CUBA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	59,033	1	22,079	+ 36,954
Stroke	2	34,514	2	10,725	+ 23,789
Hypertension	3	9,565	7	3,469	+ 6,096
Lung Disease	4	6,456	6	5,492	+ 964
Lung Cancers	5	5,316	4	5,985	- 669
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,190	9	2,958	+ 1,232
Kidney Disease	7	2,998	14	1,700	+ 1,298
Liver Disease	8	2,917	11	1,873	+ 1,043
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,257	3	8,564	- 6,307
Breast Cancer	10	2,195	15	1,673	+ 522
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,173	13	1,791	+ 382
Stomach Cancer	12	1,899	20	991	+ 908
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,718	21	905	+ 813
Prostate Cancer	14	1,642	8	3,365	- 1,723
Suicide	15	1,101	16	1,638	- 537
Liver Cancer	16	1,073	24	815	+ 258
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,046	19	1,007	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	18	1,030	26	734	+ 295
Lymphomas	19	807	18	1,089	- 282
Leukemia	20	743	30	633	+ 110
Other Injuries	21	707	12	1,869	- 1,162
Cervical Cancer	22	683	29	666	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	23	679	39	323	+ 356
Inflammatory/Heart	24	662	17	1,156	- 495
Oral Cancer	25	659	23	876	- 217
Falls	26	616	10	2,810	- 2,193
Uterin Cancer	27	597	31	602	- 5
Skin Cancers	28	531	33	514	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	29	459	27	691	- 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	447	35	420	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	31	316	22	879	- 564
Congenital Anomalies	32	258	37	368	- 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	238	5	5,841	- 5,603
Endocrine Disorders	34	236	36	412	- 176
Drownings	35	209	42	231	- 22
Fires	36	200	58	55	+ 145
Low Birth Weight	37	188	48	98	+ 90
Tuberculosis	38	168	60	45	+ 123
Epilepsy	39	151	46	108	+ 43
Other Neoplasms	40	151	25	769	- 618
Violence	41	137	32	584	- 447
Drug Use	42	123	51	82	+ 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	91	44	162	- 71
Skin Disease	44	85	41	258	- 173
Multiple Sclerosis	45	84	57	55	+ 28
Alcohol	46	72	28	675	- 604
Birth Trauma	47	64	59	49	+ 16
Poisonings	48	61	62	17	+ 44
Meningitis	49	51	50	83	- 32
Asthma	50	45	40	301	- 256
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	43	43	206	- 163
Anemia	52	41	52	77	- 37
Hepatitis B	53	35	56	59	- 24
HIV/AIDS	54	32	34	471	- 440
Schizophrenia	55	25	54	68	- 43
Hepatitis C	56	16	45	112	- 97
Appendicitis	57	11	47	104	- 93
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	10	53	75	- 66
Maternal Conditions	59	10	61	43	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	49	87	- 79
Upper Respiratory	61	7	65	6	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	6	64	6	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	5	66	6	- 0
War	64	5	68	1	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	65	3	38	326	- 323
Syphilis	66	3	69	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	67	2	55	64	- 61
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	71	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	75	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	81	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 CUBA

Bulgaria

Cuba

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.