LAOS VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,816	2	5,190	+ 37,626
Stroke	2	25,032	1	5,769	+ 19,263
Hypertension	3	6,937	15	890	+ 6,048
Lung Disease	4	4,682	6	1,626	+ 3,056
Lung Cancers	5	3,855	14	919	+ 2,936
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,039	26	422	+ 2,616
Kidney Disease	7	2,175	5	1,646	+ 529
Liver Disease	8	2,115	10	1,171	+ 944
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,637	3	2,820	- 1,183
Breast Cancer	10	1,592	25	437	+ 1,155
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,576	8	1,466	+ 110
Stomach Cancer	12	1,377	20	530	+ 847
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,246	48	61	+ 1,185
Prostate Cancer	14	1,191	53	37	+ 1,154
Suicide	15	799	27	390	+ 409
Liver Cancer	16	778	13	1,104	- 325
Road Traffic Accidents	17	759	9	1,281	- 522
Bladder Cancer	18	747	51	49	+ 698
Lymphomas	19	586	34	211	+ 375
Leukemia	20	539	31	290	+ 249
Other Injuries	21	513	21	519	- 6
Cervical Cancer	22	495	37	187	+ 308
Ovary Cancer	23	493	43	101	+ 392
Inflammatory/Heart	24	480	36	206	+ 274
Oral Cancer	25	478	28	349	+ 129
Falls	26	447	24	440	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	27	433	55	29	+ 404
Skin Cancers	28	385	49	59	+ 326
Parkinson's Disease	29	333	41	139	+ 194
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	324	17	651	- 327
Oesophagus Cancer	31	229	33	214	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	32	187	18	647	- 460
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	173	23	458	- 285
Endocrine Disorders	34	171	38	186	- 15
Drownings	35	151	19	568	- 417
Fires	36	145	42	108	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	37	137	11	1,156	- 1,019
Tuberculosis	38	122	4	1,949	- 1,827
Epilepsy	39	109	50	58	+ 52
Other Neoplasms	40	109	61	12	+ 98
Violence	41	99	22	475	- 376
Drug Use	42	89	54	33	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	66	35	207	- 141
Skin Disease	44	62	45	89	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	45	61	65	6	+ 54
Alcohol	46	52	47	61	- 9
Birth Trauma	47	47	12	1,116	- 1,069
Poisonings	48	44	52	41	+ 3
Meningitis	49	37	40	154	- 117
Asthma	50	33	16	840	- 808
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	31	7	1,552	- 1,520
Anemia	52	29	86	0	+ 29
Hepatitis B	53	26	60	17	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	54	23	29	313	- 290
Schizophrenia	55	18	84	0	+ 18
Hepatitis C	56	11	67	4	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	8	57	29	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	7	81	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	59	7	32	218	- 211
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	6	64	7	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	5	66	5	+ 0
Oral conditions	62	5	82	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	63	4	46	69	- 65
War	64	3	68	3	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	2	80	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	58	28	- 26
Malnutrition	67	2	39	166	- 165
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	44	96	- 95
Measles	70	0	56	29	- 29
Leishmaniasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	30	304	- 304
Diphtheria	73	0	69	2	- 2
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	59	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	63	10	- 10
Chagas disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	62	11	- 11
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LAOS

Bulgaria

Laos

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.