SRI LANKA VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	BHUTAN		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,457	1	26,304	- 8,847
Lung Disease	2	13,033	3	9,456	+ 3,577
Stroke	3	8,953	6	6,805	+ 2,148
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,401	8	5,117	- 716
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	4,209	28	605	+ 3,604
Liver Disease	6	4,114	17	1,303	+ 2,811
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,074	2	12,460	- 8,386
Kidney Disease	8	3,694	5	6,858	- 3,165
Tuberculosis	9	3,424	25	769	+ 2,654
Road Traffic Accidents	10	3,068	9	4,200	- 1,131
Stomach Cancer	11	2,936	16	1,321	+ 1,615
Falls	12	2,757	23	964	+ 1,793
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	2,598	4	6,939	- 4,341
Low Birth Weight	14	1,969	29	536	+ 1,433
Asthma	15	1,932	7	6,471	- 4,539
Hypertension	16	1,902	20	1,055	+ 846
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	1,680	53	49	+ 1,630
HIV/AIDS	18	1,441	55	39	+ 1,402
Birth Trauma	19	1,274	44	193	+ 1,081
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,249	22	989	+ 260
Lung Cancers	21	1,094	12	1,775	- 680
Oesophagus Cancer	22	1,087	13	1,544	- 457
Oral Cancer	23	1,070	11	2,893	- 1,824
Other Injuries	24	1,059	14	1,529	- 470
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	960	56	38	+ 922
Suicide	26	873	10	2,977	- 2,104
Liver Cancer	27	868	19	1,090	- 223
Parkinson's Disease	28	781	45	168	+ 613
Cervical Cancer	29	757	26	762	- 5
Encephalitis	30	696	61	10	+ 686
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	601	24	911	- 311
Drownings	32	505	27	731	- 226
Pancreas Cancer	33	496	43	214	+ 282
Leukemia	34	461	18	1,155	- 694
Violence	35	455	31	499	- 44
Meningitis	36	428	46	146	+ 282
Ovary Cancer	37	354	37	281	+ 73
Epilepsy	38	343	39	269	+ 74
Endocrine Disorders	39	272	32	462	- 190
Syphilis	40	264	58	15	+ 249
Skin Cancers	41	229	52	58	+ 171
Maternal Conditions	42	227	48	96	+ 131
Breast Cancer	43	197	15	1,383	- 1,186
Fires	44	196	41	239	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	45	190	35	425	- 234
Skin Disease	46	181	36	293	- 112
Drug Use	47	170	40	257	- 87
Bladder Cancer	48	161	34	432	- 270
Alcohol	49	148	51	82	+ 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	132	60	11	+ 121
Appendicitis	51	125	64	5	+ 120
Lymphomas	52	120	21	1,027	- 907
Hepatitis B	53	101	62	6	+ 95
Malnutrition	54	86	54	43	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	55	84	30	507	- 423
Dengue	56	82	47	131	- 49
Other Neoplasms	57	53	50	86	- 32
Measles	58	51	77	0	+ 51
Poisonings	59	47	49	93	- 46
Tetanus	60	34	57	27	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	61	25	66	5	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	62	25	69	2	+ 23
Pertussis	63	24	59	15	+ 9
Hepatitis C	64	23	75	0	+ 23
Leishmaniasis	65	23	73	0	+ 23
Ascariasis	66	4	72	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	67	2	84	0	+ 2
War	68	2	38	280	- 278
Otitis Media	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	42	218	- 218
Anemia	72	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	65	5	- 5
Oral conditions	76	0	68	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	78	0	67	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	63	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Bhutan

Sri Lanka

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.