GERMANY VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		GERMANY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	452,838	1	147,055	+ 305,783
Stroke	2	264,750	3	49,794	+ 214,957
Hypertension	3	73,371	6	26,796	+ 46,576
Lung Disease	4	49,523	5	42,797	+ 6,726
Lung Cancers	5	40,776	4	46,560	- 5,784
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	32,138	7	26,026	+ 6,112
Kidney Disease	7	23,000	8	22,770	+ 230
Liver Disease	8	22,372	15	15,194	+ 7,179
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	17,315	9	20,712	- 3,398
Breast Cancer	10	16,838	10	18,842	- 2,004
Diabetes Mellitus	11	16,671	13	15,560	+ 1,111
Stomach Cancer	12	14,567	20	9,658	+ 4,909
Pancreas Cancer	13	13,179	11	17,971	- 4,792
Prostate Cancer	14	12,595	12	16,487	- 3,893
Suicide	15	8,446	19	10,284	- 1,838
Liver Cancer	16	8,232	25	8,057	+ 175
Road Traffic Accidents	17	8,024	34	3,160	+ 4,864
Bladder Cancer	18	7,898	28	6,193	+ 1,705
Lymphomas	19	6,194	17	12,249	- 6,055
Leukemia	20	5,702	22	8,737	- 3,035
Other Injuries	21	5,425	23	8,248	- 2,823
Cervical Cancer	22	5,236	39	2,131	+ 3,104
Ovary Cancer	23	5,210	30	5,192	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	24	5,077	21	8,891	- 3,814
Oral Cancer	25	5,055	29	6,023	- 968
Falls	26	4,728	14	15,325	- 10,597
Uterin Cancer	27	4,581	37	2,231	+ 2,351
Skin Cancers	28	4,073	31	4,055	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	29	3,519	16	12,594	- 9,075
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	3,426	38	2,166	+ 1,260
Oesophagus Cancer	31	2,421	27	6,212	- 3,792
Congenital Anomalies	32	1,980	36	2,291	- 312
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,828	2	51,168	- 49,340
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,812	18	10,677	- 8,866
Drownings	35	1,600	49	459	+ 1,141
Fires	36	1,537	53	359	+ 1,179
Low Birth Weight	37	1,445	45	770	+ 675
Tuberculosis	38	1,287	56	281	+ 1,006
Epilepsy	39	1,158	35	3,091	- 1,933
Other Neoplasms	40	1,156	24	8,161	- 7,005
Violence	41	1,047	46	769	+ 279
Drug Use	42	942	40	1,930	- 988
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	696	33	3,615	- 2,920
Skin Disease	44	655	42	1,543	- 888
Multiple Sclerosis	45	641	41	1,571	- 929
Alcohol	46	549	26	6,257	- 5,709
Birth Trauma	47	493	57	239	+ 253
Poisonings	48	469	58	216	+ 253
Meningitis	49	389	60	168	+ 222
Asthma	50	345	44	924	- 579
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	329	32	3,830	- 3,501
Anemia	52	312	43	994	- 682
Hepatitis B	53	271	59	182	+ 89
HIV/AIDS	54	242	54	345	- 103
Schizophrenia	55	190	51	391	- 201
Hepatitis C	56	120	48	507	- 387
Appendicitis	57	81	62	129	- 48
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	76	55	292	- 215
Maternal Conditions	59	74	64	38	+ 36
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	60	47	543	- 482
Upper Respiratory	61	50	61	138	- 88
Oral conditions	62	50	63	62	- 12
Encephalitis	63	41	67	8	+ 33
War	64	35	66	10	+ 25
Osteoarthritis	65	22	52	364	- 342
Syphilis	66	21	68	6	+ 16
Malnutrition	67	16	50	450	- 434
Iodine Deficiency	68	8	71	2	+ 6
Tetanus	69	4	75	1	+ 4
Measles	70	4	70	2	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	71	1	72	1	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	74	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	83	0	73	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GERMANY

Bulgaria

Germany

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.