SIERRA LEONE VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,101	4	4,027	+ 45,074
Stroke	2	28,707	5	3,769	+ 24,938
Hypertension	3	7,956	21	623	+ 7,332
Lung Disease	4	5,370	20	791	+ 4,578
Lung Cancers	5	4,421	49	85	+ 4,336
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,485	39	192	+ 3,292
Kidney Disease	7	2,494	15	1,082	+ 1,412
Liver Disease	8	2,426	13	1,312	+ 1,113
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,877	1	7,420	- 5,542
Breast Cancer	10	1,826	23	615	+ 1,210
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,808	14	1,190	+ 618
Stomach Cancer	12	1,579	36	232	+ 1,348
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,429	54	62	+ 1,367
Prostate Cancer	14	1,366	34	274	+ 1,092
Suicide	15	916	25	521	+ 395
Liver Cancer	16	893	27	400	+ 493
Road Traffic Accidents	17	870	8	2,581	- 1,711
Bladder Cancer	18	856	52	78	+ 778
Lymphomas	19	672	42	132	+ 540
Leukemia	20	618	59	37	+ 581
Other Injuries	21	588	16	1,040	- 452
Cervical Cancer	22	568	35	264	+ 304
Ovary Cancer	23	565	53	77	+ 488
Inflammatory/Heart	24	551	32	288	+ 263
Oral Cancer	25	548	50	82	+ 466
Falls	26	513	30	324	+ 189
Uterin Cancer	27	497	60	31	+ 466
Skin Cancers	28	442	48	86	+ 356
Parkinson's Disease	29	382	44	117	+ 265
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	371	31	308	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	31	262	57	37	+ 225
Congenital Anomalies	32	215	11	1,532	- 1,318
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	198	28	373	- 175
Endocrine Disorders	34	196	19	798	- 601
Drownings	35	173	29	366	- 193
Fires	36	167	33	275	- 108
Low Birth Weight	37	157	7	2,791	- 2,634
Tuberculosis	38	140	10	2,414	- 2,275
Epilepsy	39	126	37	230	- 105
Other Neoplasms	40	125	66	10	+ 115
Violence	41	114	22	618	- 504
Drug Use	42	102	40	185	- 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	75	43	127	- 51
Skin Disease	44	71	51	81	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	45	70	65	10	+ 59
Alcohol	46	59	55	52	+ 7
Birth Trauma	47	53	6	2,888	- 2,835
Poisonings	48	51	38	218	- 167
Meningitis	49	42	12	1,415	- 1,373
Asthma	50	37	24	613	- 576
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	36	3	5,275	- 5,239
Anemia	52	34	85	0	+ 34
Hepatitis B	53	29	47	92	- 62
HIV/AIDS	54	26	9	2,546	- 2,520
Schizophrenia	55	21	84	0	+ 21
Hepatitis C	56	13	63	13	- 0
Appendicitis	57	9	61	27	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	8	81	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	59	8	18	880	- 872
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	7	68	7	- 1
Upper Respiratory	61	5	64	10	- 5
Oral conditions	62	5	82	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	63	4	56	50	- 46
War	64	4	67	8	- 5
Osteoarthritis	65	2	80	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	41	180	- 178
Malnutrition	67	2	17	924	- 922
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	45	103	- 102
Measles	70	0	58	37	- 36
Leishmaniasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	26	469	- 468
Diphtheria	73	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	62	15	- 15
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	46	101	- 101
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Bulgaria

Sierra Leone

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.