ITALY VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	328,192	1	97,116	+ 231,076
Stroke	2	191,877	2	62,633	+ 129,243
Hypertension	3	53,176	6	29,931	+ 23,244
Lung Disease	4	35,891	5	32,382	+ 3,509
Lung Cancers	5	29,552	4	34,152	- 4,600
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	23,292	7	21,254	+ 2,038
Kidney Disease	7	16,669	11	12,726	+ 3,944
Liver Disease	8	16,214	23	5,559	+ 10,655
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	12,549	9	16,339	- 3,790
Breast Cancer	10	12,203	10	13,868	- 1,665
Diabetes Mellitus	11	12,082	8	19,836	- 7,754
Stomach Cancer	12	10,557	14	10,252	+ 305
Pancreas Cancer	13	9,551	13	12,095	- 2,543
Prostate Cancer	14	9,128	20	8,409	+ 719
Suicide	15	6,121	26	4,042	+ 2,079
Liver Cancer	16	5,966	17	9,620	- 3,654
Road Traffic Accidents	17	5,815	30	3,221	+ 2,595
Bladder Cancer	18	5,724	22	6,711	- 987
Lymphomas	19	4,489	16	9,670	- 5,181
Leukemia	20	4,132	21	6,728	- 2,596
Other Injuries	21	3,932	12	12,112	- 8,180
Cervical Cancer	22	3,794	40	1,154	+ 2,641
Ovary Cancer	23	3,776	28	3,282	+ 494
Inflammatory/Heart	24	3,680	24	5,531	- 1,851
Oral Cancer	25	3,664	27	3,343	+ 321
Falls	26	3,426	25	4,222	- 796
Uterin Cancer	27	3,320	33	2,198	+ 1,123
Skin Cancers	28	2,952	29	3,239	- 287
Parkinson's Disease	29	2,550	19	8,428	- 5,877
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	2,483	43	690	+ 1,793
Oesophagus Cancer	31	1,754	34	2,045	- 291
Congenital Anomalies	32	1,435	37	1,443	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,325	3	41,445	- 40,120
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,313	18	8,431	- 7,118
Drownings	35	1,159	52	344	+ 816
Fires	36	1,114	56	271	+ 843
Low Birth Weight	37	1,047	51	357	+ 690
Tuberculosis	38	933	53	336	+ 597
Epilepsy	39	839	39	1,337	- 497
Other Neoplasms	40	838	15	9,984	- 9,146
Violence	41	759	50	409	+ 351
Drug Use	42	683	45	654	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	504	32	2,216	- 1,711
Skin Disease	44	475	38	1,440	- 965
Multiple Sclerosis	45	465	44	677	- 212
Alcohol	46	398	55	277	+ 121
Birth Trauma	47	357	59	140	+ 217
Poisonings	48	340	58	154	+ 186
Meningitis	49	282	60	128	+ 154
Asthma	50	250	47	494	- 243
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	238	36	1,622	- 1,384
Anemia	52	226	35	1,672	- 1,447
Hepatitis B	53	196	54	334	- 137
HIV/AIDS	54	175	46	520	- 344
Schizophrenia	55	138	49	424	- 286
Hepatitis C	56	87	31	2,451	- 2,364
Appendicitis	57	59	61	49	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	55	57	241	- 186
Maternal Conditions	59	54	67	6	+ 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	44	42	701	- 658
Upper Respiratory	61	37	64	20	+ 16
Oral conditions	62	36	62	47	- 11
Encephalitis	63	29	68	5	+ 25
War	64	26	66	6	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	65	16	48	481	- 465
Syphilis	66	15	69	4	+ 11
Malnutrition	67	12	41	775	- 764
Iodine Deficiency	68	6	75	0	+ 5
Tetanus	69	3	63	22	- 18
Measles	70	3	71	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	71	1	70	3	- 2
Pertussis	72	0	73	1	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	65	16	- 16
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	72	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	83	0	78	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 ITALY

Bulgaria

Italy

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.