BHUTAN VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,187	1	702	+ 484
Stroke	2	815	3	360	+ 455
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	451	4	177	+ 274
Diabetes Mellitus	4	392	7	164	+ 228
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	266	5	169	+ 96
Lung Disease	6	254	2	524	- 271
Malaria	7	177	81	0	+ 177
Road Traffic Accidents	8	135	10	123	+ 11
Suicide	9	120	26	35	+ 84
Liver Disease	10	108	6	166	- 57
Drownings	11	98	32	20	+ 78
Asthma	12	95	15	78	+ 18
Hypertension	13	93	16	77	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	14	79	14	79	- 1
Kidney Disease	15	77	8	149	- 71
Congenital Anomalies	16	77	20	50	+ 26
Other Injuries	17	73	24	43	+ 30
Liver Cancer	18	73	27	35	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	72	17	68	+ 4
Falls	20	67	12	111	- 44
Birth Trauma	21	63	19	51	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	22	56	42	9	+ 47
Tuberculosis	23	54	9	138	- 83
Dengue	24	50	56	3	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	25	50	29	30	+ 20
Breast Cancer	26	41	43	8	+ 33
Lung Cancers	27	41	21	44	- 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	39	13	105	- 66
Syphilis	29	34	40	11	+ 23
Violence	30	32	35	18	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	28	31	24	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	27	25	39	- 12
Ovary Cancer	33	26	37	14	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	34	25	28	31	- 6
Leukemia	35	25	34	19	+ 6
Malnutrition	36	23	54	3	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	37	21	45	8	+ 14
Poisonings	38	19	59	2	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	39	18	39	11	+ 7
Fires	40	17	44	8	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	41	16	55	3	+ 12
Lymphomas	42	16	52	5	+ 11
Meningitis	43	15	36	17	- 2
Stomach Cancer	44	14	11	118	- 104
Epilepsy	45	13	38	14	- 1
Skin Disease	46	12	46	7	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	47	10	71	0	+ 10
Alcohol	48	10	49	6	+ 5
Oral Cancer	49	9	23	43	- 34
Pertussis	50	9	63	1	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	51	5	33	20	- 15
Bladder Cancer	52	5	48	6	- 1
Hepatitis B	53	4	53	4	- 0
Encephalitis	54	2	30	28	- 26
Appendicitis	55	2	51	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	1	57	2	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	57	1	22	44	- 42
Drug Use	58	1	47	7	- 6
Tetanus	59	1	60	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	50	5	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	62	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	62	0	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	63	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	61	1	- 1
War	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	41	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	70	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	58	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	18	58	- 58
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	86	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

Solomon Isl.

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.