BHUTAN VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,031	18	58	+ 973
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	556	4	177	+ 379
Coronary Heart Disease	3	438	1	702	- 264
Road Traffic Accidents	4	311	10	123	+ 188
Stroke	5	264	3	360	- 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	237	5	169	+ 68
Low Birth Weight	7	208	14	79	+ 129
Birth Trauma	8	176	19	51	+ 124
Diabetes Mellitus	9	172	7	164	+ 9
Malnutrition	10	124	54	3	+ 120
Congenital Anomalies	11	114	20	50	+ 64
Kidney Disease	12	114	8	149	- 34
Suicide	13	107	26	35	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	14	104	29	30	+ 74
Malaria	15	103	81	0	+ 103
Tuberculosis	16	103	9	138	- 35
Liver Disease	17	100	6	166	- 65
Violence	18	99	35	18	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	19	90	42	9	+ 81
Other Injuries	20	85	24	43	+ 43
Asthma	21	79	15	78	+ 1
Meningitis	22	68	36	17	+ 51
Lung Disease	23	60	2	524	- 464
Hypertension	24	59	16	77	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	25	54	45	8	+ 46
Lymphomas	26	49	52	5	+ 45
Drownings	27	49	32	20	+ 29
Breast Cancer	28	43	43	8	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	29	41	22	44	- 2
Fires	30	41	44	8	+ 33
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	40	13	105	- 65
Prostate Cancer	32	32	55	3	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	33	29	11	118	- 89
Endocrine Disorders	34	29	39	11	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	28	25	39	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	28	17	68	- 40
Poisonings	37	27	59	2	+ 25
Liver Cancer	38	26	27	35	- 9
Epilepsy	39	26	38	14	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	26	31	24	+ 2
Falls	41	24	12	111	- 87
Pertussis	42	22	63	1	+ 21
Lung Cancers	43	15	21	44	- 29
Skin Cancers	44	14	41	9	+ 4
Leukemia	45	13	34	19	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	46	12	28	31	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	47	11	33	20	- 9
Drug Use	48	11	47	7	+ 4
Oral Cancer	49	11	23	43	- 32
Uterin Cancer	50	9	71	0	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	51	9	37	14	- 5
Skin Disease	52	9	46	7	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	53	9	82	0	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	54	6	48	6	- 0
Syphilis	55	6	40	11	- 4
Encephalitis	56	6	30	28	- 22
Tetanus	57	5	60	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	58	3	51	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	59	3	61	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	3	53	4	- 1
Alcohol	61	2	49	6	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	2	57	2	- 0
Measles	63	2	58	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	50	5	- 4
War	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	62	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	85	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

Zimbabwe

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.