BELARUS VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	51,149	1	53,186	- 2,037
Stroke	2	29,904	2	16,393	+ 13,511
Hypertension	3	8,287	31	367	+ 7,920
Lung Disease	4	5,594	7	2,208	+ 3,386
Lung Cancers	5	4,606	4	2,950	+ 1,656
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,630	5	2,886	+ 744
Kidney Disease	7	2,598	26	480	+ 2,118
Liver Disease	8	2,527	8	2,078	+ 449
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,956	15	1,086	+ 869
Breast Cancer	10	1,902	12	1,230	+ 671
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,883	30	373	+ 1,510
Stomach Cancer	12	1,645	10	1,690	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,489	13	1,171	+ 318
Prostate Cancer	14	1,423	17	936	+ 487
Suicide	15	954	9	2,004	- 1,050
Liver Cancer	16	930	32	363	+ 567
Road Traffic Accidents	17	906	19	722	+ 184
Bladder Cancer	18	892	35	295	+ 597
Lymphomas	19	700	20	672	+ 28
Leukemia	20	644	23	554	+ 90
Other Injuries	21	613	14	1,099	- 486
Cervical Cancer	22	591	34	303	+ 288
Ovary Cancer	23	588	27	429	+ 160
Inflammatory/Heart	24	573	11	1,361	- 787
Oral Cancer	25	571	18	901	- 330
Falls	26	534	16	952	- 418
Uterin Cancer	27	517	28	391	+ 127
Skin Cancers	28	460	36	272	+ 188
Parkinson's Disease	29	397	21	621	- 224
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	387	40	235	+ 152
Oesophagus Cancer	31	273	25	493	- 220
Congenital Anomalies	32	224	41	202	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	206	3	3,530	- 3,324
Endocrine Disorders	34	205	43	141	+ 64
Drownings	35	181	24	543	- 363
Fires	36	174	22	620	- 447
Low Birth Weight	37	163	47	64	+ 99
Tuberculosis	38	145	37	269	- 123
Epilepsy	39	131	45	116	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	40	131	48	52	+ 78
Violence	41	118	38	255	- 137
Drug Use	42	106	29	389	- 282
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	79	39	239	- 161
Skin Disease	44	74	51	31	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	45	72	49	42	+ 30
Alcohol	46	62	6	2,761	- 2,699
Birth Trauma	47	56	52	25	+ 31
Poisonings	48	53	33	311	- 258
Meningitis	49	44	50	36	+ 8
Asthma	50	39	44	122	- 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	37	57	13	+ 24
Anemia	52	35	83	0	+ 35
Hepatitis B	53	31	56	14	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	54	27	42	167	- 140
Schizophrenia	55	21	80	0	+ 21
Hepatitis C	56	14	62	1	+ 13
Appendicitis	57	9	54	20	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	9	85	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	59	8	60	2	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	7	55	15	- 8
Upper Respiratory	61	6	58	5	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	6	86	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	5	46	93	- 89
War	64	4	59	3	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	2	84	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	63	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	67	2	53	22	- 20
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	61	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Bulgaria

Belarus

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.