NAMIBIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,093	5	1,221	+ 13,872
Stroke	2	8,824	4	1,333	+ 7,491
Hypertension	3	2,445	12	428	+ 2,018
Lung Disease	4	1,651	10	461	+ 1,189
Lung Cancers	5	1,359	35	59	+ 1,300
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,071	36	54	+ 1,017
Kidney Disease	7	767	15	322	+ 445
Liver Disease	8	746	14	336	+ 410
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	577	2	1,464	- 887
Breast Cancer	10	561	24	121	+ 440
Diabetes Mellitus	11	556	7	724	- 169
Stomach Cancer	12	486	45	33	+ 453
Pancreas Cancer	13	439	53	18	+ 422
Prostate Cancer	14	420	31	94	+ 326
Suicide	15	281	17	243	+ 39
Liver Cancer	16	274	41	45	+ 229
Road Traffic Accidents	17	267	6	868	- 601
Bladder Cancer	18	263	54	16	+ 248
Lymphomas	19	206	40	46	+ 161
Leukemia	20	190	49	24	+ 166
Other Injuries	21	181	19	207	- 26
Cervical Cancer	22	174	23	133	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	23	174	50	23	+ 150
Inflammatory/Heart	24	169	22	162	+ 7
Oral Cancer	25	168	30	100	+ 69
Falls	26	158	34	62	+ 95
Uterin Cancer	27	153	56	11	+ 141
Skin Cancers	28	136	29	108	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	29	117	42	43	+ 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	114	32	76	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	31	81	52	21	+ 60
Congenital Anomalies	32	66	16	283	- 217
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	61	21	176	- 115
Endocrine Disorders	34	60	33	73	- 12
Drownings	35	53	26	110	- 56
Fires	36	51	28	109	- 57
Low Birth Weight	37	48	9	516	- 468
Tuberculosis	38	43	3	1,416	- 1,373
Epilepsy	39	39	38	49	- 11
Other Neoplasms	40	39	60	8	+ 31
Violence	41	35	11	450	- 415
Drug Use	42	31	46	32	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	23	44	33	- 10
Skin Disease	44	22	47	31	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	45	21	64	2	+ 19
Alcohol	46	18	48	28	- 10
Birth Trauma	47	16	13	345	- 328
Poisonings	48	16	39	46	- 31
Meningitis	49	13	27	109	- 96
Asthma	50	12	20	200	- 189
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	11	8	645	- 634
Anemia	52	10	83	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	53	9	63	4	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	54	8	1	2,928	- 2,920
Schizophrenia	55	6	86	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	56	4	66	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	3	58	9	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	82	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	59	2	25	110	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	57	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	61	2	61	6	- 5
Oral conditions	62	2	80	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	1	59	8	- 7
War	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	43	35	- 34
Malnutrition	67	1	18	224	- 223
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	6	- 6
Measles	70	0	65	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	37	54	- 54
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	55	14	- 14
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Bulgaria

Namibia

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.