings	37	13	59	2	+ 11
Liver Cancer	38	13	27	35	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	11	25	39	- 27
Prostate Cancer	40	11	55	3	+ 8
Epilepsy	41	11	38	14	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	42	10	39	11	- 1
Oral Cancer	43	10	23	43	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	44	10	31	24	- 15
Stomach Cancer	45	8	11	118	- 110
Parkinson's Disease	46	8	28	31	- 23
Tetanus	47	7	60	1	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	48	6	37	14	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	6	17	68	- 61
Schistosomiasis	50	6	82	0	+ 6
Lung Cancers	51	5	21	44	- 39
Alcohol	52	5	49	6	- 1
Skin Disease	53	4	46	7	- 3
Appendicitis	54	4	51	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	55	4	53	4	- 0
Leukemia	56	3	34	19	- 15
Upper Respiratory	57	2	61	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	58	2	30	28	- 26
Drug Use	59	2	47	7	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	60	2	33	20	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	50	5	- 4
Uterin Cancer	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	57	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	- 0
Dengue	65	0	56	3	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	62	1	- 1
Measles	67	0	58	2	- 2
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
War	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	65	1	- 1
Chagas disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	74	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

Malawi

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.