SOUTH AFRICA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	325,380	3	32,739	+ 292,641
Stroke	2	190,233	4	30,693	+ 159,539
Hypertension	3	52,720	12	12,789	+ 39,931
Lung Disease	4	35,584	13	11,895	+ 23,689
Lung Cancers	5	29,299	15	7,705	+ 21,594
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	23,092	28	3,587	+ 19,506
Kidney Disease	7	16,527	9	15,302	+ 1,225
Liver Disease	8	16,075	14	9,013	+ 7,062
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	12,441	2	39,341	- 26,900
Breast Cancer	10	12,098	23	4,533	+ 7,565
Diabetes Mellitus	11	11,979	5	30,188	- 18,209
Stomach Cancer	12	10,467	39	1,535	+ 8,932
Pancreas Cancer	13	9,470	35	2,007	+ 7,463
Prostate Cancer	14	9,050	24	4,374	+ 4,676
Suicide	15	6,069	10	13,774	- 7,705
Liver Cancer	16	5,915	33	2,383	+ 3,532
Road Traffic Accidents	17	5,766	11	13,014	- 7,248
Bladder Cancer	18	5,675	52	829	+ 4,846
Lymphomas	19	4,451	31	2,818	+ 1,633
Leukemia	20	4,097	40	1,464	+ 2,633
Other Injuries	21	3,898	17	6,014	- 2,116
Cervical Cancer	22	3,762	20	5,555	- 1,794
Ovary Cancer	23	3,744	51	951	+ 2,793
Inflammatory/Heart	24	3,648	21	5,408	- 1,760
Oral Cancer	25	3,632	41	1,406	+ 2,227
Falls	26	3,397	42	1,399	+ 1,998
Uterin Cancer	27	3,292	54	512	+ 2,780
Skin Cancers	28	2,927	48	993	+ 1,934
Parkinson's Disease	29	2,528	46	1,077	+ 1,451
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	2,461	36	1,894	+ 567
Oesophagus Cancer	31	1,739	29	3,486	- 1,746
Congenital Anomalies	32	1,422	25	4,351	- 2,928
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,314	22	4,676	- 3,362
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,302	19	5,890	- 4,588
Drownings	35	1,150	32	2,403	- 1,254
Fires	36	1,105	27	3,618	- 2,513
Low Birth Weight	37	1,038	16	6,250	- 5,212
Tuberculosis	38	925	6	21,965	- 21,041
Epilepsy	39	832	37	1,870	- 1,038
Other Neoplasms	40	831	58	267	+ 564
Violence	41	753	7	21,000	- 20,247
Drug Use	42	677	53	770	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	500	47	1,015	- 515
Skin Disease	44	471	45	1,101	- 631
Multiple Sclerosis	45	461	62	113	+ 348
Alcohol	46	394	49	987	- 593
Birth Trauma	47	354	30	3,004	- 2,650
Poisonings	48	337	50	975	- 638
Meningitis	49	280	26	3,660	- 3,381
Asthma	50	248	18	5,966	- 5,718
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	236	8	15,843	- 15,607
Anemia	52	224	82	0	+ 224
Hepatitis B	53	195	61	139	+ 55
HIV/AIDS	54	174	1	71,996	- 71,822
Schizophrenia	55	137	80	0	+ 137
Hepatitis C	56	86	70	8	+ 78
Appendicitis	57	58	56	274	- 215
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	55	86	0	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	59	53	38	1,700	- 1,646
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	43	55	376	- 332
Upper Respiratory	61	36	60	223	- 187
Oral conditions	62	36	84	0	+ 36
Encephalitis	63	29	59	234	- 205
War	64	25	64	66	- 40
Osteoarthritis	65	16	85	0	+ 16
Syphilis	66	15	44	1,130	- 1,114
Malnutrition	67	12	34	2,381	- 2,369
Iodine Deficiency	68	6	79	0	+ 6
Tetanus	69	3	65	38	- 35
Measles	70	3	57	270	- 268
Leishmaniasis	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	43	1,142	- 1,142
Diphtheria	73	0	69	16	- 16
Otitis Media	74	0	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	71	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	63	83	- 83
Chagas disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	66	35	- 35
Chlamydia	84	0	68	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Bulgaria

South Africa

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.