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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan
BHUTAN		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
60.0
63.4
61.7
127
127
129
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
65.9
67.6
66.7
115
130
125
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Bhutan
BHUTAN		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
65.9
67.6
115
130
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
68.1
71.4
133
142
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
68.5
71.9
131
142
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
68.8
72.1
129
142
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
69.2
72.5
130
141
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
69.8
72.9
130
141
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
70.3
73.4
130
141
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
70.9
73.9
130
141
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
71.6
74.5
132
141
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
72.4
75.2
132
143
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
73.4
76.0
132
144
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
74.7
77.0
135
146
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
76.3
78.2
135
147
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
78.2
79.7
138
149
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.5
81.6
147
151
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.2
84.0
152
155
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.4
86.9
149
158
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.0
90.3
153
163
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.1
169
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.3
159
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.8
180
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan
BHUTAN		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
221.74
18
  
68.80
155
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
118.74
40
  
23.69
125
3 Stroke
117.68
72
  
36.89
160
4 Lung Disease
68.92
6
  
21.47
98
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
32.67
54
  
1.95
119
6 Stomach Cancer
24.54
7
  
4.81
130
7 Other Injuries
23.17
29
  
5.54
170
8 Diabetes Mellitus
22.29
117
  
5.04
185
9 Low Birth Weight
20.03
38
  
3.39
144
10 Tuberculosis
18.81
72
  
0.41
170
11 Road Traffic Accidents
18.60
78
  
4.77
180
12 Liver Disease
16.36
46
  
9.48
96
13 Suicide
16.25
25
  
6.90
101
14 Birth Trauma
15.45
40
  
0.64
166
15 Oral Cancer
14.22
2
  
2.39
113
16 Fires
13.73
1
  
0.45
158
17 Alzheimers/Dementia
13.37
21
  
17.08
14
18 Falls
12.79
6
  
3.51
109
19 Kidney Disease
12.48
114
  
3.23
185
20 Rheumatic Heart Disease
12.28
2
  
0.90
140
21 Meningitis
12.13
30
  
0.41
149
22 Oesophagus Cancer
10.44
17
  
7.62
30
23 Lung Cancers
9.57
112
  
30.98
18
24 Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.06
29
  
2.54
123
25 Poisonings
8.02
24
  
2.81
89
26 Inflammatory/Heart
7.85
81
  
2.97
152
27 Anaemia
7.74
26
  
0.15
171
28 Liver Cancer
6.96
82
  
3.07
164
29 Hypertension
6.85
166
  
3.67
183
30 Malnutrition
6.46
57
  
0.07
172
31 Drownings
6.44
37
  
0.35
187
32 Skin Cancers
6.37
3
  
2.74
32
33 Congenital Anomalies
6.22
99
  
3.68
164
34 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.18
111
  
15.49
33
35 Violence
5.99
96
  
1.14
160
36 Asthma
5.67
77
  
1.09
153
37 Leukemia
5.50
22
  
4.39
63
38 Cervical Cancer
5.49
93
  
1.38
161
39 Breast Cancer
4.81
190
  
23.62
20
40 Hepatitis B
4.39
12
  
0.07
177
41 Maternal Conditions
4.20
60
  
0.15
151
42 Syphilis
4.13
10
  
0.00
147
43 Pancreas Cancer
3.85
83
  
6.81
39
44 Tetanus
3.56
8
  
0.00
192
45 HIV/AIDS
3.34
96
  
0.40
137
46 Ovary Cancer
3.33
37
  
3.96
20
47 Epilepsy
2.95
62
  
1.57
104
48 Lymphomas
2.37
171
  
7.35
36
49 Upper Respiratory
2.30
35
  
0.07
144
50 Drug Use
2.16
25
  
2.14
27
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Bhutan
BHUTAN		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
884
18.22
  
92,299
19.77
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
626
12.90
  
37,348
8.00
3 Stroke
452
9.32
  
55,919
11.98
4 Lung Disease
275
5.67
  
29,069
6.23
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
215
4.43
  
3,081
0.66
6 Low Birth Weight
161
3.32
  
1,386
0.30
7 Other Injuries
133
2.74
  
6,029
1.29
8 Birth Trauma
124
2.56
  
262
0.06
9 Road Traffic Accidents
106
2.19
  
3,073
0.66
10 Stomach Cancer
104
2.14
  
6,006
1.29
11 Suicide
103
2.12
  
4,660
1.00
12 Tuberculosis
99
2.04
  
443
0.09
13 Diabetes Mellitus
91
1.88
  
6,682
1.43
14 Fires
88
1.81
  
380
0.08
15 Meningitis
84
1.73
  
278
0.06
16 Liver Disease
80
1.65
  
7,767
1.66
17 Oral Cancer
62
1.28
  
2,428
0.52
18 Rheumatic Heart Disease
59
1.22
  
1,204
0.26
19 Falls
57
1.18
  
4,450
0.95
20 Kidney Disease
56
1.15
  
4,804
1.03
21 Congenital Anomalies
50
1.03
  
1,950
0.42
22 Malnutrition
50
1.03
  
85
0.02
23 Alzheimers/Dementia
48
0.99
  
29,116
6.24
24 Oesophagus Cancer
45
0.93
  
8,762
1.88
25 Lung Cancers
44
0.91
  
35,845
7.68
26 Drownings
41
0.85
  
233
0.05
27 Anaemia
41
0.85
  
260
0.06
28 Poisonings
40
0.82
  
1,805
0.39
29 Peptic Ulcer Disease
37
0.76
  
3,294
0.71
30 Violence
34
0.70
  
703
0.15
31 Inflammatory/Heart
33
0.68
  
3,014
0.65
32 Asthma
31
0.64
  
1,260
0.27
33 Leukemia
31
0.64
  
5,077
1.09
34 Maternal Conditions
30
0.62
  
81
0.02
35 Liver Cancer
30
0.62
  
3,470
0.74
36 Colon-Rectum Cancers
29
0.60
  
18,951
4.06
37 Hypertension
28
0.58
  
5,191
1.11
38 Cervical Cancer
27
0.56
  
1,322
0.28
39 Hepatitis B
25
0.52
  
57
0.01
40 Tetanus
24
0.49
  
0
0.00
41 Skin Cancers
24
0.49
  
2,947
0.63
42 Syphilis
21
0.43
  
3
0.00
43 Epilepsy
21
0.43
  
1,201
0.26
44 HIV/AIDS
19
0.39
  
266
0.06
45 Dengue
17
0.35
  
0
0.00
46 Pancreas Cancer
16
0.33
  
7,954
1.70
47 Ovary Cancer
15
0.31
  
4,366
0.94
48 Drug Use
12
0.25
  
1,247
0.27
49 Breast Cancer
11
0.23
  
14,343
3.07
50 Lymphomas
10
0.21
  
8,744
1.87
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan
BHUTAN		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Stomach Cancer
24.54
7
  
4.81
130
2 Oral Cancer
14.22
2
  
2.39
113
3 Oesophagus Cancer
10.44
17
  
7.62
30
4 Lung Cancers
9.57
112
  
30.98
18
5 Liver Cancer
6.96
82
  
3.07
164
6 Skin Cancers
6.37
3
  
2.74
32
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.18
111
  
15.49
33
8 Leukemia
5.50
22
  
4.39
63
9 Cervical Cancer
5.49
93
  
1.38
161
10 Breast Cancer
4.81
190
  
23.62
20
11 Pancreas Cancer
3.85
83
  
6.81
39
12 Ovary Cancer
3.33
37
  
3.96
20
13 Lymphomas
2.37
171
  
7.35
36
14 Bladder Cancer
2.03
100
  
4.27
28
15 Other Neoplasms
1.60
145
  
2.95
92
16 Prostate Cancer
1.06
180
  
8.21
58
17 Uterin Cancer
0.00
192
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Bhutan
BHUTAN		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
691,141
156
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.10
10
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
30.2 %
88
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
64.3 %
105
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
5.5 %
95
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
20.07
90
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
7.39
110
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.38
96
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
49.36
49
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.13
10
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
1.12
6
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.27
95
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
47.0
176
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
60.0
165
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
34.0
167
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
2.5
146
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
66.7
125
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
55.0
139
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$5,600
107
  
$36,600
23
 

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