GUYANA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,275	1	1,335	+ 2,940
Stroke	2	2,499	2	1,022	+ 1,477
Hypertension	3	693	4	320	+ 373
Lung Disease	4	468	13	174	+ 294
Lung Cancers	5	385	29	38	+ 347
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	303	25	59	+ 245
Kidney Disease	7	217	8	233	- 16
Liver Disease	8	211	9	197	+ 14
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	163	6	302	- 138
Breast Cancer	10	159	19	96	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	11	157	3	579	- 421
Stomach Cancer	12	138	31	34	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	13	124	42	19	+ 105
Prostate Cancer	14	119	17	123	- 4
Suicide	15	80	5	315	- 236
Liver Cancer	16	78	34	29	+ 49
Road Traffic Accidents	17	76	11	175	- 99
Bladder Cancer	18	75	50	8	+ 67
Lymphomas	19	58	32	32	+ 26
Leukemia	20	54	39	21	+ 33
Other Injuries	21	51	14	167	- 116
Cervical Cancer	22	49	21	91	- 42
Ovary Cancer	23	49	43	18	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	24	48	20	92	- 44
Oral Cancer	25	48	40	20	+ 28
Falls	26	45	48	11	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	27	43	46	13	+ 30
Skin Cancers	28	38	55	5	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	29	33	49	9	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	32	26	54	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	31	23	51	8	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	32	19	23	69	- 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	17	38	23	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	34	17	12	174	- 157
Drownings	35	15	15	145	- 130
Fires	36	15	41	19	- 5
Low Birth Weight	37	14	22	89	- 76
Tuberculosis	38	12	16	137	- 125
Epilepsy	39	11	37	24	- 13
Other Neoplasms	40	11	28	40	- 29
Violence	41	10	10	194	- 184
Drug Use	42	9	45	16	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	7	47	13	- 6
Skin Disease	44	6	56	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	45	6	61	1	+ 5
Alcohol	46	5	57	3	+ 2
Birth Trauma	47	5	24	64	- 60
Poisonings	48	4	65	1	+ 4
Meningitis	49	4	44	17	- 14
Asthma	50	3	36	25	- 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	3	27	48	- 44
Anemia	52	3	18	99	- 96
Hepatitis B	53	3	59	2	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	54	2	7	256	- 254
Schizophrenia	55	2	62	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	56	1	69	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	1	54	6	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	1	52	8	- 7
Maternal Conditions	59	1	35	28	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	63	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	61	0	66	1	- 0
Oral conditions	62	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	0	53	7	- 7
War	64	0	64	1	- 0
Osteoarthritis	65	0	58	3	- 3
Syphilis	66	0	71	0	- 0
Malnutrition	67	0	30	37	- 37
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	85	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	33	30	- 30
Chagas disease	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Bulgaria

Guyana

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.