ALBANIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,726	1	8,797	+ 7,929
Stroke	2	9,779	2	8,790	+ 989
Hypertension	3	2,710	10	425	+ 2,285
Lung Disease	4	1,829	5	876	+ 953
Lung Cancers	5	1,506	4	1,026	+ 480
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,187	20	197	+ 990
Kidney Disease	7	850	11	399	+ 451
Liver Disease	8	826	12	376	+ 450
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	640	6	634	+ 6
Breast Cancer	10	622	17	229	+ 393
Diabetes Mellitus	11	616	19	208	+ 407
Stomach Cancer	12	538	7	493	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	13	487	18	225	+ 262
Prostate Cancer	14	465	16	311	+ 154
Suicide	15	312	24	125	+ 187
Liver Cancer	16	304	9	434	- 130
Road Traffic Accidents	17	296	14	337	- 41
Bladder Cancer	18	292	15	330	- 38
Lymphomas	19	229	31	69	+ 160
Leukemia	20	211	22	131	+ 79
Other Injuries	21	200	26	105	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	22	193	36	48	+ 146
Ovary Cancer	23	192	39	39	+ 153
Inflammatory/Heart	24	188	8	465	- 277
Oral Cancer	25	187	30	90	+ 97
Falls	26	175	23	125	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	27	169	38	42	+ 127
Skin Cancers	28	150	32	64	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	29	130	13	369	- 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	127	33	57	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	31	89	34	52	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	32	73	28	102	- 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	68	3	1,827	- 1,760
Endocrine Disorders	34	67	29	91	- 24
Drownings	35	59	43	25	+ 34
Fires	36	57	45	20	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	37	53	25	106	- 53
Tuberculosis	38	48	54	8	+ 39
Epilepsy	39	43	37	44	- 1
Other Neoplasms	40	43	47	19	+ 23
Violence	41	39	27	103	- 64
Drug Use	42	35	44	25	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	26	35	50	- 25
Skin Disease	44	24	55	6	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	45	24	40	39	- 15
Alcohol	46	20	48	18	+ 2
Birth Trauma	47	18	41	32	- 14
Poisonings	48	17	53	9	+ 8
Meningitis	49	14	49	14	+ 1
Asthma	50	13	21	193	- 180
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	12	52	9	+ 3
Anemia	52	12	86	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	53	10	63	0	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	54	9	42	26	- 17
Schizophrenia	55	7	83	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	56	4	66	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	3	56	5	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	80	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	59	3	59	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	51	11	- 9
Upper Respiratory	61	2	50	12	- 10
Oral conditions	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	2	46	20	- 18
War	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	62	1	- 0
Malnutrition	67	1	58	3	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	57	3	- 3
Measles	70	0	65	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	61	1	- 1
Pertussis	72	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Bulgaria

Albania

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.