POLAND VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	208,583	1	117,700	+ 90,883
Stroke	2	121,947	2	32,693	+ 89,254
Hypertension	3	33,796	15	4,937	+ 28,859
Lung Disease	4	22,811	6	13,677	+ 9,134
Lung Cancers	5	18,782	3	25,781	- 6,999
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	14,803	5	14,610	+ 193
Kidney Disease	7	10,594	20	4,065	+ 6,529
Liver Disease	8	10,305	10	7,912	+ 2,393
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	7,975	4	19,998	- 12,023
Breast Cancer	10	7,756	9	7,967	- 211
Diabetes Mellitus	11	7,679	8	8,947	- 1,268
Stomach Cancer	12	6,710	12	5,910	+ 799
Pancreas Cancer	13	6,070	13	5,430	+ 641
Prostate Cancer	14	5,801	11	6,489	- 688
Suicide	15	3,890	18	4,282	- 392
Liver Cancer	16	3,792	29	2,290	+ 1,502
Road Traffic Accidents	17	3,696	22	3,555	+ 141
Bladder Cancer	18	3,638	17	4,700	- 1,063
Lymphomas	19	2,853	19	4,141	- 1,288
Leukemia	20	2,626	24	3,456	- 829
Other Injuries	21	2,499	28	2,527	- 28
Cervical Cancer	22	2,412	32	1,907	+ 505
Ovary Cancer	23	2,400	27	2,929	- 529
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,339	23	3,495	- 1,156
Oral Cancer	25	2,329	25	3,377	- 1,048
Falls	26	2,178	16	4,712	- 2,534
Uterin Cancer	27	2,110	30	2,163	- 52
Skin Cancers	28	1,876	31	2,155	- 278
Parkinson's Disease	29	1,621	34	1,500	+ 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,578	26	3,091	- 1,513
Oesophagus Cancer	31	1,115	33	1,803	- 688
Congenital Anomalies	32	912	36	916	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	842	21	3,701	- 2,859
Endocrine Disorders	34	834	38	831	+ 3
Drownings	35	737	39	636	+ 100
Fires	36	708	45	474	+ 234
Low Birth Weight	37	665	42	579	+ 87
Tuberculosis	38	593	41	597	- 4
Epilepsy	39	533	35	1,145	- 612
Other Neoplasms	40	533	7	9,256	- 8,724
Violence	41	482	49	294	+ 188
Drug Use	42	434	48	321	+ 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	321	40	612	- 291
Skin Disease	44	302	46	469	- 167
Multiple Sclerosis	45	295	44	502	- 207
Alcohol	46	253	14	5,238	- 4,986
Birth Trauma	47	227	57	52	+ 175
Poisonings	48	216	51	205	+ 11
Meningitis	49	179	53	171	+ 9
Asthma	50	159	43	540	- 381
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	151	37	839	- 688
Anemia	52	144	62	12	+ 131
Hepatitis B	53	125	56	52	+ 73
HIV/AIDS	54	111	54	115	- 3
Schizophrenia	55	88	58	30	+ 58
Hepatitis C	56	55	52	188	- 133
Appendicitis	57	37	55	69	- 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	35	59	29	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	59	34	63	10	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	28	47	369	- 341
Upper Respiratory	61	23	60	19	+ 4
Oral conditions	62	23	65	4	+ 19
Encephalitis	63	19	64	6	+ 12
War	64	16	66	4	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	65	10	61	18	- 8
Syphilis	66	10	69	0	+ 9
Malnutrition	67	8	50	291	- 283
Iodine Deficiency	68	4	80	0	+ 4
Tetanus	69	2	67	2	+ 0
Measles	70	2	72	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

Bulgaria

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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.