ROMANIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	97,697	1	71,810	+ 25,887
Stroke	2	57,118	2	49,707	+ 7,411
Hypertension	3	15,829	3	11,007	+ 4,822
Lung Disease	4	10,684	7	7,359	+ 3,325
Lung Cancers	5	8,797	4	10,113	- 1,316
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	6,934	8	6,835	+ 98
Kidney Disease	7	4,962	9	5,175	- 213
Liver Disease	8	4,827	6	8,920	- 4,093
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,736	5	9,357	- 5,621
Breast Cancer	10	3,633	11	3,851	- 218
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,597	18	2,230	+ 1,366
Stomach Cancer	12	3,143	12	3,457	- 314
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,843	14	2,935	- 92
Prostate Cancer	14	2,717	16	2,449	+ 268
Suicide	15	1,822	21	1,886	- 64
Liver Cancer	16	1,776	13	3,114	- 1,337
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,731	20	1,992	- 261
Bladder Cancer	18	1,704	23	1,715	- 11
Lymphomas	19	1,336	25	1,385	- 48
Leukemia	20	1,230	26	1,342	- 112
Other Injuries	21	1,170	19	2,139	- 969
Cervical Cancer	22	1,130	22	1,870	- 741
Ovary Cancer	23	1,124	27	1,109	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,095	10	4,433	- 3,338
Oral Cancer	25	1,091	17	2,290	- 1,199
Falls	26	1,020	24	1,504	- 484
Uterin Cancer	27	988	34	522	+ 466
Skin Cancers	28	879	29	1,003	- 124
Parkinson's Disease	29	759	31	741	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	739	33	531	+ 208
Oesophagus Cancer	31	522	30	755	- 233
Congenital Anomalies	32	427	38	367	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	394	15	2,839	- 2,445
Endocrine Disorders	34	391	48	193	+ 198
Drownings	35	345	32	596	- 251
Fires	36	332	36	421	- 90
Low Birth Weight	37	312	41	317	- 5
Tuberculosis	38	278	28	1,015	- 738
Epilepsy	39	250	42	314	- 64
Other Neoplasms	40	249	43	289	- 39
Violence	41	226	44	255	- 29
Drug Use	42	203	40	346	- 143
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	150	35	440	- 290
Skin Disease	44	141	53	97	+ 44
Multiple Sclerosis	45	138	55	66	+ 72
Alcohol	46	118	37	409	- 291
Birth Trauma	47	106	57	38	+ 68
Poisonings	48	101	39	366	- 265
Meningitis	49	84	54	76	+ 7
Asthma	50	74	45	225	- 151
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	71	46	223	- 153
Anemia	52	67	56	59	+ 8
Hepatitis B	53	58	59	30	+ 28
HIV/AIDS	54	52	47	219	- 167
Schizophrenia	55	41	51	103	- 62
Hepatitis C	56	26	52	98	- 73
Appendicitis	57	18	60	21	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	16	49	143	- 127
Maternal Conditions	59	16	58	35	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	13	85	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	61	11	63	3	+ 8
Oral conditions	62	11	64	2	+ 8
Encephalitis	63	9	62	6	+ 3
War	64	8	65	2	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	65	5	86	0	+ 5
Syphilis	66	5	66	1	+ 3
Malnutrition	67	4	50	142	- 138
Iodine Deficiency	68	2	73	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	1	67	1	- 0
Measles	70	1	61	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Bulgaria

Romania

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.