COSTA RICA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,346	1	2,639	+ 25,707
Stroke	2	16,572	2	1,624	+ 14,948
Hypertension	3	4,593	6	863	+ 3,730
Lung Disease	4	3,100	4	1,046	+ 2,054
Lung Cancers	5	2,552	20	343	+ 2,209
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,012	12	621	+ 1,391
Kidney Disease	7	1,440	3	1,482	- 42
Liver Disease	8	1,400	18	370	+ 1,031
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,084	7	836	+ 248
Breast Cancer	10	1,054	16	384	+ 670
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,044	5	953	+ 90
Stomach Cancer	12	912	10	661	+ 251
Pancreas Cancer	13	825	22	294	+ 531
Prostate Cancer	14	788	14	448	+ 340
Suicide	15	529	15	407	+ 122
Liver Cancer	16	515	17	382	+ 133
Road Traffic Accidents	17	502	9	746	- 244
Bladder Cancer	18	494	36	100	+ 395
Lymphomas	19	388	19	356	+ 32
Leukemia	20	357	24	262	+ 95
Other Injuries	21	340	13	571	- 231
Cervical Cancer	22	328	29	159	+ 169
Ovary Cancer	23	326	40	80	+ 246
Inflammatory/Heart	24	318	26	191	+ 127
Oral Cancer	25	316	38	96	+ 220
Falls	26	296	35	116	+ 180
Uterin Cancer	27	287	41	80	+ 206
Skin Cancers	28	255	31	137	+ 118
Parkinson's Disease	29	220	30	138	+ 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	214	42	74	+ 141
Oesophagus Cancer	31	152	44	61	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	32	124	21	315	- 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	114	8	818	- 704
Endocrine Disorders	34	113	27	183	- 70
Drownings	35	100	37	97	+ 3
Fires	36	96	58	10	+ 86
Low Birth Weight	37	90	28	178	- 87
Tuberculosis	38	81	50	32	+ 49
Epilepsy	39	72	34	116	- 44
Other Neoplasms	40	72	23	266	- 193
Violence	41	66	11	635	- 570
Drug Use	42	59	43	63	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	44	49	32	+ 11
Skin Disease	44	41	32	126	- 85
Multiple Sclerosis	45	40	57	11	+ 29
Alcohol	46	34	33	126	- 92
Birth Trauma	47	31	47	48	- 17
Poisonings	48	29	60	5	+ 24
Meningitis	49	24	54	18	+ 7
Asthma	50	22	45	60	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	21	39	87	- 67
Anemia	52	20	51	25	- 5
Hepatitis B	53	17	59	7	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	54	15	25	192	- 177
Schizophrenia	55	12	53	21	- 9
Hepatitis C	56	7	64	1	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	5	52	22	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	56	13	- 8
Maternal Conditions	59	5	55	17	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	46	55	- 51
Upper Respiratory	61	3	62	3	+ 0
Oral conditions	62	3	66	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	3	63	3	+ 0
War	64	2	68	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	1	61	5	- 4
Syphilis	66	1	65	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	67	1	48	37	- 36
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Bulgaria

Costa Rica

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.