BHUTAN VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,306	1	702	+ 604
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	743	13	105	+ 638
Lung Disease	3	505	2	524	- 19
Stroke	4	410	3	360	+ 50
Lung Cancers	5	402	21	44	+ 358
Kidney Disease	6	222	8	149	+ 73
Drug Use	7	193	47	7	+ 186
Hypertension	8	171	16	77	+ 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	160	31	24	+ 136
Diabetes Mellitus	10	159	7	164	- 5
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	156	4	177	- 21
Suicide	12	137	26	35	+ 102
Breast Cancer	13	126	43	8	+ 118
Endocrine Disorders	14	122	39	11	+ 111
Pancreas Cancer	15	115	33	20	+ 95
Liver Disease	16	112	6	166	- 53
Road Traffic Accidents	17	108	10	123	- 16
Falls	18	105	12	111	- 6
Lymphomas	19	104	52	5	+ 99
Prostate Cancer	20	92	55	3	+ 89
Parkinson's Disease	21	89	28	31	+ 58
Inflammatory/Heart	22	84	45	8	+ 76
Liver Cancer	23	70	27	35	+ 35
Leukemia	24	70	34	19	+ 51
Other Injuries	25	67	24	43	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	26	51	48	6	+ 44
Violence	27	49	35	18	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	28	46	22	44	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	29	46	57	2	+ 44
Alcohol	30	38	49	6	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	31	38	37	14	+ 23
Skin Cancers	32	37	41	9	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	33	34	11	118	- 84
Congenital Anomalies	34	30	20	50	- 20
Oral Cancer	35	30	23	43	- 13
Uterin Cancer	36	26	71	0	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	26	5	169	- 144
Cervical Cancer	38	18	29	30	- 12
Low Birth Weight	39	18	14	79	- 61
Malnutrition	40	17	54	3	+ 14
Hepatitis C	41	15	64	1	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	42	15	18	58	- 43
Skin Disease	43	14	46	7	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	44	13	62	1	+ 12
Drownings	45	11	32	20	- 10
Asthma	46	10	15	78	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	9	17	68	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	9	25	39	- 30
Fires	49	8	44	8	+ 0
Epilepsy	50	8	38	14	- 6
Anemia	51	8	72	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	6	50	5	+ 1
Poisonings	53	4	59	2	+ 2
Birth Trauma	54	3	19	51	- 48
War	55	3	68	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	56	2	42	9	- 7
Schizophrenia	57	2	75	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	53	4	- 2
Meningitis	60	2	36	17	- 16
Osteoarthritis	61	1	78	0	+ 1
Tuberculosis	62	1	9	138	- 136
Appendicitis	63	1	51	5	- 4
Oral conditions	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	61	1	- 0
Syphilis	66	0	40	11	- 10
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	30	28	- 28
Pertussis	69	0	63	1	- 1
Chagas disease	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	60	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	86	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	56	3	- 3
Malaria	77	0	81	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	58	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

United States

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.