RWANDA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	73,338	4	3,605	+ 69,733
Stroke	2	42,877	2	5,060	+ 37,817
Hypertension	3	11,883	14	1,357	+ 10,525
Lung Disease	4	8,020	13	1,555	+ 6,466
Lung Cancers	5	6,604	39	234	+ 6,370
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,205	28	591	+ 4,614
Kidney Disease	7	3,725	15	1,206	+ 2,519
Liver Disease	8	3,623	8	2,548	+ 1,075
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,804	1	5,280	- 2,475
Breast Cancer	10	2,727	27	600	+ 2,127
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,700	11	1,858	+ 841
Stomach Cancer	12	2,359	20	780	+ 1,579
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,134	43	214	+ 1,921
Prostate Cancer	14	2,040	32	396	+ 1,644
Suicide	15	1,368	24	704	+ 664
Liver Cancer	16	1,333	23	706	+ 627
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,300	3	3,718	- 2,419
Bladder Cancer	18	1,279	62	35	+ 1,244
Lymphomas	19	1,003	30	450	+ 554
Leukemia	20	923	35	317	+ 606
Other Injuries	21	879	17	944	- 66
Cervical Cancer	22	848	18	941	- 93
Ovary Cancer	23	844	53	92	+ 752
Inflammatory/Heart	24	822	34	347	+ 475
Oral Cancer	25	819	37	272	+ 547
Falls	26	766	31	412	+ 353
Uterin Cancer	27	742	56	58	+ 684
Skin Cancers	28	660	50	113	+ 547
Parkinson's Disease	29	570	47	146	+ 424
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	555	33	362	+ 193
Oesophagus Cancer	31	392	44	213	+ 179
Congenital Anomalies	32	321	12	1,777	- 1,457
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	296	25	657	- 361
Endocrine Disorders	34	293	41	219	+ 74
Drownings	35	259	36	285	- 26
Fires	36	249	38	270	- 21
Low Birth Weight	37	234	9	2,193	- 1,959
Tuberculosis	38	208	26	625	- 416
Epilepsy	39	188	45	191	- 4
Other Neoplasms	40	187	64	16	+ 171
Violence	41	170	29	548	- 378
Drug Use	42	153	60	45	+ 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	113	48	136	- 23
Skin Disease	44	106	52	103	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	45	104	66	7	+ 97
Alcohol	46	89	49	125	- 37
Birth Trauma	47	80	10	1,888	- 1,808
Poisonings	48	76	40	220	- 144
Meningitis	49	63	19	847	- 784
Asthma	50	56	22	717	- 661
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	53	6	3,121	- 3,068
Anemia	52	50	86	0	+ 50
Hepatitis B	53	44	55	68	- 24
HIV/AIDS	54	39	7	2,826	- 2,786
Schizophrenia	55	31	83	0	+ 31
Hepatitis C	56	19	65	12	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	13	54	70	- 57
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	12	80	0	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	59	12	21	722	- 710
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	10	63	23	- 13
Upper Respiratory	61	8	57	58	- 50
Oral conditions	62	8	82	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	63	7	61	39	- 32
War	64	6	69	3	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	65	4	81	0	+ 4
Syphilis	66	3	46	173	- 169
Malnutrition	67	3	16	1,168	- 1,165
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	58	53	- 52
Measles	70	1	59	51	- 51
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	42	218	- 218
Diphtheria	73	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	74	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	67	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	51	111	- 111
Chlamydia	84	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Bulgaria

Rwanda

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.