BHUTAN VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,762	1	702	+ 4,059
Stroke	2	2,784	3	360	+ 2,424
Hypertension	3	772	16	77	+ 695
Lung Disease	4	521	2	524	- 4
Lung Cancers	5	429	21	44	+ 385
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	338	31	24	+ 314
Kidney Disease	7	242	8	149	+ 93
Liver Disease	8	235	6	166	+ 70
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	182	4	177	+ 5
Breast Cancer	10	177	43	8	+ 169
Diabetes Mellitus	11	175	7	164	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	12	153	11	118	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	13	139	33	20	+ 119
Prostate Cancer	14	132	55	3	+ 129
Suicide	15	89	26	35	+ 54
Liver Cancer	16	87	27	35	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	17	84	10	123	- 39
Bladder Cancer	18	83	48	6	+ 77
Lymphomas	19	65	52	5	+ 60
Leukemia	20	60	34	19	+ 41
Other Injuries	21	57	24	43	+ 14
Cervical Cancer	22	55	29	30	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	23	55	37	14	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	24	53	45	8	+ 46
Oral Cancer	25	53	23	43	+ 10
Falls	26	50	12	111	- 61
Uterin Cancer	27	48	71	0	+ 48
Skin Cancers	28	43	41	9	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	29	37	28	31	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	36	25	39	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	31	25	22	44	- 18
Congenital Anomalies	32	21	20	50	- 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	19	13	105	- 85
Endocrine Disorders	34	19	39	11	+ 8
Drownings	35	17	32	20	- 3
Fires	36	16	44	8	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	37	15	14	79	- 64
Tuberculosis	38	14	9	138	- 124
Epilepsy	39	12	38	14	- 2
Other Neoplasms	40	12	57	2	+ 10
Violence	41	11	35	18	- 7
Drug Use	42	10	47	7	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	7	17	68	- 60
Skin Disease	44	7	46	7	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	45	7	62	1	+ 6
Alcohol	46	6	49	6	- 0
Birth Trauma	47	5	19	51	- 46
Poisonings	48	5	59	2	+ 3
Meningitis	49	4	36	17	- 13
Asthma	50	4	15	78	- 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	3	5	169	- 166
Anemia	52	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	53	3	53	4	- 1
HIV/AIDS	54	3	18	58	- 55
Schizophrenia	55	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	56	1	64	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	57	1	51	5	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	1	77	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	59	1	42	9	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	50	5	- 5
Upper Respiratory	61	1	61	1	- 0
Oral conditions	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	0	30	28	- 28
War	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	40	11	- 10
Malnutrition	67	0	54	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	86	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	60	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	58	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	71	0	65	1	- 1
Pertussis	72	0	63	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	85	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	56	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Bulgaria

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.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.