FINLAND VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,468	2	9,831	- 5,363
Lung Disease	2	3,336	8	1,289	+ 2,046
Stroke	3	2,291	3	4,115	- 1,823
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,126	21	436	+ 690
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,077	52	15	+ 1,062
Liver Disease	6	1,053	10	1,068	- 15
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,043	22	418	+ 625
Kidney Disease	8	945	26	342	+ 604
Tuberculosis	9	876	46	32	+ 844
Road Traffic Accidents	10	785	33	215	+ 570
Stomach Cancer	11	751	19	447	+ 305
Falls	12	706	7	1,325	- 620
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	665	1	11,120	- 10,455
Low Birth Weight	14	504	48	26	+ 478
Asthma	15	495	40	85	+ 410
Hypertension	16	487	5	2,030	- 1,543
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	430	50	19	+ 411
HIV/AIDS	18	369	59	6	+ 363
Birth Trauma	19	326	56	8	+ 318
Congenital Anomalies	20	320	35	192	+ 128
Lung Cancers	21	280	4	2,312	- 2,032
Oesophagus Cancer	22	278	27	320	- 41
Oral Cancer	23	274	34	207	+ 67
Other Injuries	24	271	20	437	- 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	246	36	151	+ 94
Suicide	26	223	15	846	- 623
Liver Cancer	27	222	16	545	- 323
Parkinson's Disease	28	200	13	853	- 653
Cervical Cancer	29	194	44	62	+ 132
Encephalitis	30	178	66	0	+ 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	154	6	1,433	- 1,280
Drownings	32	129	37	106	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	33	127	9	1,247	- 1,120
Leukemia	34	118	24	371	- 253
Violence	35	117	43	64	+ 52
Meningitis	36	110	55	9	+ 100
Ovary Cancer	37	91	25	344	- 254
Epilepsy	38	88	38	104	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	39	70	31	257	- 187
Syphilis	40	68	67	0	+ 67
Skin Cancers	41	59	29	297	- 238
Maternal Conditions	42	58	64	2	+ 57
Breast Cancer	43	50	12	948	- 898
Fires	44	50	45	62	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	45	49	17	518	- 469
Skin Disease	46	46	47	27	+ 19
Drug Use	47	44	30	269	- 226
Bladder Cancer	48	41	28	308	- 267
Alcohol	49	38	18	464	- 426
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	34	41	83	- 49
Appendicitis	51	32	54	10	+ 22
Lymphomas	52	31	14	851	- 820
Hepatitis B	53	26	63	2	+ 24
Malnutrition	54	22	57	7	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	55	22	11	970	- 949
Dengue	56	21	82	0	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	57	14	23	377	- 363
Measles	58	13	72	0	+ 13
Poisonings	59	12	49	25	- 13
Tetanus	60	9	70	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	61	6	62	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	42	80	- 74
Pertussis	63	6	69	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	6	60	5	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	6	75	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	67	1	84	0	+ 1
War	68	1	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	32	225	- 225
Anemia	72	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	39	93	- 93
Oral conditions	76	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	78	0	51	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Bhutan

Finland

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.