AUSTRALIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	144,103	1	21,548	+ 122,555
Stroke	2	84,250	3	10,331	+ 73,918
Hypertension	3	23,348	23	1,631	+ 21,717
Lung Disease	4	15,759	5	8,487	+ 7,272
Lung Cancers	5	12,976	4	8,769	+ 4,207
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	10,227	6	6,209	+ 4,018
Kidney Disease	7	7,319	12	3,139	+ 4,180
Liver Disease	8	7,119	26	1,421	+ 5,698
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	5,510	8	4,446	+ 1,064
Breast Cancer	10	5,358	10	3,405	+ 1,953
Diabetes Mellitus	11	5,305	7	4,471	+ 834
Stomach Cancer	12	4,636	27	1,288	+ 3,348
Pancreas Cancer	13	4,194	13	3,118	+ 1,076
Prostate Cancer	14	4,008	9	3,766	+ 242
Suicide	15	2,688	11	3,150	- 462
Liver Cancer	16	2,620	20	2,036	+ 584
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,553	29	1,245	+ 1,309
Bladder Cancer	18	2,513	30	1,187	+ 1,326
Lymphomas	19	1,971	15	3,039	- 1,068
Leukemia	20	1,814	18	2,126	- 312
Other Injuries	21	1,726	22	1,642	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	22	1,666	39	342	+ 1,324
Ovary Cancer	23	1,658	31	1,003	+ 655
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,616	24	1,571	+ 45
Oral Cancer	25	1,609	32	972	+ 637
Falls	26	1,504	14	3,116	- 1,611
Uterin Cancer	27	1,458	35	524	+ 934
Skin Cancers	28	1,296	17	2,319	- 1,022
Parkinson's Disease	29	1,120	19	2,036	- 916
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,090	42	276	+ 814
Oesophagus Cancer	31	770	25	1,494	- 723
Congenital Anomalies	32	630	33	711	- 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	582	2	15,588	- 15,007
Endocrine Disorders	34	577	16	2,328	- 1,752
Drownings	35	509	47	177	+ 332
Fires	36	489	55	55	+ 435
Low Birth Weight	37	460	43	248	+ 212
Tuberculosis	38	410	56	53	+ 357
Epilepsy	39	368	41	285	+ 84
Other Neoplasms	40	368	28	1,252	- 884
Violence	41	333	44	243	+ 90
Drug Use	42	300	21	1,783	- 1,483
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	221	38	379	- 157
Skin Disease	44	208	34	594	- 386
Multiple Sclerosis	45	204	46	188	+ 16
Alcohol	46	175	37	380	- 205
Birth Trauma	47	157	50	140	+ 17
Poisonings	48	149	61	35	+ 115
Meningitis	49	124	60	37	+ 87
Asthma	50	110	36	455	- 346
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	105	40	296	- 191
Anemia	52	99	49	157	- 58
Hepatitis B	53	86	58	41	+ 45
HIV/AIDS	54	77	57	50	+ 27
Schizophrenia	55	60	54	64	- 3
Hepatitis C	56	38	48	173	- 135
Appendicitis	57	26	62	26	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	24	53	71	- 47
Maternal Conditions	59	24	63	20	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	19	45	229	- 210
Upper Respiratory	61	16	64	17	- 1
Oral conditions	62	16	59	40	- 24
Encephalitis	63	13	68	3	+ 10
War	64	11	65	8	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	65	7	52	114	- 107
Syphilis	66	7	67	3	+ 4
Malnutrition	67	5	51	117	- 112
Iodine Deficiency	68	2	84	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Measles	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Bulgaria

Australia

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.