BHUTAN VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	774	4	177	+ 597
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	541	5	169	+ 371
Tuberculosis	3	476	9	138	+ 338
Malaria	4	377	81	0	+ 377
Birth Trauma	5	374	19	51	+ 323
Low Birth Weight	6	359	14	79	+ 279
Coronary Heart Disease	7	229	1	702	- 473
Stroke	8	216	3	360	- 145
Congenital Anomalies	9	186	20	50	+ 135
HIV/AIDS	10	165	18	58	+ 107
Meningitis	11	163	36	17	+ 146
Road Traffic Accidents	12	156	10	123	+ 32
Liver Disease	13	143	6	166	- 22
Measles	14	110	58	2	+ 108
Maternal Conditions	15	88	42	9	+ 79
Pertussis	16	87	63	1	+ 86
Other Injuries	17	85	24	43	+ 42
Diabetes Mellitus	18	84	7	164	- 80
Violence	19	69	35	18	+ 50
Kidney Disease	20	68	8	149	- 81
Endocrine Disorders	21	59	39	11	+ 48
Lung Disease	22	47	2	524	- 477
Breast Cancer	23	44	43	8	+ 36
Hypertension	24	40	16	77	- 37
Cervical Cancer	25	40	29	30	+ 9
Tetanus	26	31	60	1	+ 30
Asthma	27	31	15	78	- 47
Falls	28	28	12	111	- 83
Fires	29	27	44	8	+ 19
Suicide	30	26	26	35	- 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	25	13	105	- 79
Drownings	32	25	32	20	+ 4
Poisonings	33	25	59	2	+ 23
Drug Use	34	23	47	7	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	35	22	55	3	+ 19
Malnutrition	36	22	54	3	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	22	25	39	- 17
Syphilis	38	20	40	11	+ 10
Liver Cancer	39	20	27	35	- 15
Lymphomas	40	19	52	5	+ 15
Epilepsy	41	19	38	14	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	42	18	45	8	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	16	31	24	- 9
Diphtheria	44	14	70	0	+ 14
War	45	12	68	0	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	46	9	28	31	- 22
Leukemia	47	8	34	19	- 10
Oral Cancer	48	8	23	43	- 35
Ovary Cancer	49	8	37	14	- 6
Stomach Cancer	50	8	11	118	- 110
Pancreas Cancer	51	7	33	20	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	7	17	68	- 60
Skin Cancers	53	7	41	9	- 2
Schistosomiasis	54	6	82	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	55	6	53	4	+ 2
Skin Disease	56	5	46	7	- 2
Lung Cancers	57	5	21	44	- 39
Alcohol	58	4	49	6	- 2
Encephalitis	59	3	30	28	- 25
Appendicitis	60	3	51	5	- 2
Ascariasis	61	3	66	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	62	3	71	0	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	63	3	48	6	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	64	2	22	44	- 42
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	1	57	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	61	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	62	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	1	50	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	70	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Nigeria

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.