MAURITANIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,299	4	1,636	+ 21,663
Stroke	2	13,622	6	1,307	+ 12,315
Hypertension	3	3,775	22	286	+ 3,489
Lung Disease	4	2,548	23	275	+ 2,273
Lung Cancers	5	2,098	44	60	+ 2,038
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,654	37	110	+ 1,544
Kidney Disease	7	1,183	15	555	+ 629
Liver Disease	8	1,151	13	586	+ 566
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	891	1	2,756	- 1,865
Breast Cancer	10	866	28	189	+ 677
Diabetes Mellitus	11	858	12	594	+ 263
Stomach Cancer	12	749	32	132	+ 617
Pancreas Cancer	13	678	51	39	+ 640
Prostate Cancer	14	648	34	118	+ 530
Suicide	15	435	30	141	+ 294
Liver Cancer	16	424	21	312	+ 112
Road Traffic Accidents	17	413	8	1,158	- 746
Bladder Cancer	18	406	50	42	+ 364
Lymphomas	19	319	43	65	+ 254
Leukemia	20	293	55	22	+ 271
Other Injuries	21	279	19	343	- 64
Cervical Cancer	22	269	20	333	- 64
Ovary Cancer	23	268	49	43	+ 225
Inflammatory/Heart	24	261	36	110	+ 151
Oral Cancer	25	260	48	45	+ 215
Falls	26	243	31	140	+ 103
Uterin Cancer	27	236	57	17	+ 219
Skin Cancers	28	210	46	50	+ 160
Parkinson's Disease	29	181	41	69	+ 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	176	38	83	+ 93
Oesophagus Cancer	31	125	54	30	+ 95
Congenital Anomalies	32	102	10	665	- 563
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	94	24	251	- 157
Endocrine Disorders	34	93	27	197	- 104
Drownings	35	82	35	116	- 34
Fires	36	79	33	123	- 44
Low Birth Weight	37	74	2	2,014	- 1,940
Tuberculosis	38	66	9	717	- 650
Epilepsy	39	60	39	75	- 15
Other Neoplasms	40	59	62	7	+ 52
Violence	41	54	16	491	- 437
Drug Use	42	48	40	71	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	36	52	34	+ 2
Skin Disease	44	34	47	47	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	45	33	63	5	+ 28
Alcohol	46	28	58	16	+ 12
Birth Trauma	47	25	7	1,204	- 1,179
Poisonings	48	24	42	67	- 43
Meningitis	49	20	18	357	- 337
Asthma	50	18	29	170	- 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	17	3	1,656	- 1,639
Anemia	52	16	84	0	+ 16
Hepatitis B	53	14	56	22	- 8
HIV/AIDS	54	12	25	231	- 218
Schizophrenia	55	10	86	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	56	6	67	3	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	4	60	9	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	4	80	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	59	4	11	639	- 635
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	64	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	3	68	3	+ 0
Oral conditions	62	3	82	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	2	53	33	- 31
War	64	2	70	2	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	26	204	- 203
Malnutrition	67	1	17	462	- 462
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	45	58	- 57
Measles	70	0	61	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	71	0	69	2	- 2
Pertussis	72	0	14	574	- 574
Diphtheria	73	0	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	66	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	59	14	- 14
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 MAURITANIA

Bulgaria

Mauritania

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.