CROATIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,341	1	12,307	+ 10,034
Stroke	2	13,062	2	6,275	+ 6,786
Hypertension	3	3,620	8	1,102	+ 2,518
Lung Disease	4	2,443	5	2,111	+ 332
Lung Cancers	5	2,012	3	2,842	- 830
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,586	4	2,189	- 603
Kidney Disease	7	1,135	7	1,392	- 257
Liver Disease	8	1,104	13	924	+ 179
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	854	10	1,021	- 167
Breast Cancer	10	831	11	1,019	- 188
Diabetes Mellitus	11	822	6	1,963	- 1,140
Stomach Cancer	12	719	15	786	- 68
Pancreas Cancer	13	650	16	754	- 104
Prostate Cancer	14	621	14	852	- 231
Suicide	15	417	17	676	- 259
Liver Cancer	16	406	19	501	- 95
Road Traffic Accidents	17	396	27	328	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	18	390	20	499	- 110
Lymphomas	19	306	18	556	- 251
Leukemia	20	281	22	435	- 154
Other Injuries	21	268	23	428	- 160
Cervical Cancer	22	258	34	156	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	23	257	28	308	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	24	250	21	457	- 206
Oral Cancer	25	249	25	338	- 88
Falls	26	233	12	974	- 741
Uterin Cancer	27	226	32	199	+ 27
Skin Cancers	28	201	26	332	- 131
Parkinson's Disease	29	174	24	423	- 249
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	169	31	207	- 38
Oesophagus Cancer	31	119	33	189	- 70
Congenital Anomalies	32	98	37	94	+ 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	90	9	1,066	- 976
Endocrine Disorders	34	89	42	72	+ 17
Drownings	35	79	38	86	- 7
Fires	36	76	50	34	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	37	71	56	10	+ 61
Tuberculosis	38	63	44	61	+ 2
Epilepsy	39	57	36	94	- 37
Other Neoplasms	40	57	29	283	- 226
Violence	41	52	48	45	+ 7
Drug Use	42	46	43	70	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	34	35	137	- 102
Skin Disease	44	32	58	8	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	45	32	45	55	- 23
Alcohol	46	27	30	219	- 192
Birth Trauma	47	24	55	11	+ 13
Poisonings	48	23	54	16	+ 7
Meningitis	49	19	52	16	+ 3
Asthma	50	17	41	74	- 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	16	39	82	- 66
Anemia	52	15	53	16	- 0
Hepatitis B	53	13	51	17	- 4
HIV/AIDS	54	12	59	8	+ 4
Schizophrenia	55	9	40	79	- 70
Hepatitis C	56	6	47	45	- 39
Appendicitis	57	4	57	9	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	4	49	43	- 39
Maternal Conditions	59	4	61	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	46	47	- 44
Upper Respiratory	61	2	63	2	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	2	64	2	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	2	65	1	+ 1
War	64	2	67	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	62	2	- 2
Tetanus	69	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	60	3	- 3
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Bulgaria

Croatia

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.