BHUTAN VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	774	1	702	+ 72
Kidney Disease	2	468	8	149	+ 319
Stroke	3	295	3	360	- 66
Diabetes Mellitus	4	274	7	164	+ 110
Lung Disease	5	208	2	524	- 317
Liver Disease	6	159	6	166	- 6
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	153	4	177	- 25
Road Traffic Accidents	8	147	10	123	+ 23
Hypertension	9	146	16	77	+ 70
Violence	10	82	35	18	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	11	76	20	50	+ 25
Liver Cancer	12	67	27	35	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	13	65	14	79	- 14
Stomach Cancer	14	63	11	118	- 55
Prostate Cancer	15	51	55	3	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	16	50	29	30	+ 19
Other Injuries	17	47	24	43	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	42	31	24	+ 18
Suicide	19	38	26	35	+ 3
Breast Cancer	20	37	43	8	+ 30
Alcohol	21	37	49	6	+ 31
Falls	22	37	12	111	- 74
Lung Cancers	23	36	21	44	- 8
Leukemia	24	30	34	19	+ 12
Birth Trauma	25	26	19	51	- 25
Other Neoplasms	26	25	57	2	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	27	24	33	20	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	28	22	39	11	+ 11
Lymphomas	29	22	52	5	+ 17
Malnutrition	30	22	54	3	+ 18
Skin Disease	31	21	46	7	+ 14
Drownings	32	21	32	20	+ 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	20	13	105	- 85
Inflammatory/Heart	34	18	45	8	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	35	18	18	58	- 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	16	5	169	- 153
Tuberculosis	37	15	9	138	- 123
Asthma	38	14	15	78	- 64
Maternal Conditions	39	12	42	9	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	11	25	39	- 27
Epilepsy	41	10	38	14	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	42	9	28	31	- 23
Oral Cancer	43	9	23	43	- 35
Ovary Cancer	44	8	37	14	- 6
Skin Cancers	45	8	41	9	- 1
Drug Use	46	7	47	7	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	47	6	22	44	- 38
Uterin Cancer	48	5	71	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	49	4	51	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	4	50	5	- 1
Meningitis	51	4	36	17	- 13
Bladder Cancer	52	4	48	6	- 3
Anemia	53	4	72	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	17	68	- 65
Poisonings	55	2	59	2	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	77	0	+ 2
Fires	57	2	44	8	- 6
Encephalitis	58	1	30	28	- 27
Osteoarthritis	59	1	78	0	+ 1
Syphilis	60	1	40	11	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	62	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	53	4	- 3
Oral conditions	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	56	3	- 3
Chagas disease	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	63	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
War	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	85	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	61	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	86	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	58	2	- 2
Tetanus	79	0	60	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Nicaragua

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.