BHUTAN VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	359	18	58	+ 301
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	341	4	177	+ 164
Malaria	3	285	81	0	+ 285
Tuberculosis	4	266	9	138	+ 128
Road Traffic Accidents	5	237	10	123	+ 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	231	5	169	+ 61
Stroke	7	222	3	360	- 139
Birth Trauma	8	198	19	51	+ 147
Coronary Heart Disease	9	173	1	702	- 529
Low Birth Weight	10	160	14	79	+ 80
Congenital Anomalies	11	128	20	50	+ 78
Maternal Conditions	12	90	42	9	+ 80
Liver Disease	13	86	6	166	- 79
Cervical Cancer	14	84	29	30	+ 54
Diabetes Mellitus	15	82	7	164	- 82
Malnutrition	16	73	54	3	+ 70
Hypertension	17	68	16	77	- 8
Violence	18	62	35	18	+ 43
Kidney Disease	19	60	8	149	- 89
Other Injuries	20	56	24	43	+ 13
Meningitis	21	42	36	17	+ 25
Lung Disease	22	40	2	524	- 484
Pertussis	23	36	63	1	+ 35
Suicide	24	32	26	35	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	25	29	22	44	- 14
Syphilis	26	28	40	11	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	27	13	105	- 78
Prostate Cancer	28	24	55	3	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	29	23	39	11	+ 12
Asthma	30	22	15	78	- 55
Oral Cancer	31	22	23	43	- 21
Drownings	32	22	32	20	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	21	31	24	- 4
Falls	34	20	12	111	- 91
Fires	35	19	44	8	+ 11
Liver Cancer	36	19	27	35	- 16
Breast Cancer	37	17	43	8	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	38	16	45	8	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	39	16	11	118	- 103
Poisonings	40	15	59	2	+ 13
Lymphomas	41	11	52	5	+ 6
Skin Cancers	42	10	41	9	+ 1
Epilepsy	43	9	38	14	- 5
Bladder Cancer	44	9	48	6	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	45	7	28	31	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	6	25	39	- 33
Leukemia	47	5	34	19	- 13
Drug Use	48	5	47	7	- 2
Tetanus	49	5	60	1	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	5	17	68	- 62
Schistosomiasis	51	5	82	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	5	46	7	- 3
Ovary Cancer	53	4	37	14	- 10
Upper Respiratory	54	4	61	1	+ 3
Measles	55	4	58	2	+ 2
Alcohol	56	4	49	6	- 2
Uterin Cancer	57	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	3	51	5	- 2
Encephalitis	59	3	30	28	- 25
Hepatitis B	60	2	53	4	- 2
Lung Cancers	61	2	21	44	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	62	2	33	20	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	50	5	- 4
Other Neoplasms	64	1	57	2	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	1	- 0
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	0	62	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	85	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
Depression	81	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	73	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

Tanzania

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.