LATVIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,697	1	8,099	+ 1,597
Stroke	2	5,669	2	5,893	- 223
Hypertension	3	1,571	3	1,194	+ 377
Lung Disease	4	1,060	18	346	+ 714
Lung Cancers	5	873	4	956	- 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	688	6	722	- 34
Kidney Disease	7	493	17	356	+ 136
Liver Disease	8	479	15	365	+ 114
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	371	9	501	- 130
Breast Cancer	10	361	10	472	- 112
Diabetes Mellitus	11	357	8	529	- 172
Stomach Cancer	12	312	11	470	- 158
Pancreas Cancer	13	282	13	436	- 154
Prostate Cancer	14	270	12	464	- 194
Suicide	15	181	14	384	- 203
Liver Cancer	16	176	26	157	+ 20
Road Traffic Accidents	17	172	27	154	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	18	169	20	228	- 59
Lymphomas	19	133	19	245	- 113
Leukemia	20	122	25	186	- 64
Other Injuries	21	116	16	362	- 246
Cervical Cancer	22	112	33	128	- 16
Ovary Cancer	23	112	24	196	- 85
Inflammatory/Heart	24	109	5	921	- 812
Oral Cancer	25	108	22	214	- 106
Falls	26	101	23	201	- 100
Uterin Cancer	27	98	29	148	- 50
Skin Cancers	28	87	30	144	- 57
Parkinson's Disease	29	75	35	125	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	73	31	142	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	31	52	32	131	- 79
Congenital Anomalies	32	42	43	46	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	39	7	664	- 624
Endocrine Disorders	34	39	41	59	- 20
Drownings	35	34	34	127	- 93
Fires	36	33	36	103	- 70
Low Birth Weight	37	31	56	11	+ 20
Tuberculosis	38	28	40	71	- 44
Epilepsy	39	25	45	44	- 19
Other Neoplasms	40	25	28	153	- 128
Violence	41	22	37	94	- 72
Drug Use	42	20	48	41	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	15	47	41	- 26
Skin Disease	44	14	38	76	- 62
Multiple Sclerosis	45	14	50	20	- 7
Alcohol	46	12	21	227	- 216
Birth Trauma	47	11	55	12	- 1
Poisonings	48	10	49	23	- 13
Meningitis	49	8	52	15	- 6
Asthma	50	7	46	42	- 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	7	54	14	- 7
Anemia	52	7	53	14	- 7
Hepatitis B	53	6	63	3	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	54	5	39	74	- 69
Schizophrenia	55	4	57	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	56	3	42	53	- 50
Appendicitis	57	2	59	5	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	44	45	- 44
Maternal Conditions	59	2	60	5	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	51	20	- 19
Upper Respiratory	61	1	62	4	- 2
Oral conditions	62	1	61	4	- 3
Encephalitis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
War	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	0	58	7	- 6
Syphilis	66	0	65	1	- 1
Malnutrition	67	0	64	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Bulgaria

Latvia

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.