BHUTAN VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,535	1	702	+ 2,832
Stroke	2	2,055	3	360	+ 1,695
Lung Cancers	3	341	21	44	+ 297
Inflammatory/Heart	4	340	45	8	+ 332
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	305	13	105	+ 200
Liver Disease	6	286	6	166	+ 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	268	31	24	+ 244
Suicide	8	230	26	35	+ 195
Lung Disease	9	230	2	524	- 295
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	204	4	177	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	11	185	11	118	+ 66
Alcohol	12	176	49	6	+ 170
Breast Cancer	13	146	43	8	+ 138
Other Injuries	14	141	24	43	+ 99
HIV/AIDS	15	134	18	58	+ 76
Pancreas Cancer	16	127	33	20	+ 107
Hypertension	17	115	16	77	+ 39
Diabetes Mellitus	18	115	7	164	- 49
Road Traffic Accidents	19	110	10	123	- 14
Prostate Cancer	20	89	55	3	+ 85
Falls	21	74	12	111	- 37
Kidney Disease	22	73	8	149	- 76
Violence	23	72	35	18	+ 54
Liver Cancer	24	70	27	35	+ 35
Oral Cancer	25	68	23	43	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	26	59	28	31	+ 27
Drug Use	27	57	47	7	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	56	25	39	+ 18
Lymphomas	29	56	52	5	+ 51
Tuberculosis	30	53	9	138	- 85
Leukemia	31	52	34	19	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	32	51	37	14	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	33	47	22	44	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	34	47	29	30	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	35	43	71	0	+ 43
Drownings	36	42	32	20	+ 21
Fires	37	40	44	8	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	38	40	48	6	+ 33
Skin Cancers	39	35	41	9	+ 26
Poisonings	40	35	59	2	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	41	26	20	50	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	17	17	68	- 50
Skin Disease	43	17	46	7	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	44	14	14	79	- 66
Endocrine Disorders	45	13	39	11	+ 2
Asthma	46	11	15	78	- 67
Encephalitis	47	7	30	28	- 21
Meningitis	48	7	36	17	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	49	5	62	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	5	50	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	51	5	57	2	+ 2
Epilepsy	52	5	38	14	- 9
Birth Trauma	53	4	19	51	- 47
Appendicitis	54	3	51	5	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	3	5	169	- 167
Maternal Conditions	56	2	42	9	- 7
Malnutrition	57	2	54	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	58	1	61	1	- 0
War	59	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	0	53	4	- 4
Chlamydia	61	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	40	11	- 11
Tetanus	63	0	60	1	- 1
Otitis Media	64	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	65	0	63	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	58	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	65	1	- 1
Malaria	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	56	3	- 3
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	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.