FINLAND VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,289	2	9,831	+ 20,458
Stroke	2	17,708	3	4,115	+ 13,593
Hypertension	3	4,908	5	2,030	+ 2,877
Lung Disease	4	3,312	8	1,289	+ 2,023
Lung Cancers	5	2,727	4	2,312	+ 415
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,150	6	1,433	+ 716
Kidney Disease	7	1,538	26	342	+ 1,197
Liver Disease	8	1,496	10	1,068	+ 428
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,158	21	436	+ 722
Breast Cancer	10	1,126	12	948	+ 178
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,115	22	418	+ 697
Stomach Cancer	12	974	19	447	+ 528
Pancreas Cancer	13	881	9	1,247	- 366
Prostate Cancer	14	842	11	970	- 128
Suicide	15	565	15	846	- 281
Liver Cancer	16	551	16	545	+ 6
Road Traffic Accidents	17	537	33	215	+ 322
Bladder Cancer	18	528	28	308	+ 220
Lymphomas	19	414	14	851	- 437
Leukemia	20	381	24	371	+ 10
Other Injuries	21	363	20	437	- 74
Cervical Cancer	22	350	44	62	+ 288
Ovary Cancer	23	348	25	344	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	24	340	17	518	- 178
Oral Cancer	25	338	34	207	+ 131
Falls	26	316	7	1,325	- 1,009
Uterin Cancer	27	306	32	225	+ 81
Skin Cancers	28	272	29	297	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	29	235	13	853	- 617
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	229	36	151	+ 78
Oesophagus Cancer	31	162	27	320	- 158
Congenital Anomalies	32	132	35	192	- 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	122	1	11,120	- 10,998
Endocrine Disorders	34	121	31	257	- 135
Drownings	35	107	37	106	+ 1
Fires	36	103	45	62	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	37	97	48	26	+ 70
Tuberculosis	38	86	46	32	+ 54
Epilepsy	39	77	38	104	- 27
Other Neoplasms	40	77	23	377	- 300
Violence	41	70	43	64	+ 6
Drug Use	42	63	30	269	- 206
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	47	50	19	+ 28
Skin Disease	44	44	47	27	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	45	43	42	80	- 37
Alcohol	46	37	18	464	- 428
Birth Trauma	47	33	56	8	+ 25
Poisonings	48	31	49	25	+ 7
Meningitis	49	26	55	9	+ 17
Asthma	50	23	40	85	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	22	52	15	+ 7
Anemia	52	21	58	6	+ 15
Hepatitis B	53	18	63	2	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	54	16	59	6	+ 11
Schizophrenia	55	13	39	93	- 80
Hepatitis C	56	8	60	5	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	5	54	10	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	53	11	- 6
Maternal Conditions	59	5	64	2	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	41	83	- 79
Upper Respiratory	61	3	62	2	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	3	61	4	- 0
Encephalitis	63	3	66	0	+ 2
War	64	2	65	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	1	51	17	- 15
Syphilis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	67	1	57	7	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Bulgaria

Finland

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.