GABON VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,217	3	1,019	+ 12,198
Stroke	2	7,727	5	896	+ 6,831
Hypertension	3	2,141	11	412	+ 1,729
Lung Disease	4	1,445	16	215	+ 1,230
Lung Cancers	5	1,190	29	87	+ 1,103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	938	37	43	+ 895
Kidney Disease	7	671	12	384	+ 288
Liver Disease	8	653	10	416	+ 236
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	505	4	966	- 460
Breast Cancer	10	491	27	92	+ 399
Diabetes Mellitus	11	487	6	643	- 156
Stomach Cancer	12	425	48	32	+ 393
Pancreas Cancer	13	385	53	21	+ 364
Prostate Cancer	14	368	32	80	+ 288
Suicide	15	247	18	183	+ 64
Liver Cancer	16	240	35	53	+ 188
Road Traffic Accidents	17	234	8	518	- 284
Bladder Cancer	18	231	43	35	+ 196
Lymphomas	19	181	49	32	+ 149
Leukemia	20	166	57	17	+ 150
Other Injuries	21	158	22	140	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	22	153	26	96	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	23	152	51	27	+ 126
Inflammatory/Heart	24	148	24	101	+ 47
Oral Cancer	25	148	34	69	+ 78
Falls	26	138	30	84	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	27	134	55	19	+ 114
Skin Cancers	28	119	46	34	+ 85
Parkinson's Disease	29	103	36	47	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	100	41	36	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	31	71	44	35	+ 36
Congenital Anomalies	32	58	15	285	- 228
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	53	19	152	- 98
Endocrine Disorders	34	53	25	98	- 45
Drownings	35	47	38	42	+ 5
Fires	36	45	39	39	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	37	42	9	494	- 452
Tuberculosis	38	38	1	1,819	- 1,781
Epilepsy	39	34	40	37	- 3
Other Neoplasms	40	34	64	5	+ 28
Violence	41	31	17	184	- 153
Drug Use	42	28	45	34	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	20	54	20	+ 0
Skin Disease	44	19	52	22	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	45	19	67	2	+ 17
Alcohol	46	16	56	19	- 3
Birth Trauma	47	14	13	362	- 348
Poisonings	48	14	50	28	- 14
Meningitis	49	11	23	113	- 102
Asthma	50	10	28	90	- 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	10	14	318	- 309
Anemia	52	9	82	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	53	8	62	7	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	54	7	2	1,128	- 1,121
Schizophrenia	55	6	81	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	56	3	68	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	2	61	7	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	85	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	59	2	21	145	- 143
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	63	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	61	1	66	3	- 1
Oral conditions	62	1	84	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	60	7	- 6
War	64	1	65	3	- 2
Osteoarthritis	65	1	86	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	47	33	- 32
Malnutrition	67	0	33	78	- 77
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	59	8	- 8
Measles	70	0	20	146	- 146
Leishmaniasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	31	81	- 81
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	81	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	58	14	- 14
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Bulgaria

Gabon

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.