NEW GUINEA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,082	1	6,835	+ 47,246
Stroke	2	31,619	2	5,095	+ 26,524
Hypertension	3	8,763	13	1,096	+ 7,667
Lung Disease	4	5,914	3	4,538	+ 1,377
Lung Cancers	5	4,870	23	622	+ 4,248
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,838	29	445	+ 3,393
Kidney Disease	7	2,747	18	687	+ 2,060
Liver Disease	8	2,672	22	624	+ 2,047
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,068	6	2,595	- 527
Breast Cancer	10	2,011	17	764	+ 1,247
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,991	4	4,533	- 2,542
Stomach Cancer	12	1,740	28	447	+ 1,293
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,574	52	107	+ 1,467
Prostate Cancer	14	1,504	36	285	+ 1,219
Suicide	15	1,009	37	259	+ 750
Liver Cancer	16	983	21	644	+ 339
Road Traffic Accidents	17	958	12	1,105	- 147
Bladder Cancer	18	943	54	82	+ 861
Lymphomas	19	740	32	353	+ 387
Leukemia	20	681	38	253	+ 428
Other Injuries	21	648	20	647	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	22	625	19	665	- 39
Ovary Cancer	23	622	46	179	+ 443
Inflammatory/Heart	24	606	43	229	+ 378
Oral Cancer	25	604	25	580	+ 24
Falls	26	565	26	502	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	27	547	55	81	+ 466
Skin Cancers	28	486	31	417	+ 70
Parkinson's Disease	29	420	45	185	+ 236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	409	35	302	+ 108
Oesophagus Cancer	31	289	44	199	+ 90
Congenital Anomalies	32	236	16	951	- 714
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	218	33	343	- 125
Endocrine Disorders	34	216	47	153	+ 63
Drownings	35	191	40	240	- 49
Fires	36	184	27	488	- 304
Low Birth Weight	37	173	10	1,661	- 1,489
Tuberculosis	38	154	5	3,969	- 3,815
Epilepsy	39	138	51	111	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	40	138	60	15	+ 123
Violence	41	125	15	969	- 844
Drug Use	42	113	61	13	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	83	14	1,072	- 989
Skin Disease	44	78	49	126	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	45	77	66	5	+ 72
Alcohol	46	66	53	93	- 28
Birth Trauma	47	59	11	1,504	- 1,445
Poisonings	48	56	50	121	- 65
Meningitis	49	46	34	324	- 277
Asthma	50	41	9	1,842	- 1,801
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	39	8	2,295	- 2,256
Anemia	52	37	82	0	+ 37
Hepatitis B	53	32	58	27	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	54	29	24	611	- 582
Schizophrenia	55	23	80	0	+ 23
Hepatitis C	56	14	62	8	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	10	59	20	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	9	84	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	59	9	30	421	- 412
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	7	65	5	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	61	6	68	2	+ 4
Oral conditions	62	6	86	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	63	5	57	31	- 26
War	64	4	69	1	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	65	3	85	0	+ 3
Syphilis	66	3	42	234	- 231
Malnutrition	67	2	48	134	- 132
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	56	48	- 47
Measles	70	0	41	238	- 237
Leishmaniasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	39	248	- 248
Diphtheria	73	0	67	3	- 3
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	64	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	63	7	- 7
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Chagas disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Bulgaria

New Guinea

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.