SERBIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SERBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,811	1	21,776	+ 14,035
Stroke	2	20,937	2	16,241	+ 4,696
Hypertension	3	5,802	12	1,621	+ 4,181
Lung Disease	4	3,916	6	3,853	+ 64
Lung Cancers	5	3,225	4	6,539	- 3,314
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,542	8	3,429	- 888
Kidney Disease	7	1,819	5	4,169	- 2,350
Liver Disease	8	1,769	19	887	+ 882
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,369	11	1,832	- 463
Breast Cancer	10	1,332	10	2,284	- 953
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,318	7	3,611	- 2,293
Stomach Cancer	12	1,152	15	1,203	- 51
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,042	13	1,402	- 360
Prostate Cancer	14	996	14	1,317	- 321
Suicide	15	668	16	996	- 329
Liver Cancer	16	651	17	918	- 267
Road Traffic Accidents	17	635	24	655	- 21
Bladder Cancer	18	625	18	893	- 268
Lymphomas	19	490	20	831	- 341
Leukemia	20	451	22	710	- 260
Other Injuries	21	429	30	406	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	22	414	25	638	- 224
Ovary Cancer	23	412	29	555	- 143
Inflammatory/Heart	24	401	3	15,274	- 14,872
Oral Cancer	25	400	23	680	- 281
Falls	26	374	33	362	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	27	362	32	369	- 7
Skin Cancers	28	322	26	638	- 316
Parkinson's Disease	29	278	21	804	- 526
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	271	28	594	- 324
Oesophagus Cancer	31	191	35	332	- 140
Congenital Anomalies	32	157	40	162	- 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	145	9	2,876	- 2,731
Endocrine Disorders	34	143	36	309	- 165
Drownings	35	127	48	73	+ 53
Fires	36	122	50	64	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	37	114	38	187	- 73
Tuberculosis	38	102	46	100	+ 1
Epilepsy	39	92	37	223	- 131
Other Neoplasms	40	91	27	601	- 510
Violence	41	83	45	108	- 25
Drug Use	42	75	49	72	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	55	47	78	- 23
Skin Disease	44	52	43	113	- 61
Multiple Sclerosis	45	51	42	146	- 96
Alcohol	46	43	34	341	- 298
Birth Trauma	47	39	52	45	- 6
Poisonings	48	37	57	23	+ 15
Meningitis	49	31	54	35	- 5
Asthma	50	27	31	390	- 363
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	26	39	167	- 141
Anemia	52	25	41	152	- 127
Hepatitis B	53	21	53	36	- 14
HIV/AIDS	54	19	56	25	- 6
Schizophrenia	55	15	44	109	- 94
Hepatitis C	56	9	60	12	- 2
Appendicitis	57	6	58	16	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	6	51	51	- 45
Maternal Conditions	59	6	59	12	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	55	34	- 29
Upper Respiratory	61	4	64	3	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	4	69	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	3	66	2	+ 1
War	64	3	71	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	2	62	7	- 5
Syphilis	66	2	67	2	- 0
Malnutrition	67	1	61	10	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	70	1	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	65	2	- 2
Measles	70	0	72	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	63	6	- 6
Diphtheria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	85	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SERBIA

Bulgaria

Serbia

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.