SINGAPORE VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,453	1	5,292	+ 27,161
Stroke	2	18,974	3	1,559	+ 17,415
Hypertension	3	5,258	8	732	+ 4,526
Lung Disease	4	3,549	14	383	+ 3,166
Lung Cancers	5	2,922	4	1,540	+ 1,382
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,303	5	1,203	+ 1,101
Kidney Disease	7	1,648	6	1,028	+ 620
Liver Disease	8	1,603	20	209	+ 1,394
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,241	2	5,189	- 3,948
Breast Cancer	10	1,207	10	605	+ 601
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,195	28	108	+ 1,087
Stomach Cancer	12	1,044	12	405	+ 639
Pancreas Cancer	13	944	11	537	+ 407
Prostate Cancer	14	903	16	303	+ 600
Suicide	15	605	9	650	- 45
Liver Cancer	16	590	7	746	- 156
Road Traffic Accidents	17	575	26	121	+ 454
Bladder Cancer	18	566	27	120	+ 446
Lymphomas	19	444	13	397	+ 47
Leukemia	20	409	17	249	+ 159
Other Injuries	21	389	32	79	+ 310
Cervical Cancer	22	375	30	85	+ 290
Ovary Cancer	23	373	21	204	+ 170
Inflammatory/Heart	24	364	19	215	+ 149
Oral Cancer	25	362	15	317	+ 45
Falls	26	339	18	218	+ 121
Uterin Cancer	27	328	23	147	+ 181
Skin Cancers	28	292	34	56	+ 236
Parkinson's Disease	29	252	29	90	+ 162
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	246	33	69	+ 176
Oesophagus Cancer	31	173	24	137	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	32	142	31	80	+ 62
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	131	36	32	+ 99
Endocrine Disorders	34	130	37	30	+ 99
Drownings	35	115	38	29	+ 86
Fires	36	110	49	7	+ 103
Low Birth Weight	37	104	41	25	+ 78
Tuberculosis	38	92	40	26	+ 67
Epilepsy	39	83	42	25	+ 58
Other Neoplasms	40	83	22	195	- 112
Violence	41	75	46	15	+ 60
Drug Use	42	68	44	19	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	50	43	22	+ 28
Skin Disease	44	47	25	136	- 89
Multiple Sclerosis	45	46	57	3	+ 43
Alcohol	46	39	47	10	+ 29
Birth Trauma	47	35	55	3	+ 32
Poisonings	48	34	60	1	+ 33
Meningitis	49	28	48	8	+ 20
Asthma	50	25	35	37	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	24	39	28	- 4
Anemia	52	22	85	0	+ 22
Hepatitis B	53	19	52	4	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	54	17	45	18	- 1
Schizophrenia	55	14	84	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	56	9	56	3	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	6	50	6	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	51	6	- 0
Maternal Conditions	59	5	53	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	58	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	61	4	54	3	+ 0
Oral conditions	62	4	81	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	3	61	0	+ 3
War	64	3	59	2	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	65	0	+ 2
Malnutrition	67	1	63	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Bulgaria

Singapore

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.