BHUTAN VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	873	1	702	+ 171
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	520	13	105	+ 415
Stroke	3	408	3	360	+ 47
Lung Cancers	4	321	21	44	+ 277
Lung Disease	5	311	2	524	- 213
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	256	31	24	+ 232
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	158	4	177	- 19
Diabetes Mellitus	8	132	7	164	- 32
Prostate Cancer	9	127	55	3	+ 123
Breast Cancer	10	126	43	8	+ 118
Falls	11	107	12	111	- 4
Skin Cancers	12	105	41	9	+ 96
Lymphomas	13	104	52	5	+ 99
Pancreas Cancer	14	93	33	20	+ 73
Suicide	15	91	26	35	+ 55
Road Traffic Accidents	16	78	10	123	- 45
Kidney Disease	17	74	8	149	- 75
Leukemia	18	67	34	19	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	19	61	28	31	+ 29
Hypertension	20	56	16	77	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	21	56	39	11	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	22	55	11	118	- 63
Inflammatory/Heart	23	54	45	8	+ 46
Liver Cancer	24	49	27	35	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	25	48	22	44	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	26	46	48	6	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	27	42	57	2	+ 40
Other Injuries	28	37	24	43	- 5
Ovary Cancer	29	35	37	14	+ 21
Congenital Anomalies	30	30	20	50	- 20
Oral Cancer	31	28	23	43	- 15
Liver Disease	32	27	6	166	- 139
Uterin Cancer	33	25	71	0	+ 25
Skin Disease	34	20	46	7	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	19	17	68	- 48
Asthma	36	16	15	78	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	14	5	169	- 156
Low Birth Weight	38	13	14	79	- 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	12	25	39	- 27
Drug Use	40	12	47	7	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	41	10	29	30	- 20
Violence	42	10	35	18	- 9
Epilepsy	43	9	38	14	- 4
Drownings	44	9	32	20	- 11
Alcohol	45	9	49	6	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	8	50	5	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	47	7	62	1	+ 6
Hepatitis C	48	5	64	1	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	49	4	78	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	4	77	0	+ 4
Anemia	51	3	72	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	52	3	9	138	- 135
Fires	53	3	44	8	- 5
Birth Trauma	54	2	19	51	- 49
Malnutrition	55	2	54	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	2	53	4	- 2
HIV/AIDS	57	2	18	58	- 56
Poisonings	58	2	59	2	- 0
Meningitis	59	2	36	17	- 16
Schizophrenia	60	1	75	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	51	5	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	1	42	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	65	0	63	1	- 1
Encephalitis	66	0	30	28	- 28
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
War	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	60	1	- 1
Syphilis	70	0	40	11	- 11
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	56	3	- 3
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	58	2	- 2
Diphtheria	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

New Zealand

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.