LITHUANIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,148	1	15,329	- 1,181
Stroke	2	8,272	2	5,643	+ 2,629
Hypertension	3	2,292	4	1,289	+ 1,003
Lung Disease	4	1,547	16	513	+ 1,034
Lung Cancers	5	1,274	3	1,329	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,004	5	1,074	- 70
Kidney Disease	7	719	19	372	+ 347
Liver Disease	8	699	9	644	+ 55
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	541	7	654	- 113
Breast Cancer	10	526	11	629	- 103
Diabetes Mellitus	11	521	14	525	- 4
Stomach Cancer	12	455	10	639	- 184
Pancreas Cancer	13	412	13	578	- 166
Prostate Cancer	14	394	12	598	- 204
Suicide	15	264	6	721	- 458
Liver Cancer	16	257	25	239	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	17	251	27	225	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	18	247	23	292	- 46
Lymphomas	19	194	21	321	- 128
Leukemia	20	178	24	284	- 106
Other Injuries	21	169	18	416	- 246
Cervical Cancer	22	164	28	224	- 61
Ovary Cancer	23	163	26	233	- 70
Inflammatory/Heart	24	159	17	484	- 325
Oral Cancer	25	158	20	338	- 180
Falls	26	148	15	518	- 370
Uterin Cancer	27	143	34	159	- 16
Skin Cancers	28	127	32	197	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	29	110	29	222	- 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	107	22	313	- 206
Oesophagus Cancer	31	76	30	219	- 143
Congenital Anomalies	32	62	41	62	+ 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	57	8	649	- 592
Endocrine Disorders	34	57	39	72	- 15
Drownings	35	50	35	150	- 100
Fires	36	48	43	51	- 3
Low Birth Weight	37	45	55	9	+ 36
Tuberculosis	38	40	38	119	- 79
Epilepsy	39	36	40	62	- 26
Other Neoplasms	40	36	31	212	- 176
Violence	41	33	36	132	- 99
Drug Use	42	29	37	122	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	22	48	29	- 7
Skin Disease	44	20	44	48	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	45	20	49	29	- 9
Alcohol	46	17	33	192	- 174
Birth Trauma	47	15	53	10	+ 5
Poisonings	48	15	45	46	- 31
Meningitis	49	12	52	19	- 7
Asthma	50	11	46	45	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	10	42	59	- 49
Anemia	52	10	60	5	+ 4
Hepatitis B	53	8	61	5	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	54	8	51	22	- 15
Schizophrenia	55	6	56	8	- 3
Hepatitis C	56	4	50	23	- 20
Appendicitis	57	3	54	10	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	57	8	- 6
Maternal Conditions	59	2	63	2	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	47	41	- 39
Upper Respiratory	61	2	68	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	62	2	64	2	- 0
Encephalitis	63	1	65	2	- 0
War	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	1	59	6	- 6
Syphilis	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	67	1	58	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	2	- 2
Measles	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Bulgaria

Lithuania

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.