BHUTAN VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	854	1	702	+ 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	717	13	105	+ 612
Lung Disease	3	437	2	524	- 87
Stroke	4	397	3	360	+ 37
Lung Cancers	5	372	21	44	+ 328
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	288	4	177	+ 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	287	31	24	+ 263
Prostate Cancer	8	188	55	3	+ 185
Falls	9	125	12	111	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	10	124	33	20	+ 104
Breast Cancer	11	112	43	8	+ 104
Lymphomas	12	104	52	5	+ 99
Suicide	13	102	26	35	+ 67
Kidney Disease	14	98	8	149	- 51
Other Injuries	15	94	24	43	+ 51
Diabetes Mellitus	16	90	7	164	- 74
Parkinson's Disease	17	89	28	31	+ 58
Skin Cancers	18	65	41	9	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	19	58	39	11	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	20	57	48	6	+ 51
Leukemia	21	57	34	19	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	22	55	11	118	- 63
Other Neoplasms	23	52	57	2	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	24	50	37	14	+ 35
Drug Use	25	42	47	7	+ 35
Liver Cancer	26	42	27	35	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	27	40	22	44	- 4
Hypertension	28	37	16	77	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	29	35	45	8	+ 28
Liver Disease	30	34	6	166	- 131
Alcohol	31	33	49	6	+ 27
Oral Cancer	32	27	23	43	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	26	25	39	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	34	22	20	50	- 28
Malnutrition	35	22	54	3	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	36	22	71	0	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	21	5	169	- 149
Skin Disease	38	20	46	7	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	39	20	29	30	- 10
Epilepsy	40	19	38	14	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	41	19	62	1	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	42	18	10	123	- 105
Asthma	43	14	15	78	- 64
Anemia	44	12	72	0	+ 12
Drownings	45	10	32	20	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	10	17	68	- 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	10	50	5	+ 4
Fires	48	7	44	8	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	5	77	0	+ 5
Violence	50	5	35	18	- 13
Osteoarthritis	51	4	78	0	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	52	4	14	79	- 75
Schizophrenia	53	4	75	0	+ 4
Birth Trauma	54	3	19	51	- 48
Hepatitis C	55	3	64	1	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	2	9	138	- 135
Poisonings	57	2	59	2	+ 0
Meningitis	58	2	36	17	- 15
Appendicitis	59	2	51	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	60	2	61	1	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	61	2	18	58	- 56
Oral conditions	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	53	4	- 4
Pertussis	64	0	63	1	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	0	42	9	- 9
Syphilis	67	0	40	11	- 10
War	68	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	60	1	- 1
Encephalitis	70	0	30	28	- 28
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	58	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	56	3	- 3
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

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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.