BOTSWANA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,193	3	1,632	+ 11,561
Stroke	2	7,713	4	1,588	+ 6,125
Hypertension	3	2,138	11	471	+ 1,667
Lung Disease	4	1,443	10	482	+ 961
Lung Cancers	5	1,188	39	45	+ 1,143
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	936	47	28	+ 909
Kidney Disease	7	670	9	506	+ 164
Liver Disease	8	652	12	459	+ 193
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	504	2	1,674	- 1,169
Breast Cancer	10	491	33	68	+ 422
Diabetes Mellitus	11	486	5	1,273	- 787
Stomach Cancer	12	424	53	10	+ 414
Pancreas Cancer	13	384	50	16	+ 368
Prostate Cancer	14	367	41	45	+ 322
Suicide	15	246	15	370	- 124
Liver Cancer	16	240	35	57	+ 183
Road Traffic Accidents	17	234	7	608	- 375
Bladder Cancer	18	230	60	6	+ 224
Lymphomas	19	180	31	77	+ 104
Leukemia	20	166	51	13	+ 153
Other Injuries	21	158	19	216	- 58
Cervical Cancer	22	153	22	164	- 11
Ovary Cancer	23	152	49	19	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	24	148	20	177	- 29
Oral Cancer	25	147	32	70	+ 77
Falls	26	138	34	62	+ 76
Uterin Cancer	27	133	56	9	+ 124
Skin Cancers	28	119	37	52	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	29	103	38	47	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	100	29	90	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	31	71	28	103	- 32
Congenital Anomalies	32	58	16	287	- 230
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	53	23	164	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	34	53	27	103	- 50
Drownings	35	47	30	83	- 36
Fires	36	45	26	108	- 64
Low Birth Weight	37	42	13	447	- 405
Tuberculosis	38	37	6	649	- 611
Epilepsy	39	34	36	56	- 22
Other Neoplasms	40	34	55	9	+ 24
Violence	41	31	14	389	- 359
Drug Use	42	27	48	26	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	20	43	37	- 17
Skin Disease	44	19	46	30	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	45	19	63	3	+ 16
Alcohol	46	16	45	31	- 15
Birth Trauma	47	14	17	261	- 247
Poisonings	48	14	42	42	- 29
Meningitis	49	11	25	108	- 97
Asthma	50	10	18	232	- 222
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	10	8	527	- 518
Anemia	52	9	84	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	53	8	62	6	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	54	7	1	4,950	- 4,943
Schizophrenia	55	6	86	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	56	3	66	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	2	57	8	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	80	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	59	2	24	118	- 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	52	11	- 9
Upper Respiratory	61	1	58	7	- 6
Oral conditions	62	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	59	7	- 6
War	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	44	36	- 36
Malnutrition	67	0	21	171	- 171
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	61	6	- 6
Measles	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	40	45	- 45
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	54	10	- 10
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Bulgaria

Botswana

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.