BHUTAN VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,475	4	177	+ 1,298
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,044	5	169	+ 875
Measles	3	787	58	2	+ 785
Tuberculosis	4	697	9	138	+ 560
Birth Trauma	5	651	19	51	+ 599
Stroke	6	584	3	360	+ 224
Coronary Heart Disease	7	491	1	702	- 211
Low Birth Weight	8	425	14	79	+ 345
Meningitis	9	366	36	17	+ 348
Malnutrition	10	328	54	3	+ 324
Road Traffic Accidents	11	288	10	123	+ 164
Maternal Conditions	12	280	42	9	+ 271
Liver Disease	13	266	6	166	+ 101
Other Injuries	14	245	24	43	+ 202
Congenital Anomalies	15	232	20	50	+ 181
Diabetes Mellitus	16	196	7	164	+ 32
Tetanus	17	180	60	1	+ 179
Hypertension	18	180	16	77	+ 103
Lung Disease	19	166	2	524	- 358
Pertussis	20	140	63	1	+ 139
Kidney Disease	21	139	8	149	- 9
Malaria	22	132	81	0	+ 132
Asthma	23	128	15	78	+ 50
War	24	90	68	0	+ 89
Drownings	25	86	32	20	+ 66
Breast Cancer	26	84	43	8	+ 76
Suicide	27	83	26	35	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	28	60	29	30	+ 30
Violence	29	56	35	18	+ 38
Fires	30	55	44	8	+ 47
Poisonings	31	52	59	2	+ 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	44	13	105	- 61
HIV/AIDS	33	41	18	58	- 17
Lymphomas	34	41	52	5	+ 36
Leukemia	35	38	34	19	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	38	25	39	- 1
Falls	37	37	12	111	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	37	31	24	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	39	35	45	8	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	40	35	22	44	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	30	17	68	- 37
Schistosomiasis	42	30	82	0	+ 30
Epilepsy	43	28	38	14	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	44	28	39	11	+ 17
Syphilis	45	26	40	11	+ 15
Oral Cancer	46	22	23	43	- 21
Upper Respiratory	47	22	61	1	+ 21
Hepatitis B	48	21	53	4	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	49	21	11	118	- 97
Ovary Cancer	50	20	37	14	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	51	20	65	1	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	52	19	55	3	+ 16
Liver Cancer	53	17	27	35	- 18
Lung Cancers	54	16	21	44	- 28
Appendicitis	55	13	51	5	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	56	12	28	31	- 19
Skin Cancers	57	11	41	9	+ 2
Skin Disease	58	10	46	7	+ 3
Alcohol	59	10	49	6	+ 4
Diphtheria	60	10	70	0	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	61	10	48	6	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	62	7	33	20	- 13
Encephalitis	63	6	30	28	- 22
Uterin Cancer	64	5	71	0	+ 5
Drug Use	65	4	47	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	2	50	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	2	64	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	2	69	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	66	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	70	1	57	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	62	1	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	78	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.