SOUTH KOREA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	280,371	1	28,043	+ 252,329
Stroke	2	163,918	3	25,596	+ 138,322
Hypertension	3	45,427	17	3,711	+ 41,717
Lung Disease	4	30,662	11	8,526	+ 22,135
Lung Cancers	5	25,246	4	20,293	+ 4,953
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	19,898	8	10,180	+ 9,718
Kidney Disease	7	14,240	9	10,107	+ 4,133
Liver Disease	8	13,852	14	6,348	+ 7,503
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	10,720	2	26,650	- 15,930
Breast Cancer	10	10,425	21	2,880	+ 7,545
Diabetes Mellitus	11	10,322	13	6,812	+ 3,510
Stomach Cancer	12	9,019	10	8,625	+ 394
Pancreas Cancer	13	8,160	12	6,994	+ 1,166
Prostate Cancer	14	7,798	22	2,316	+ 5,482
Suicide	15	5,229	5	14,636	- 9,406
Liver Cancer	16	5,097	7	11,589	- 6,492
Road Traffic Accidents	17	4,968	15	4,399	+ 569
Bladder Cancer	18	4,890	27	1,768	+ 3,122
Lymphomas	19	3,835	19	3,477	+ 358
Leukemia	20	3,530	23	2,140	+ 1,390
Other Injuries	21	3,359	18	3,634	- 275
Cervical Cancer	22	3,242	34	1,065	+ 2,177
Ovary Cancer	23	3,226	30	1,330	+ 1,896
Inflammatory/Heart	24	3,143	31	1,325	+ 1,818
Oral Cancer	25	3,130	29	1,457	+ 1,673
Falls	26	2,927	20	2,934	- 7
Uterin Cancer	27	2,837	43	420	+ 2,417
Skin Cancers	28	2,522	37	585	+ 1,937
Parkinson's Disease	29	2,179	16	3,951	- 1,772
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	2,121	38	540	+ 1,581
Oesophagus Cancer	31	1,499	28	1,733	- 234
Congenital Anomalies	32	1,226	41	518	+ 708
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,132	6	12,145	- 11,013
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,122	25	1,891	- 769
Drownings	35	991	42	501	+ 490
Fires	36	952	47	263	+ 689
Low Birth Weight	37	894	45	370	+ 524
Tuberculosis	38	797	24	1,950	- 1,153
Epilepsy	39	717	40	524	+ 193
Other Neoplasms	40	716	26	1,807	- 1,091
Violence	41	648	44	386	+ 262
Drug Use	42	583	50	154	+ 429
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	431	48	224	+ 207
Skin Disease	44	405	36	704	- 299
Multiple Sclerosis	45	397	66	11	+ 386
Alcohol	46	340	33	1,081	- 741
Birth Trauma	47	305	54	88	+ 217
Poisonings	48	291	52	115	+ 176
Meningitis	49	241	58	51	+ 190
Asthma	50	214	32	1,150	- 937
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	204	35	929	- 725
Anemia	52	193	46	329	- 136
Hepatitis B	53	168	39	526	- 358
HIV/AIDS	54	150	55	84	+ 65
Schizophrenia	55	118	56	77	+ 41
Hepatitis C	56	74	49	168	- 93
Appendicitis	57	50	57	54	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	47	59	49	- 2
Maternal Conditions	59	46	61	34	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	37	51	150	- 113
Upper Respiratory	61	31	63	26	+ 6
Oral conditions	62	31	64	21	+ 10
Encephalitis	63	25	65	19	+ 6
War	64	22	68	5	+ 17
Osteoarthritis	65	14	60	41	- 28
Syphilis	66	13	62	27	- 14
Malnutrition	67	10	53	88	- 78
Iodine Deficiency	68	5	81	0	+ 5
Tetanus	69	3	69	5	- 2
Measles	70	2	83	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	67	6	- 6
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	75	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	71	1	- 1
Chagas disease	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	72	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Bulgaria

South Korea

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.