PORTUGAL VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,948	1	12,878	+ 42,070
Stroke	2	32,125	2	12,339	+ 19,786
Hypertension	3	8,903	14	1,880	+ 7,023
Lung Disease	4	6,009	7	4,286	+ 1,723
Lung Cancers	5	4,948	5	4,406	+ 542
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,900	6	4,389	- 490
Kidney Disease	7	2,791	9	2,803	- 12
Liver Disease	8	2,715	22	1,126	+ 1,589
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,101	4	6,851	- 4,750
Breast Cancer	10	2,043	12	1,997	+ 46
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,023	8	3,601	- 1,578
Stomach Cancer	12	1,768	10	2,532	- 765
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,599	15	1,669	- 70
Prostate Cancer	14	1,528	11	2,124	- 596
Suicide	15	1,025	19	1,172	- 147
Liver Cancer	16	999	18	1,270	- 271
Road Traffic Accidents	17	974	27	838	+ 135
Bladder Cancer	18	958	20	1,171	- 212
Lymphomas	19	752	16	1,608	- 856
Leukemia	20	692	24	1,015	- 324
Other Injuries	21	658	13	1,937	- 1,279
Cervical Cancer	22	635	34	329	+ 306
Ovary Cancer	23	632	33	397	+ 235
Inflammatory/Heart	24	616	26	909	- 293
Oral Cancer	25	613	25	912	- 299
Falls	26	574	23	1,033	- 459
Uterin Cancer	27	556	32	406	+ 150
Skin Cancers	28	494	30	523	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	29	427	21	1,139	- 712
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	416	37	229	+ 187
Oesophagus Cancer	31	294	29	623	- 329
Congenital Anomalies	32	240	40	196	+ 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	222	3	7,191	- 6,969
Endocrine Disorders	34	220	17	1,547	- 1,327
Drownings	35	194	51	79	+ 115
Fires	36	187	46	108	+ 78
Low Birth Weight	37	175	52	79	+ 97
Tuberculosis	38	156	38	213	- 57
Epilepsy	39	141	31	415	- 275
Other Neoplasms	40	140	28	652	- 512
Violence	41	127	48	96	+ 31
Drug Use	42	114	44	128	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	84	41	169	- 84
Skin Disease	44	79	39	202	- 123
Multiple Sclerosis	45	78	54	56	+ 22
Alcohol	46	67	45	111	- 45
Birth Trauma	47	60	60	24	+ 36
Poisonings	48	57	57	29	+ 28
Meningitis	49	47	56	43	+ 5
Asthma	50	42	43	146	- 105
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	40	36	231	- 191
Anemia	52	38	42	151	- 113
Hepatitis B	53	33	59	26	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	54	29	35	320	- 290
Schizophrenia	55	23	55	49	- 26
Hepatitis C	56	15	49	87	- 72
Appendicitis	57	10	61	21	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	9	50	82	- 73
Maternal Conditions	59	9	63	7	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	7	47	99	- 92
Upper Respiratory	61	6	62	15	- 9
Oral conditions	62	6	65	3	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	5	67	1	+ 4
War	64	4	69	1	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	65	3	58	29	- 26
Syphilis	66	3	64	3	- 1
Malnutrition	67	2	53	79	- 77
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Measles	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	68	1	- 1
Pertussis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Bulgaria

Portugal

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.