BHUTAN VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,101	1	702	+ 399
Stroke	2	736	3	360	+ 376
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	490	13	105	+ 386
Lung Disease	4	441	2	524	- 84
Lung Cancers	5	378	21	44	+ 334
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	354	4	177	+ 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	321	31	24	+ 297
Kidney Disease	8	269	8	149	+ 120
Breast Cancer	9	219	43	8	+ 211
Other Injuries	10	200	24	43	+ 157
Diabetes Mellitus	11	193	7	164	+ 29
Suicide	12	190	26	35	+ 155
Prostate Cancer	13	183	55	3	+ 179
Pancreas Cancer	14	169	33	20	+ 149
Hypertension	15	167	16	77	+ 91
Road Traffic Accidents	16	132	10	123	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	17	126	39	11	+ 115
Stomach Cancer	18	124	11	118	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	19	120	57	2	+ 118
Lymphomas	20	118	52	5	+ 113
Parkinson's Disease	21	83	28	31	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	22	81	45	8	+ 73
Violence	23	76	35	18	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	24	74	22	44	+ 30
Leukemia	25	72	34	19	+ 54
Bladder Cancer	26	71	48	6	+ 65
Liver Disease	27	53	6	166	- 112
HIV/AIDS	28	50	18	58	- 8
Cervical Cancer	29	44	29	30	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	30	44	20	50	- 6
Oral Cancer	31	43	23	43	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	32	41	37	14	+ 27
Skin Cancers	33	38	41	9	+ 29
Liver Cancer	34	38	27	35	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	35	5	169	- 135
Skin Disease	36	34	46	7	+ 26
Asthma	37	33	15	78	- 45
Uterin Cancer	38	30	71	0	+ 30
Alcohol	39	27	49	6	+ 21
Epilepsy	40	22	38	14	+ 8
Tuberculosis	41	21	9	138	- 117
Low Birth Weight	42	19	14	79	- 60
Malnutrition	43	19	54	3	+ 15
Anemia	44	18	72	0	+ 18
Drownings	45	17	32	20	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	15	25	39	- 24
Falls	47	14	12	111	- 97
Fires	48	14	44	8	+ 6
Drug Use	49	10	47	7	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	10	17	68	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	50	5	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	52	8	78	0	+ 8
Birth Trauma	53	6	19	51	- 46
Schizophrenia	54	5	75	0	+ 5
Poisonings	55	4	59	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	62	1	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	77	0	+ 3
Meningitis	58	3	36	17	- 15
Appendicitis	59	2	51	5	- 3
Maternal Conditions	60	2	42	9	- 7
Chagas disease	61	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	61	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	53	4	- 3
Encephalitis	64	1	30	28	- 27
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	1	- 0
Syphilis	66	1	40	11	- 10
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	85	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	60	1	- 1
Pertussis	72	0	63	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	58	2	- 2
Chlamydia	75	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	1	- 1
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	56	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Uruguay

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.