BHUTAN VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	343	4	177	+ 166
Stroke	2	329	3	360	- 32
Road Traffic Accidents	3	241	10	123	+ 118
Coronary Heart Disease	4	234	1	702	- 468
Malaria	5	214	81	0	+ 214
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	203	5	169	+ 33
HIV/AIDS	7	183	18	58	+ 125
Liver Disease	8	165	6	166	- 0
Low Birth Weight	9	142	14	79	+ 63
Birth Trauma	10	123	19	51	+ 71
Diabetes Mellitus	11	121	7	164	- 43
Congenital Anomalies	12	115	20	50	+ 65
Lung Disease	13	101	2	524	- 423
Hypertension	14	88	16	77	+ 12
Kidney Disease	15	78	8	149	- 70
Malnutrition	16	76	54	3	+ 72
Other Injuries	17	61	24	43	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	18	61	29	30	+ 31
Meningitis	19	55	36	17	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	20	51	11	118	- 67
Maternal Conditions	21	47	42	9	+ 38
Asthma	22	47	15	78	- 31
Liver Cancer	23	46	27	35	+ 11
Suicide	24	46	26	35	+ 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	43	13	105	- 62
Tuberculosis	26	41	9	138	- 97
Breast Cancer	27	39	43	8	+ 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	38	31	24	+ 14
Violence	29	36	35	18	+ 17
Lymphomas	30	29	52	5	+ 24
Falls	31	27	12	111	- 84
Prostate Cancer	32	26	55	3	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	24	25	39	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	34	23	45	8	+ 15
Leukemia	35	21	34	19	+ 2
Drownings	36	18	32	20	- 2
Oral Cancer	37	18	23	43	- 25
Fires	38	18	44	8	+ 10
Lung Cancers	39	15	21	44	- 29
Poisonings	40	14	59	2	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	41	14	39	11	+ 3
Pertussis	42	14	63	1	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	43	14	33	20	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	44	14	22	44	- 30
Epilepsy	45	12	38	14	- 1
Syphilis	46	11	40	11	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	47	9	28	31	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	9	17	68	- 59
Alcohol	49	8	49	6	+ 2
Skin Cancers	50	7	41	9	- 2
Schistosomiasis	51	7	82	0	+ 7
Skin Disease	52	7	46	7	- 1
Ovary Cancer	53	6	37	14	- 8
Appendicitis	54	5	51	5	- 0
Hepatitis B	55	4	53	4	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	56	4	71	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	57	4	61	1	+ 3
Tetanus	58	3	60	1	+ 2
Measles	59	3	58	2	+ 1
Drug Use	60	3	47	7	- 4
Encephalitis	61	3	30	28	- 26
Bladder Cancer	62	2	48	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	50	5	- 4
Other Neoplasms	64	1	57	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	62	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	72	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.