BHUTAN VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	945	1	702	+ 242
Stroke	2	406	3	360	+ 46
Road Traffic Accidents	3	298	10	123	+ 175
Kidney Disease	4	219	8	149	+ 70
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	148	4	177	- 29
Falls	6	129	12	111	+ 18
Liver Disease	7	119	6	166	- 46
Other Injuries	8	97	24	43	+ 54
Diabetes Mellitus	9	94	7	164	- 70
Lung Disease	10	69	2	524	- 456
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	59	13	105	- 45
Congenital Anomalies	12	56	20	50	+ 6
Suicide	13	50	26	35	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	39	31	24	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	15	35	39	11	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	16	32	45	8	+ 25
Asthma	17	28	15	78	- 49
Low Birth Weight	18	24	14	79	- 55
Leukemia	19	22	34	19	+ 4
Breast Cancer	20	22	43	8	+ 14
Liver Cancer	21	20	27	35	- 14
Hypertension	22	20	16	77	- 56
Fires	23	20	44	8	+ 12
Drownings	24	20	32	20	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	25	19	28	31	- 13
Lung Cancers	26	19	21	44	- 25
Tuberculosis	27	18	9	138	- 120
Lymphomas	28	17	52	5	+ 12
Epilepsy	29	17	38	14	+ 3
Violence	30	16	35	18	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	31	13	33	20	- 7
Skin Disease	32	12	46	7	+ 5
Drug Use	33	12	47	7	+ 5
Oral Cancer	34	11	23	43	- 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	11	5	169	- 158
Stomach Cancer	36	9	11	118	- 109
Birth Trauma	37	8	19	51	- 43
Uterin Cancer	38	8	71	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	7	17	68	- 61
Poisonings	40	7	59	2	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	7	25	39	- 32
Ovary Cancer	42	6	37	14	- 8
Encephalitis	43	6	30	28	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	44	6	22	44	- 38
Meningitis	45	5	36	17	- 12
Bladder Cancer	46	5	48	6	- 1
HIV/AIDS	47	5	18	58	- 53
Maternal Conditions	48	4	42	9	- 5
Cervical Cancer	49	4	29	30	- 27
Prostate Cancer	50	4	55	3	+ 0
Alcohol	51	3	49	6	- 3
Malnutrition	52	2	54	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	53	1	53	4	- 3
Pertussis	54	1	63	1	+ 0
Skin Cancers	55	1	41	9	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	62	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	57	1	57	2	- 1
Appendicitis	58	1	51	5	- 4
Syphilis	59	1	40	11	- 10
Schistosomiasis	60	1	82	0	+ 1
Tetanus	61	0	60	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	50	5	- 5
Dengue	63	0	56	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	1	- 1
War	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	58	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	61	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	86	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	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.