BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,449	1	9,201	+ 11,249
Stroke	2	11,956	2	7,871	+ 4,084
Hypertension	3	3,313	11	546	+ 2,768
Lung Disease	4	2,236	5	1,163	+ 1,074
Lung Cancers	5	1,841	4	2,076	- 235
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,451	7	998	+ 453
Kidney Disease	7	1,039	9	689	+ 350
Liver Disease	8	1,010	10	613	+ 397
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	782	17	440	+ 342
Breast Cancer	10	760	13	528	+ 232
Diabetes Mellitus	11	753	3	2,406	- 1,653
Stomach Cancer	12	658	12	532	+ 125
Pancreas Cancer	13	595	15	463	+ 132
Prostate Cancer	14	569	18	413	+ 156
Suicide	15	381	19	361	+ 21
Liver Cancer	16	372	14	480	- 108
Road Traffic Accidents	17	362	16	446	- 84
Bladder Cancer	18	357	22	232	+ 124
Lymphomas	19	280	24	184	+ 95
Leukemia	20	257	23	186	+ 71
Other Injuries	21	245	26	157	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	22	236	29	132	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	23	235	25	182	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	24	229	8	874	- 645
Oral Cancer	25	228	27	146	+ 82
Falls	26	213	21	267	- 53
Uterin Cancer	27	207	33	92	+ 115
Skin Cancers	28	184	28	133	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	29	159	20	341	- 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	155	30	121	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	31	109	31	110	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	32	89	35	69	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	83	6	1,144	- 1,061
Endocrine Disorders	34	82	39	53	+ 28
Drownings	35	72	42	48	+ 25
Fires	36	69	38	54	+ 15
Low Birth Weight	37	65	41	48	+ 17
Tuberculosis	38	58	32	93	- 35
Epilepsy	39	52	36	60	- 8
Other Neoplasms	40	52	45	23	+ 29
Violence	41	47	40	49	- 2
Drug Use	42	43	44	25	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	31	43	36	- 5
Skin Disease	44	30	47	21	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	45	29	46	22	+ 7
Alcohol	46	25	34	90	- 65
Birth Trauma	47	22	49	14	+ 8
Poisonings	48	21	50	13	+ 8
Meningitis	49	18	53	10	+ 8
Asthma	50	16	37	60	- 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	15	54	8	+ 7
Anemia	52	14	86	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	53	12	56	3	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	54	11	70	0	+ 11
Schizophrenia	55	9	83	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	56	5	65	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	57	4	52	11	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	80	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	59	3	58	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	48	19	- 17
Upper Respiratory	61	2	63	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	2	51	13	- 11
War	64	2	62	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	61	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	67	1	57	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	60	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	55	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	71	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	59	2	- 2
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Bulgaria

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.