BAHAMAS VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Nepal NEPAL BAHAMAS Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Lung Disease 1 357 17 33 + 324
Coronary Heart Disease 2 260 1 334 - 74
Tuberculosis 3 218 58 0 + 218
Stroke 4 170 2 224 - 54
Liver Disease 5 84 11 67 + 17
Influenza and Pneumonia 6 82 8 98 - 15
Diarrhoeal diseases 7 80 43 5 + 75
Asthma 8 78 39 9 + 70
Road Traffic Accidents 9 61 18 30 + 31
Kidney Disease 10 57 7 120 - 63
Low Birth Weight 11 50 28 16 + 34
Lung Cancers 12 47 19 29 + 18
Falls 13 44 26 18 + 26
Diabetes Mellitus 14 39 4 154 - 115
Birth Trauma 15 35 42 6 + 29
Suicide 16 34 31 14 + 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease 17 31 44 4 + 26
Hypertension 18 28 3 198 - 170
Alzheimers & Dementia 19 27 14 53 - 27
Cervical Cancer 20 26 23 21 + 5
Congenital Anomalies 21 26 29 16 + 10
Other Injuries 22 22 10 67 - 45
Drownings 23 20 21 26 - 6
Oral Cancer 24 18 46 3 + 15
Stomach Cancer 25 18 25 18 + 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers 26 15 16 42 - 27
Breast Cancer 27 14 9 69 - 55
Maternal Conditions 28 13 41 6 + 6
Encephalitis 29 12 51 2 + 10
Epilepsy 30 12 40 8 + 4
Malnutrition 31 11 45 4 + 7
Lymphomas 32 10 22 25 - 15
Parkinson's Disease 33 10 27 17 - 7
HIV/AIDS 34 10 6 134 - 125
Violence 35 9 5 148 - 139
Leukemia 36 9 35 10 - 1
Ovary Cancer 37 8 36 10 - 2
Oesophagus Cancer 38 6 38 9 - 2
Poisonings 39 6 56 1 + 6
Pertussis 40 6 68 0 + 6
Pancreas Cancer 41 6 37 10 - 4
Skin Cancers 42 5 55 1 + 4
Meningitis 43 5 49 2 + 3
Bladder Cancer 44 4 50 2 + 2
Endocrine Disorders 45 3 13 62 - 58
Liver Cancer 46 3 32 12 - 8
Appendicitis 47 3 52 2 + 1
Inflammatory/Heart 48 3 15 47 - 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease 49 3 34 10 - 8
Fires 50 2 33 10 - 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis 51 2 53 2 + 1
Alcohol 52 2 24 20 - 18
Tetanus 53 2 62 0 + 2
Syphilis 54 2 63 0 + 2
Dengue 55 2 59 0 + 1
Hepatitis B 56 2 60 0 + 1
Drug Use 57 1 48 2 - 1
Prostate Cancer 58 1 12 65 - 64
Measles 59 1 69 0 + 1
Uterin Cancer 60 1 30 14 - 13
Other Neoplasms 61 1 47 3 - 3
Leishmaniasis 62 1 75 0 + 1
Multiple Sclerosis 63 1 54 2 - 1
Hepatitis C 64 0 65 0 + 0
War 65 0 57 1 - 0
Upper Respiratory 66 0 61 0 + 0
Skin Disease 67 0 20 27 - 26
Chlamydia 68 0 64 0 + 0
Ascariasis 69 0 67 0 + 0
Otitis Media 70 0 66 0 + 0
Diphtheria 71 0 70 0 + 0
Malaria 72 0 77 0 + 0
Schistosomiasis 73 0 74 0 - 0
Chagas disease 74 0 76 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 75 0 78 0 - 0
Leprosy 76 0 73 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 77 0 71 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 78 0 72 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 79 0 79 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 80 0 85 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 81 0 86 0 - 0
Oral conditions 82 0 84 0 - 0
Depression 83 0 82 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 84 0 83 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 80 0 - 0
Anemia 86 0 81 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BAHAMAS

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020