NORWAY VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,660	1	5,321	+ 24,340
Stroke	2	17,341	4	2,475	+ 14,866
Hypertension	3	4,806	28	230	+ 4,576
Lung Disease	4	3,244	3	2,723	+ 521
Lung Cancers	5	2,671	5	2,320	+ 351
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,105	7	1,787	+ 318
Kidney Disease	7	1,507	14	611	+ 896
Liver Disease	8	1,465	30	214	+ 1,252
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,134	6	1,797	- 663
Breast Cancer	10	1,103	11	698	+ 405
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,092	16	560	+ 532
Stomach Cancer	12	954	22	343	+ 611
Pancreas Cancer	13	863	10	770	+ 93
Prostate Cancer	14	825	8	1,172	- 347
Suicide	15	553	13	633	- 80
Liver Cancer	16	539	26	259	+ 280
Road Traffic Accidents	17	526	42	114	+ 411
Bladder Cancer	18	517	20	356	+ 161
Lymphomas	19	406	12	646	- 240
Leukemia	20	373	21	354	+ 20
Other Injuries	21	355	15	583	- 228
Cervical Cancer	22	343	39	125	+ 218
Ovary Cancer	23	341	24	309	+ 32
Inflammatory/Heart	24	333	29	221	+ 112
Oral Cancer	25	331	32	168	+ 163
Falls	26	310	9	777	- 468
Uterin Cancer	27	300	36	134	+ 166
Skin Cancers	28	267	18	407	- 141
Parkinson's Disease	29	230	17	554	- 324
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	224	33	160	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	31	159	27	248	- 89
Congenital Anomalies	32	130	34	136	- 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	120	2	4,464	- 4,345
Endocrine Disorders	34	119	19	359	- 240
Drownings	35	105	45	65	+ 40
Fires	36	101	48	45	+ 56
Low Birth Weight	37	95	52	23	+ 71
Tuberculosis	38	84	56	15	+ 69
Epilepsy	39	76	40	119	- 43
Other Neoplasms	40	76	23	324	- 249
Violence	41	69	50	32	+ 37
Drug Use	42	62	25	264	- 202
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	46	46	61	- 16
Skin Disease	44	43	38	128	- 85
Multiple Sclerosis	45	42	41	119	- 77
Alcohol	46	36	31	205	- 169
Birth Trauma	47	32	54	17	+ 15
Poisonings	48	31	57	14	+ 16
Meningitis	49	25	58	14	+ 12
Asthma	50	23	43	85	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	22	37	128	- 106
Anemia	52	20	44	75	- 54
Hepatitis B	53	18	63	3	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	54	16	61	10	+ 5
Schizophrenia	55	12	53	23	- 10
Hepatitis C	56	8	55	17	- 9
Appendicitis	57	5	59	12	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	49	32	- 27
Maternal Conditions	59	5	66	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	47	60	- 56
Upper Respiratory	61	3	60	12	- 8
Oral conditions	62	3	62	9	- 5
Encephalitis	63	3	70	0	+ 2
War	64	2	68	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	1	51	27	- 26
Syphilis	66	1	67	1	+ 1
Malnutrition	67	1	35	135	- 134
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Bulgaria

Norway

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.