BHUTAN VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	924	18	58	+ 866
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	462	4	177	+ 285
Tuberculosis	3	447	9	138	+ 309
Stroke	4	421	3	360	+ 60
Coronary Heart Disease	5	385	1	702	- 317
Road Traffic Accidents	6	274	10	123	+ 150
Diabetes Mellitus	7	229	7	164	+ 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	203	5	169	+ 34
Low Birth Weight	9	163	14	79	+ 84
Lung Disease	10	146	2	524	- 379
Violence	11	142	35	18	+ 124
Hypertension	12	135	16	77	+ 58
Birth Trauma	13	109	19	51	+ 57
Liver Disease	14	106	6	166	- 60
Kidney Disease	15	101	8	149	- 47
Congenital Anomalies	16	89	20	50	+ 39
Suicide	17	77	26	35	+ 41
Malnutrition	18	71	54	3	+ 67
Other Injuries	19	65	24	43	+ 23
Asthma	20	63	15	78	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	55	13	105	- 49
Inflammatory/Heart	22	51	45	8	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	23	42	29	30	+ 11
Breast Cancer	24	38	43	8	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	25	35	42	9	+ 26
Drownings	26	35	32	20	+ 14
Meningitis	27	34	36	17	+ 17
Fires	28	34	44	8	+ 26
Skin Cancers	29	34	41	9	+ 25
Oral Cancer	30	31	23	43	- 12
Prostate Cancer	31	30	55	3	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	24	25	39	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	33	23	39	11	+ 12
Falls	34	20	12	111	- 91
Lung Cancers	35	19	21	44	- 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	17	31	24	- 7
Pertussis	37	17	63	1	+ 16
Epilepsy	38	16	38	14	+ 2
Poisonings	39	15	59	2	+ 13
Lymphomas	40	14	52	5	+ 10
Liver Cancer	41	14	27	35	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	42	14	28	31	- 18
Syphilis	43	11	40	11	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	10	17	68	- 57
Stomach Cancer	45	10	11	118	- 108
Drug Use	46	10	47	7	+ 3
Skin Disease	47	10	46	7	+ 2
Alcohol	48	9	49	6	+ 3
Leukemia	49	7	34	19	- 11
Ovary Cancer	50	7	37	14	- 7
Malaria	51	7	81	0	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	52	7	22	44	- 37
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	33	20	- 14
Bladder Cancer	54	5	48	6	- 2
Schistosomiasis	55	4	82	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	4	71	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	3	50	5	- 2
Appendicitis	58	3	51	5	- 2
Encephalitis	59	3	30	28	- 25
Other Neoplasms	60	2	57	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	2	61	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	2	60	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	53	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	62	1	- 0
Measles	65	1	58	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	1	- 1
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	1	- 1
Oral conditions	80	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	77	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Namibia

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.