DOMINICAN REP. VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,225	1	14,986	+ 43,239
Stroke	2	34,041	2	7,882	+ 26,159
Hypertension	3	9,434	10	1,894	+ 7,540
Lung Disease	4	6,368	15	1,360	+ 5,007
Lung Cancers	5	5,243	16	1,244	+ 3,999
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,132	20	851	+ 3,281
Kidney Disease	7	2,957	7	2,121	+ 837
Liver Disease	8	2,877	5	2,680	+ 196
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,226	6	2,254	- 28
Breast Cancer	10	2,165	14	1,460	+ 705
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,144	4	2,762	- 619
Stomach Cancer	12	1,873	24	547	+ 1,326
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,695	27	456	+ 1,239
Prostate Cancer	14	1,619	12	1,655	- 35
Suicide	15	1,086	25	530	+ 556
Liver Cancer	16	1,059	21	664	+ 394
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,032	3	6,937	- 5,905
Bladder Cancer	18	1,015	49	92	+ 923
Lymphomas	19	796	33	374	+ 422
Leukemia	20	733	32	409	+ 324
Other Injuries	21	698	19	890	- 193
Cervical Cancer	22	673	23	560	+ 113
Ovary Cancer	23	670	50	89	+ 581
Inflammatory/Heart	24	653	35	312	+ 341
Oral Cancer	25	650	31	434	+ 216
Falls	26	608	30	435	+ 173
Uterin Cancer	27	589	57	43	+ 546
Skin Cancers	28	524	41	172	+ 352
Parkinson's Disease	29	452	28	446	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	440	36	295	+ 146
Oesophagus Cancer	31	311	40	200	+ 111
Congenital Anomalies	32	255	17	1,038	- 784
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	235	11	1,808	- 1,573
Endocrine Disorders	34	233	22	602	- 369
Drownings	35	206	37	248	- 42
Fires	36	198	44	139	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	37	186	13	1,532	- 1,347
Tuberculosis	38	165	38	242	- 77
Epilepsy	39	149	42	158	- 9
Other Neoplasms	40	149	58	35	+ 113
Violence	41	135	9	1,917	- 1,782
Drug Use	42	121	43	156	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	89	46	123	- 33
Skin Disease	44	84	53	50	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	45	82	62	13	+ 69
Alcohol	46	71	48	120	- 50
Birth Trauma	47	63	18	915	- 851
Poisonings	48	60	55	47	+ 14
Meningitis	49	50	45	134	- 84
Asthma	50	44	29	441	- 397
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	42	26	504	- 462
Anemia	52	40	81	0	+ 40
Hepatitis B	53	35	63	11	+ 24
HIV/AIDS	54	31	8	1,931	- 1,900
Schizophrenia	55	24	83	0	+ 24
Hepatitis C	56	15	60	17	- 2
Appendicitis	57	10	52	67	- 56
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	10	85	0	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	59	10	39	202	- 193
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	54	48	- 41
Upper Respiratory	61	6	68	1	+ 6
Oral conditions	62	6	86	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	5	56	44	- 39
War	64	5	67	1	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	65	3	84	0	+ 3
Syphilis	66	3	51	70	- 68
Malnutrition	67	2	34	372	- 369
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	61	17	- 17
Measles	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	47	121	- 121
Diphtheria	73	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	59	22	- 22
Chlamydia	84	0	66	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Bulgaria

Dominican Rep.

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.