MALDIVES VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		MALDIVES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,093	1	279	+ 1,814
Stroke	2	1,224	2	143	+ 1,081
Hypertension	3	339	17	16	+ 323
Lung Disease	4	229	3	91	+ 138
Lung Cancers	5	188	7	36	+ 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	149	14	21	+ 128
Kidney Disease	7	106	4	80	+ 26
Liver Disease	8	103	11	24	+ 79
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	80	8	33	+ 47
Breast Cancer	10	78	9	28	+ 50
Diabetes Mellitus	11	77	6	47	+ 30
Stomach Cancer	12	67	49	1	+ 66
Pancreas Cancer	13	61	40	4	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	14	58	26	11	+ 47
Suicide	15	39	21	15	+ 25
Liver Cancer	16	38	10	27	+ 11
Road Traffic Accidents	17	37	31	9	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	18	37	37	5	+ 31
Lymphomas	19	29	34	7	+ 21
Leukemia	20	26	24	13	+ 14
Other Injuries	21	25	18	16	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	22	24	13	22	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	23	24	30	9	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	24	23	36	5	+ 18
Oral Cancer	25	23	19	15	+ 8
Falls	26	22	16	19	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	27	21	47	2	+ 19
Skin Cancers	28	19	63	0	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	29	16	25	12	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	16	42	4	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	31	11	59	0	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	32	9	15	19	- 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	8	5	47	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	34	8	12	22	- 13
Drownings	35	7	23	14	- 6
Fires	36	7	41	4	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	37	7	20	15	- 8
Tuberculosis	38	6	27	11	- 5
Epilepsy	39	5	38	5	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	40	5	46	2	+ 3
Violence	41	5	28	10	- 5
Drug Use	42	4	48	2	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	3	43	3	- 0
Skin Disease	44	3	32	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	45	3	57	0	+ 3
Alcohol	46	3	51	1	+ 2
Birth Trauma	47	2	39	5	- 3
Poisonings	48	2	55	0	+ 2
Meningitis	49	2	50	1	+ 1
Asthma	50	2	29	10	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	2	22	14	- 13
Anemia	52	1	85	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	53	1	56	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	54	1	78	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	55	1	86	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	56	1	64	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	0	61	0	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	0	80	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	59	0	35	5	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	53	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	61	0	66	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	62	0	82	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	63	0	44	3	- 3
War	64	0	62	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	58	0	- 0
Malnutrition	67	0	45	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	54	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	60	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	52	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	33	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Bulgaria

Maldives

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.