BHUTAN VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,330	3	360	+ 970
Coronary Heart Disease	2	769	1	702	+ 67
Lung Disease	3	300	2	524	- 224
Diabetes Mellitus	4	283	7	164	+ 119
Road Traffic Accidents	5	247	10	123	+ 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	245	13	105	+ 141
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	233	4	177	+ 56
Kidney Disease	8	211	8	149	+ 63
Liver Cancer	9	209	27	35	+ 174
Liver Disease	10	200	6	166	+ 34
Lung Cancers	11	178	21	44	+ 134
Hypertension	12	166	16	77	+ 90
Falls	13	129	12	111	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	14	127	11	118	+ 8
Tuberculosis	15	79	9	138	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	69	31	24	+ 45
Asthma	17	68	15	78	- 10
Suicide	18	61	26	35	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	19	60	14	79	- 20
Oral Cancer	20	59	23	43	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	21	59	20	50	+ 9
Breast Cancer	22	52	43	8	+ 44
Other Injuries	23	46	24	43	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	24	45	45	8	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	25	45	28	31	+ 13
Drownings	26	43	32	20	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	27	42	18	58	- 16
Leukemia	28	41	34	19	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	37	5	169	- 133
Lymphomas	30	25	52	5	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	31	20	29	30	- 10
Birth Trauma	32	20	19	51	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	33	19	22	44	- 25
Endocrine Disorders	34	17	39	11	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	35	16	55	3	+ 13
Violence	36	15	35	18	- 3
Measles	37	15	58	2	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	14	17	68	- 53
Encephalitis	39	13	30	28	- 15
Skin Disease	40	13	46	7	+ 5
Drug Use	41	11	47	7	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	42	10	71	0	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	8	25	39	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	44	8	33	20	- 12
Bladder Cancer	45	7	48	6	+ 1
Alcohol	46	7	49	6	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	47	7	37	14	- 7
Poisonings	48	7	59	2	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	49	6	42	9	- 3
Pertussis	50	6	63	1	+ 5
Meningitis	51	5	36	17	- 12
Fires	52	5	44	8	- 3
Epilepsy	53	5	38	14	- 9
Skin Cancers	54	4	41	9	- 5
Hepatitis B	55	3	53	4	- 1
Syphilis	56	3	40	11	- 8
Other Neoplasms	57	3	57	2	+ 1
Tetanus	58	2	60	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	50	5	- 3
Appendicitis	60	2	51	5	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	62	1	+ 0
Dengue	62	1	56	3	- 2
Malnutrition	63	1	54	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	1	- 0
War	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	1	- 1
Malaria	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	86	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	76	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.