BHUTAN VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,716	1	702	+ 1,014
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,090	7	164	+ 926
Stroke	3	1,058	3	360	+ 698
Kidney Disease	4	499	8	149	+ 351
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	460	4	177	+ 283
Lung Disease	6	366	2	524	- 158
Suicide	7	285	26	35	+ 250
Hypertension	8	241	16	77	+ 164
Liver Disease	9	211	6	166	+ 45
Lung Cancers	10	204	21	44	+ 160
Drownings	11	153	32	20	+ 133
Breast Cancer	12	151	43	8	+ 143
Asthma	13	141	15	78	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	14	133	14	79	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	122	17	68	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	119	5	169	- 50
Other Injuries	17	118	24	43	+ 76
Congenital Anomalies	18	118	20	50	+ 68
Tuberculosis	19	111	9	138	- 27
Stomach Cancer	20	104	11	118	- 14
Birth Trauma	21	96	19	51	+ 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	75	31	24	+ 51
Cervical Cancer	23	74	29	30	+ 43
Liver Cancer	24	72	27	35	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	59	25	39	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	58	13	105	- 47
Falls	27	55	12	111	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	28	54	45	8	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	29	49	55	3	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	30	47	39	11	+ 36
Violence	31	47	35	18	+ 28
Leukemia	32	45	34	19	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	33	41	28	31	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	34	33	42	9	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	35	32	33	20	+ 12
Lymphomas	36	32	52	5	+ 27
Pertussis	37	31	63	1	+ 30
Oral Cancer	38	30	23	43	- 13
Meningitis	39	28	36	17	+ 11
Syphilis	40	27	40	11	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	41	25	71	0	+ 25
Skin Disease	42	24	46	7	+ 17
Epilepsy	43	24	38	14	+ 10
Malnutrition	44	24	54	3	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	45	20	37	14	+ 6
Alcohol	46	20	49	6	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	47	19	22	44	- 24
Fires	48	18	44	8	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	49	14	48	6	+ 7
Poisonings	50	9	59	2	+ 7
Skin Cancers	51	8	41	9	- 1
Drug Use	52	5	47	7	- 1
Encephalitis	53	5	30	28	- 23
Appendicitis	54	4	51	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	55	3	57	2	+ 1
Measles	56	3	58	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	57	3	53	4	- 1
Road Traffic Accidents	58	2	10	123	- 122
Tetanus	59	1	60	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	50	5	- 4
Dengue	61	1	56	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	62	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
War	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	18	58	- 58
Leishmaniasis	75	0	65	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Micronesia

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.