JAMAICA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,201	3	1,726	+ 13,475
Stroke	2	8,887	1	2,415	+ 6,472
Hypertension	3	2,463	8	651	+ 1,812
Lung Disease	4	1,662	11	452	+ 1,210
Lung Cancers	5	1,369	10	472	+ 896
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,079	13	436	+ 642
Kidney Disease	7	772	6	793	- 21
Liver Disease	8	751	21	155	+ 596
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	581	15	393	+ 188
Breast Cancer	10	565	14	413	+ 152
Diabetes Mellitus	11	560	2	2,077	- 1,517
Stomach Cancer	12	489	19	231	+ 258
Pancreas Cancer	13	442	27	119	+ 324
Prostate Cancer	14	423	5	883	- 461
Suicide	15	284	35	70	+ 213
Liver Cancer	16	276	29	101	+ 175
Road Traffic Accidents	17	269	12	444	- 175
Bladder Cancer	18	265	38	60	+ 206
Lymphomas	19	208	17	251	- 43
Leukemia	20	191	26	129	+ 63
Other Injuries	21	182	31	91	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	22	176	16	358	- 182
Ovary Cancer	23	175	30	97	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	24	170	24	133	+ 37
Oral Cancer	25	170	39	59	+ 111
Falls	26	159	33	82	+ 77
Uterin Cancer	27	154	28	106	+ 48
Skin Cancers	28	137	52	10	+ 127
Parkinson's Disease	29	118	25	132	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	115	32	82	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	31	81	34	74	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	32	66	23	139	- 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	61	9	587	- 526
Endocrine Disorders	34	61	20	176	- 115
Drownings	35	54	51	10	+ 43
Fires	36	52	46	16	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	37	48	18	241	- 192
Tuberculosis	38	43	54	8	+ 35
Epilepsy	39	39	41	46	- 7
Other Neoplasms	40	39	45	19	+ 20
Violence	41	35	4	1,484	- 1,449
Drug Use	42	32	48	13	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	23	44	27	- 3
Skin Disease	44	22	22	145	- 123
Multiple Sclerosis	45	22	56	3	+ 18
Alcohol	46	18	55	7	+ 11
Birth Trauma	47	17	37	65	- 48
Poisonings	48	16	57	2	+ 13
Meningitis	49	13	47	16	- 2
Asthma	50	12	36	65	- 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	11	42	35	- 24
Anemia	52	10	83	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	53	9	59	1	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	54	8	7	757	- 749
Schizophrenia	55	6	85	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	56	4	64	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	3	53	9	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	81	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	59	2	43	35	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	50	11	- 9
Upper Respiratory	61	2	65	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	62	2	80	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	1	49	13	- 12
War	64	1	61	1	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	60	1	- 0
Malnutrition	67	1	40	48	- 47
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	62	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Bulgaria

Jamaica

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.