ESTONIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,427	1	3,009	+ 3,418
Stroke	2	3,757	3	1,116	+ 2,641
Hypertension	3	1,041	2	2,700	- 1,659
Lung Disease	4	703	13	229	+ 474
Lung Cancers	5	579	4	657	- 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	456	5	527	- 71
Kidney Disease	7	326	17	176	+ 150
Liver Disease	8	318	7	328	- 11
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	246	6	349	- 103
Breast Cancer	10	239	11	260	- 21
Diabetes Mellitus	11	237	19	146	+ 91
Stomach Cancer	12	207	9	290	- 83
Pancreas Cancer	13	187	10	268	- 81
Prostate Cancer	14	179	8	298	- 120
Suicide	15	120	16	197	- 78
Liver Cancer	16	117	26	107	+ 10
Road Traffic Accidents	17	114	35	59	+ 55
Bladder Cancer	18	112	21	126	- 14
Lymphomas	19	88	15	213	- 125
Leukemia	20	81	22	126	- 45
Other Injuries	21	77	20	141	- 64
Cervical Cancer	22	74	32	68	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	23	74	28	87	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	24	72	14	217	- 145
Oral Cancer	25	72	25	110	- 39
Falls	26	67	24	119	- 51
Uterin Cancer	27	65	34	60	+ 5
Skin Cancers	28	58	30	79	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	29	50	29	82	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	49	36	55	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	31	34	27	99	- 64
Congenital Anomalies	32	28	43	25	+ 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	26	12	229	- 203
Endocrine Disorders	34	26	33	66	- 40
Drownings	35	23	40	30	- 7
Fires	36	22	38	41	- 19
Low Birth Weight	37	21	55	7	+ 14
Tuberculosis	38	18	47	16	+ 2
Epilepsy	39	16	37	45	- 28
Other Neoplasms	40	16	23	123	- 107
Violence	41	15	42	28	- 14
Drug Use	42	13	31	75	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	10	45	22	- 12
Skin Disease	44	9	41	29	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	45	9	48	16	- 7
Alcohol	46	8	18	148	- 141
Birth Trauma	47	7	57	5	+ 2
Poisonings	48	7	52	8	- 2
Meningitis	49	6	54	7	- 2
Asthma	50	5	44	24	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	5	53	8	- 4
Anemia	52	4	51	9	- 5
Hepatitis B	53	4	65	0	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	54	3	39	40	- 37
Schizophrenia	55	3	56	6	- 3
Hepatitis C	56	2	58	4	- 2
Appendicitis	57	1	59	2	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	1	49	12	- 11
Maternal Conditions	59	1	61	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	46	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	1	60	2	- 1
Encephalitis	63	1	63	0	+ 0
War	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	65	0	50	10	- 10
Syphilis	66	0	62	1	- 1
Malnutrition	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Bulgaria

Estonia

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.