BHUTAN VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,054	18	58	+ 996
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	576	4	177	+ 399
Coronary Heart Disease	3	479	1	702	- 223
Stroke	4	449	3	360	+ 89
Diabetes Mellitus	5	442	7	164	+ 278
Tuberculosis	6	321	9	138	+ 184
Violence	7	307	35	18	+ 289
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	232	5	169	+ 62
Kidney Disease	9	224	8	149	+ 75
Suicide	10	202	26	35	+ 166
Road Traffic Accidents	11	190	10	123	+ 67
Hypertension	12	187	16	77	+ 111
Lung Disease	13	174	2	524	- 350
Liver Disease	14	132	6	166	- 34
Lung Cancers	15	113	21	44	+ 69
Low Birth Weight	16	91	14	79	+ 12
Other Injuries	17	88	24	43	+ 45
Asthma	18	87	15	78	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	19	86	39	11	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	20	81	29	30	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	21	79	45	8	+ 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	68	13	105	- 36
Breast Cancer	23	66	43	8	+ 58
Prostate Cancer	24	64	55	3	+ 61
Congenital Anomalies	25	64	20	50	+ 13
Meningitis	26	54	36	17	+ 36
Fires	27	53	44	8	+ 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	52	31	24	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	29	51	22	44	+ 7
Birth Trauma	30	44	19	51	- 7
Lymphomas	31	41	52	5	+ 36
Drownings	32	35	32	20	+ 15
Liver Cancer	33	35	27	35	- 0
Malnutrition	34	35	54	3	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	35	29	33	20	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	28	25	39	- 11
Epilepsy	37	27	38	14	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	38	25	42	9	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	39	22	11	118	- 96
Leukemia	40	21	34	19	+ 3
Oral Cancer	41	21	23	43	- 22
Falls	42	20	12	111	- 90
Pertussis	43	17	63	1	+ 16
Syphilis	44	17	40	11	+ 6
Skin Disease	45	16	46	7	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	46	16	28	31	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	15	17	68	- 53
Skin Cancers	48	15	41	9	+ 5
Alcohol	49	14	49	6	+ 8
Poisonings	50	14	59	2	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	51	14	37	14	- 0
Bladder Cancer	52	12	48	6	+ 6
Drug Use	53	11	47	7	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	7	71	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	5	50	5	+ 0
Appendicitis	56	4	51	5	- 1
Measles	57	4	58	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	4	57	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	3	30	28	- 25
Upper Respiratory	60	3	61	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	61	2	53	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	62	1	+ 1
Malaria	63	1	81	0	+ 1
War	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Tetanus	65	1	60	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

South Africa

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.