BHUTAN VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,798	18	58	+ 1,740
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	716	4	177	+ 538
Diabetes Mellitus	3	693	7	164	+ 529
Stroke	4	622	3	360	+ 262
Coronary Heart Disease	5	587	1	702	- 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	402	5	169	+ 233
Road Traffic Accidents	7	299	10	123	+ 175
Kidney Disease	8	296	8	149	+ 148
Suicide	9	262	26	35	+ 227
Hypertension	10	227	16	77	+ 150
Liver Disease	11	213	6	166	+ 47
Lung Disease	12	206	2	524	- 319
Tuberculosis	13	199	9	138	+ 61
Low Birth Weight	14	181	14	79	+ 102
Cervical Cancer	15	167	29	30	+ 137
Violence	16	165	35	18	+ 147
Other Injuries	17	148	24	43	+ 105
Birth Trauma	18	129	19	51	+ 78
Congenital Anomalies	19	125	20	50	+ 74
Asthma	20	116	15	78	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	21	90	42	9	+ 81
Malnutrition	22	82	54	3	+ 79
Meningitis	23	76	36	17	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	24	73	45	8	+ 65
Drownings	25	68	32	20	+ 47
Fires	26	65	44	8	+ 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	60	13	105	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	28	58	39	11	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	40	25	39	+ 1
Epilepsy	30	36	38	14	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	31	35	55	3	+ 32
Falls	32	32	12	111	- 79
Pertussis	33	30	63	1	+ 29
Poisonings	34	29	59	2	+ 27
Breast Cancer	35	29	43	8	+ 21
Lymphomas	36	24	52	5	+ 19
Liver Cancer	37	23	27	35	- 12
Drug Use	38	21	47	7	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	20	17	68	- 47
Skin Disease	40	20	46	7	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	41	19	28	31	- 13
Skin Cancers	42	15	41	9	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	14	31	24	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	44	14	22	44	- 29
Syphilis	45	14	40	11	+ 3
Lung Cancers	46	13	21	44	- 31
Leukemia	47	13	34	19	- 6
Alcohol	48	12	49	6	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	49	10	82	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	50	9	71	0	+ 9
Oral Cancer	51	8	23	43	- 35
Ovary Cancer	52	8	37	14	- 7
Stomach Cancer	53	5	11	118	- 113
Appendicitis	54	5	51	5	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	55	5	48	6	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	56	5	33	20	- 15
Hepatitis B	57	5	53	4	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	50	5	- 1
Encephalitis	59	4	30	28	- 24
Upper Respiratory	60	3	61	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	3	57	2	+ 1
Tetanus	62	3	60	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	62	1	+ 0
Measles	64	0	58	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
War	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	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
Anemia	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	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.