BHUTAN VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	830	1	702	+ 128
Stroke	2	373	3	360	+ 13
War	3	355	68	0	+ 355
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	330	4	177	+ 153
Low Birth Weight	5	242	14	79	+ 163
Road Traffic Accidents	6	236	10	123	+ 112
Birth Trauma	7	163	19	51	+ 112
Hypertension	8	146	16	77	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	120	5	169	- 49
Congenital Anomalies	10	118	20	50	+ 68
Lung Disease	11	88	2	524	- 436
Measles	12	83	58	2	+ 81
Liver Disease	13	80	6	166	- 86
Violence	14	78	35	18	+ 60
Kidney Disease	15	74	8	149	- 75
Other Injuries	16	61	24	43	+ 19
Asthma	17	58	15	78	- 20
Tuberculosis	18	52	9	138	- 85
Diabetes Mellitus	19	49	7	164	- 115
Malaria	20	47	81	0	+ 47
Suicide	21	47	26	35	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	39	13	105	- 66
Pertussis	23	34	63	1	+ 33
Falls	24	32	12	111	- 79
Drownings	25	31	32	20	+ 11
Breast Cancer	26	31	43	8	+ 23
Malnutrition	27	29	54	3	+ 26
Meningitis	28	28	36	17	+ 11
Fires	29	27	44	8	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	25	31	24	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	31	25	11	118	- 93
Maternal Conditions	32	24	42	9	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	23	25	39	- 16
Leukemia	34	21	34	19	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	35	21	22	44	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	36	20	39	11	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	19	17	68	- 48
Drug Use	38	17	47	7	+ 10
Liver Cancer	39	17	27	35	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	40	16	45	8	+ 8
Lung Cancers	41	16	21	44	- 28
Oral Cancer	42	15	23	43	- 28
Epilepsy	43	15	38	14	+ 1
Poisonings	44	15	59	2	+ 13
Lymphomas	45	12	52	5	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	46	11	18	58	- 47
Tetanus	47	11	60	1	+ 9
Encephalitis	48	10	30	28	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	49	10	28	31	- 21
Hepatitis B	50	8	53	4	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	51	8	33	20	- 12
Ovary Cancer	52	5	37	14	- 9
Syphilis	53	5	40	11	- 6
Appendicitis	54	4	51	5	- 1
Bladder Cancer	55	4	48	6	- 2
Schistosomiasis	56	3	82	0	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	57	3	29	30	- 27
Skin Cancers	58	3	41	9	- 6
Alcohol	59	2	49	6	- 4
Dengue	60	2	56	3	- 1
Skin Disease	61	1	46	7	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	62	1	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	63	1	55	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	64	1	57	2	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	0	50	5	- 5
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	61	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	72	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	74	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

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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.