SLOVAKIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,951	1	10,654	+ 19,297
Stroke	2	17,511	3	3,756	+ 13,755
Hypertension	3	4,853	11	1,034	+ 3,819
Lung Disease	4	3,275	9	1,121	+ 2,154
Lung Cancers	5	2,697	4	2,562	+ 135
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,126	5	2,528	- 403
Kidney Disease	7	1,521	14	830	+ 691
Liver Disease	8	1,480	7	1,425	+ 54
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,145	6	2,024	- 879
Breast Cancer	10	1,114	10	1,071	+ 43
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,103	16	750	+ 353
Stomach Cancer	12	963	15	827	+ 137
Pancreas Cancer	13	872	13	876	- 4
Prostate Cancer	14	833	12	968	- 135
Suicide	15	559	19	660	- 101
Liver Cancer	16	544	22	469	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	17	531	27	331	+ 200
Bladder Cancer	18	522	21	489	+ 34
Lymphomas	19	410	17	736	- 326
Leukemia	20	377	23	448	- 71
Other Injuries	21	359	20	554	- 195
Cervical Cancer	22	346	32	273	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	23	345	26	334	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	24	336	25	339	- 3
Oral Cancer	25	334	18	716	- 382
Falls	26	313	8	1,277	- 965
Uterin Cancer	27	303	30	280	+ 23
Skin Cancers	28	269	24	357	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	29	233	29	310	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	227	31	274	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	31	160	28	314	- 153
Congenital Anomalies	32	131	36	167	- 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	121	2	4,482	- 4,361
Endocrine Disorders	34	120	37	163	- 44
Drownings	35	106	38	144	- 38
Fires	36	102	46	39	+ 63
Low Birth Weight	37	96	39	97	- 2
Tuberculosis	38	85	50	26	+ 59
Epilepsy	39	77	35	168	- 91
Other Neoplasms	40	76	40	93	- 16
Violence	41	69	42	59	+ 10
Drug Use	42	62	45	45	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	46	41	70	- 24
Skin Disease	44	43	34	170	- 127
Multiple Sclerosis	45	42	43	55	- 12
Alcohol	46	36	33	219	- 183
Birth Trauma	47	33	52	15	+ 18
Poisonings	48	31	48	30	+ 1
Meningitis	49	26	51	25	+ 1
Asthma	50	23	44	47	- 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	22	47	34	- 12
Anemia	52	21	59	5	+ 15
Hepatitis B	53	18	56	8	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	54	16	65	2	+ 14
Schizophrenia	55	13	60	4	+ 8
Hepatitis C	56	8	54	12	- 5
Appendicitis	57	5	55	9	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	57	7	- 2
Maternal Conditions	59	5	63	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	53	15	- 11
Upper Respiratory	61	3	58	6	- 3
Oral conditions	62	3	66	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	3	67	1	+ 2
War	64	2	68	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	62	3	- 2
Malnutrition	67	1	49	29	- 28
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	61	4	- 4
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	64	2	- 2
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

Bulgaria

Slovakia

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.