BHUTAN VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,116	1	702	+ 414
Stroke	2	1,069	3	360	+ 709
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	623	13	105	+ 519
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	594	4	177	+ 417
Lung Cancers	5	382	21	44	+ 338
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	380	31	24	+ 356
Lung Disease	7	371	2	524	- 153
Diabetes Mellitus	8	312	7	164	+ 148
Kidney Disease	9	243	8	149	+ 94
Stomach Cancer	10	219	11	118	+ 101
Prostate Cancer	11	184	55	3	+ 181
Breast Cancer	12	173	43	8	+ 165
Other Injuries	13	168	24	43	+ 125
Hypertension	14	163	16	77	+ 86
Pancreas Cancer	15	145	33	20	+ 125
Lymphomas	16	139	52	5	+ 134
Endocrine Disorders	17	134	39	11	+ 123
Liver Cancer	18	110	27	35	+ 75
Suicide	19	102	26	35	+ 66
Bladder Cancer	20	101	48	6	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	21	99	28	31	+ 67
Liver Disease	22	98	6	166	- 68
Falls	23	89	12	111	- 21
Leukemia	24	88	34	19	+ 69
Oral Cancer	25	79	23	43	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	26	79	45	8	+ 71
Road Traffic Accidents	27	73	10	123	- 51
Other Neoplasms	28	57	57	2	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	29	54	22	44	+ 10
Skin Cancers	30	45	41	9	+ 36
Epilepsy	31	36	38	14	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	32	35	71	0	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	33	34	37	14	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	34	28	29	30	- 2
HIV/AIDS	35	28	18	58	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	20	5	169	- 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	20	25	39	- 19
Tuberculosis	38	18	9	138	- 119
Skin Disease	39	18	46	7	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	40	17	20	50	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	15	17	68	- 53
Anemia	42	13	72	0	+ 13
Asthma	43	13	15	78	- 65
Drug Use	44	11	47	7	+ 4
Alcohol	45	10	49	6	+ 4
Fires	46	9	44	8	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	9	50	5	+ 3
Violence	48	8	35	18	- 10
Hepatitis C	49	8	64	1	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	7	77	0	+ 7
Drownings	51	7	32	20	- 13
Low Birth Weight	52	7	14	79	- 72
Malnutrition	53	7	54	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	62	1	+ 4
Schizophrenia	55	4	75	0	+ 4
Meningitis	56	4	36	17	- 14
Poisonings	57	3	59	2	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	58	2	78	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	53	4	- 2
Birth Trauma	60	2	19	51	- 49
Appendicitis	61	2	51	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	62	1	61	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	63	1	42	9	- 9
Syphilis	64	0	40	11	- 10
Oral conditions	65	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	30	28	- 28
Leishmaniasis	68	0	65	1	- 1
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	85	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	58	2	- 2
Pertussis	72	0	63	1	- 1
Tetanus	73	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	86	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	56	3	- 3
Depression	85	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Portugal

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.