BHUTAN VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,687	1	702	+ 1,985
Stroke	2	746	3	360	+ 386
Lung Cancers	3	589	21	44	+ 545
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	457	4	177	+ 279
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	334	31	24	+ 309
Lung Disease	6	312	2	524	- 212
Other Neoplasms	7	211	57	2	+ 209
Diabetes Mellitus	8	204	7	164	+ 40
Breast Cancer	9	182	43	8	+ 174
Liver Disease	10	181	6	166	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	11	148	55	3	+ 145
Stomach Cancer	12	135	11	118	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	13	124	33	20	+ 104
Alcohol	14	120	49	6	+ 114
Hypertension	15	113	16	77	+ 36
Falls	16	108	12	111	- 3
Bladder Cancer	17	107	48	6	+ 101
Suicide	18	98	26	35	+ 63
Lymphomas	19	95	52	5	+ 90
Kidney Disease	20	93	8	149	- 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	84	13	105	- 20
Road Traffic Accidents	22	81	10	123	- 42
Inflammatory/Heart	23	80	45	8	+ 72
Leukemia	24	79	34	19	+ 60
Oral Cancer	25	77	23	43	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	71	25	39	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	27	67	37	14	+ 53
Other Injuries	28	58	24	43	+ 15
Liver Cancer	29	52	27	35	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	30	49	71	0	+ 49
Skin Cancers	31	49	41	9	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	32	44	29	30	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	33	41	22	44	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	34	34	28	31	+ 3
Epilepsy	35	26	38	14	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	36	21	20	50	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	19	5	169	- 150
Endocrine Disorders	38	19	39	11	+ 8
Drownings	39	15	32	20	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	14	17	68	- 54
Tuberculosis	41	14	9	138	- 124
Low Birth Weight	42	13	14	79	- 66
Asthma	43	12	15	78	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	44	11	62	1	+ 10
Fires	45	11	44	8	+ 3
Skin Disease	46	11	46	7	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	8	50	5	+ 3
Drug Use	48	7	47	7	+ 0
Violence	49	7	35	18	- 12
Malnutrition	50	7	54	3	+ 3
Poisonings	51	5	59	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	52	4	64	1	+ 3
Meningitis	53	4	36	17	- 13
HIV/AIDS	54	3	18	58	- 55
Appendicitis	55	2	51	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	1	53	4	- 3
Birth Trauma	57	1	19	51	- 50
Schizophrenia	58	1	75	0	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	0	61	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	61	0	78	0	+ 0
Anemia	62	0	72	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	63	0	42	9	- 9
Encephalitis	64	0	30	28	- 28
Oral conditions	65	0	76	0	+ 0
War	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	60	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	40	11	- 11
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	71	0	63	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	58	2	- 2
Chlamydia	73	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	56	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Poland

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.