BHUTAN VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	474	1	702	- 229
Kidney Disease	2	299	8	149	+ 150
Stroke	3	262	3	360	- 98
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	246	4	177	+ 68
Diabetes Mellitus	5	209	7	164	+ 45
Road Traffic Accidents	6	169	10	123	+ 45
Liver Disease	7	161	6	166	- 5
Lung Disease	8	124	2	524	- 400
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	124	13	105	+ 19
Hypertension	10	121	16	77	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	11	101	11	118	- 17
Prostate Cancer	12	66	55	3	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	13	65	20	50	+ 14
Suicide	14	64	26	35	+ 29
Violence	15	58	35	18	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	16	57	14	79	- 23
Other Injuries	17	56	24	43	+ 13
Falls	18	54	12	111	- 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	54	31	24	+ 29
Lung Cancers	20	52	21	44	+ 8
Liver Cancer	21	46	27	35	+ 11
Lymphomas	22	43	52	5	+ 38
Leukemia	23	43	34	19	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	24	41	29	30	+ 10
Breast Cancer	25	40	43	8	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	26	32	28	31	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	27	29	18	58	- 29
Malnutrition	28	28	54	3	+ 24
Tuberculosis	29	28	9	138	- 110
Pancreas Cancer	30	27	33	20	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	31	24	39	11	+ 14
Drownings	32	23	32	20	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	20	25	39	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	20	5	169	- 150
Ovary Cancer	35	16	37	14	+ 1
Inflammatory/Heart	36	15	45	8	+ 7
Skin Cancers	37	15	41	9	+ 6
Birth Trauma	38	15	19	51	- 37
Alcohol	39	14	49	6	+ 8
Epilepsy	40	13	38	14	- 1
Drug Use	41	10	47	7	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	42	9	22	44	- 35
Fires	43	8	44	8	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	44	8	48	6	+ 2
Oral Cancer	45	8	23	43	- 35
Maternal Conditions	46	8	42	9	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	8	17	68	- 60
Uterin Cancer	48	6	71	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	50	5	+ 1
Appendicitis	50	5	51	5	+ 0
Skin Disease	51	5	46	7	- 2
Meningitis	52	4	36	17	- 13
Asthma	53	4	15	78	- 74
Syphilis	54	4	40	11	- 7
Encephalitis	55	4	30	28	- 24
Pertussis	56	4	63	1	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	57	3	57	2	+ 1
Poisonings	58	3	59	2	+ 1
Chagas disease	59	1	83	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	- 0
Dengue	61	0	56	3	- 3
Tetanus	62	0	60	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	61	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	0	53	4	- 4
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	- 0
War	66	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	58	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	73	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	72	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Ecuador

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.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.