DENMARK VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,155	1	5,341	+ 26,814
Stroke	2	18,799	5	3,662	+ 15,137
Hypertension	3	5,210	15	642	+ 4,567
Lung Disease	4	3,517	3	4,387	- 870
Lung Cancers	5	2,895	4	3,721	- 826
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,282	7	2,147	+ 135
Kidney Disease	7	1,633	12	911	+ 722
Liver Disease	8	1,589	14	692	+ 897
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,229	6	2,244	- 1,014
Breast Cancer	10	1,196	9	1,299	- 103
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,184	10	1,284	- 100
Stomach Cancer	12	1,034	23	484	+ 550
Pancreas Cancer	13	936	11	1,096	- 160
Prostate Cancer	14	894	8	1,480	- 586
Suicide	15	600	16	617	- 18
Liver Cancer	16	585	25	464	+ 120
Road Traffic Accidents	17	570	33	213	+ 356
Bladder Cancer	18	561	21	545	+ 15
Lymphomas	19	440	13	730	- 290
Leukemia	20	405	20	558	- 154
Other Injuries	21	385	30	347	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	22	372	37	153	+ 219
Ovary Cancer	23	370	29	367	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	24	361	31	284	+ 76
Oral Cancer	25	359	28	371	- 12
Falls	26	336	22	541	- 205
Uterin Cancer	27	325	35	156	+ 170
Skin Cancers	28	289	26	388	- 99
Parkinson's Disease	29	250	17	600	- 350
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	243	32	216	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	31	172	24	477	- 305
Congenital Anomalies	32	141	36	153	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	130	2	5,218	- 5,088
Endocrine Disorders	34	129	19	575	- 446
Drownings	35	114	50	37	+ 76
Fires	36	109	49	53	+ 56
Low Birth Weight	37	103	41	116	- 14
Tuberculosis	38	91	57	16	+ 76
Epilepsy	39	82	40	125	- 43
Other Neoplasms	40	82	27	378	- 296
Violence	41	74	47	63	+ 11
Drug Use	42	67	34	197	- 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	49	42	96	- 47
Skin Disease	44	47	45	79	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	45	46	39	132	- 86
Alcohol	46	39	18	598	- 559
Birth Trauma	47	35	56	21	+ 14
Poisonings	48	33	62	6	+ 28
Meningitis	49	28	52	25	+ 3
Asthma	50	25	44	82	- 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	23	38	145	- 121
Anemia	52	22	46	73	- 51
Hepatitis B	53	19	61	6	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	54	17	55	23	- 5
Schizophrenia	55	13	48	57	- 43
Hepatitis C	56	9	60	9	- 0
Appendicitis	57	6	54	23	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	53	25	- 19
Maternal Conditions	59	5	64	2	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	43	84	- 80
Upper Respiratory	61	4	58	15	- 12
Oral conditions	62	4	63	4	- 1
Encephalitis	63	3	67	1	+ 2
War	64	2	66	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	2	51	25	- 24
Syphilis	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	67	1	59	14	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Bulgaria

Denmark

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.