NORTH KOREA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	141,573	2	31,342	+ 110,231
Stroke	2	82,770	1	49,648	+ 33,123
Hypertension	3	22,939	8	5,368	+ 17,571
Lung Disease	4	15,483	3	26,178	- 10,695
Lung Cancers	5	12,748	5	11,893	+ 855
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	10,048	15	3,232	+ 6,816
Kidney Disease	7	7,191	12	3,959	+ 3,232
Liver Disease	8	6,994	10	4,506	+ 2,488
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	5,413	6	6,231	- 817
Breast Cancer	10	5,264	23	1,366	+ 3,898
Diabetes Mellitus	11	5,212	14	3,671	+ 1,541
Stomach Cancer	12	4,554	13	3,771	+ 783
Pancreas Cancer	13	4,120	21	1,525	+ 2,595
Prostate Cancer	14	3,938	48	219	+ 3,719
Suicide	15	2,640	16	2,407	+ 233
Liver Cancer	16	2,574	9	5,326	- 2,752
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,509	7	6,210	- 3,701
Bladder Cancer	18	2,469	38	500	+ 1,969
Lymphomas	19	1,937	35	560	+ 1,377
Leukemia	20	1,783	30	965	+ 818
Other Injuries	21	1,696	20	1,531	+ 165
Cervical Cancer	22	1,637	33	704	+ 933
Ovary Cancer	23	1,629	36	532	+ 1,097
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,587	34	684	+ 903
Oral Cancer	25	1,580	37	513	+ 1,068
Falls	26	1,478	18	1,801	- 323
Uterin Cancer	27	1,432	53	138	+ 1,294
Skin Cancers	28	1,273	51	168	+ 1,105
Parkinson's Disease	29	1,100	26	1,155	- 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,071	19	1,712	- 641
Oesophagus Cancer	31	757	24	1,222	- 466
Congenital Anomalies	32	619	29	991	- 372
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	572	11	4,340	- 3,768
Endocrine Disorders	34	566	39	452	+ 115
Drownings	35	500	27	1,126	- 626
Fires	36	481	46	253	+ 227
Low Birth Weight	37	452	25	1,208	- 756
Tuberculosis	38	402	4	17,417	- 17,015
Epilepsy	39	362	45	266	+ 96
Other Neoplasms	40	361	59	44	+ 318
Violence	41	327	28	1,082	- 755
Drug Use	42	295	42	356	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	218	17	2,093	- 1,875
Skin Disease	44	205	52	158	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	45	200	60	40	+ 161
Alcohol	46	172	44	304	- 133
Birth Trauma	47	154	32	736	- 582
Poisonings	48	147	41	366	- 220
Meningitis	49	122	49	207	- 85
Asthma	50	108	22	1,439	- 1,331
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	103	40	374	- 272
Anemia	52	97	85	0	+ 97
Hepatitis B	53	85	55	68	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	54	76	31	753	- 678
Schizophrenia	55	59	83	0	+ 59
Hepatitis C	56	37	64	10	+ 27
Appendicitis	57	25	57	57	- 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	24	80	0	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	59	23	47	252	- 228
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	19	50	198	- 180
Upper Respiratory	61	16	56	67	- 51
Oral conditions	62	16	82	0	+ 16
Encephalitis	63	13	54	117	- 104
War	64	11	63	16	- 5
Osteoarthritis	65	7	81	0	+ 7
Syphilis	66	7	58	54	- 47
Malnutrition	67	5	43	317	- 312
Iodine Deficiency	68	2	79	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	1	62	28	- 26
Measles	70	1	65	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	61	34	- 34
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORTH KOREA

Bulgaria

North Korea

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.