SPAIN VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	254,524	1	51,684	+ 202,840
Stroke	2	148,807	3	29,004	+ 119,803
Hypertension	3	41,239	9	9,115	+ 32,125
Lung Disease	4	27,835	5	18,926	+ 8,909
Lung Cancers	5	22,919	4	22,131	+ 788
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	18,064	6	16,957	+ 1,106
Kidney Disease	7	12,928	8	9,725	+ 3,203
Liver Disease	8	12,575	23	4,231	+ 8,344
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	9,732	7	13,717	- 3,985
Breast Cancer	10	9,464	11	7,067	+ 2,396
Diabetes Mellitus	11	9,370	10	7,773	+ 1,597
Stomach Cancer	12	8,188	14	5,796	+ 2,391
Pancreas Cancer	13	7,407	12	6,752	+ 655
Prostate Cancer	14	7,079	13	6,420	+ 659
Suicide	15	4,747	25	3,609	+ 1,138
Liver Cancer	16	4,627	18	5,098	- 471
Road Traffic Accidents	17	4,510	31	1,829	+ 2,681
Bladder Cancer	18	4,439	17	5,222	- 783
Lymphomas	19	3,482	16	5,335	- 1,853
Leukemia	20	3,205	24	3,772	- 568
Other Injuries	21	3,049	15	5,536	- 2,487
Cervical Cancer	22	2,943	39	855	+ 2,088
Ovary Cancer	23	2,928	28	2,026	+ 903
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,854	19	4,984	- 2,130
Oral Cancer	25	2,841	27	2,583	+ 259
Falls	26	2,657	26	3,246	- 589
Uterin Cancer	27	2,575	34	1,612	+ 963
Skin Cancers	28	2,289	32	1,803	+ 486
Parkinson's Disease	29	1,978	20	4,943	- 2,965
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	1,925	44	475	+ 1,450
Oesophagus Cancer	31	1,361	29	2,011	- 651
Congenital Anomalies	32	1,113	38	863	+ 250
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,028	2	42,339	- 41,311
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,018	21	4,863	- 3,845
Drownings	35	899	45	446	+ 453
Fires	36	864	55	185	+ 679
Low Birth Weight	37	812	52	253	+ 559
Tuberculosis	38	723	50	270	+ 453
Epilepsy	39	651	40	824	- 173
Other Neoplasms	40	650	22	4,748	- 4,098
Violence	41	589	51	262	+ 327
Drug Use	42	530	41	776	- 247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	391	33	1,612	- 1,221
Skin Disease	44	368	30	1,840	- 1,472
Multiple Sclerosis	45	360	49	287	+ 73
Alcohol	46	308	46	333	- 25
Birth Trauma	47	277	60	113	+ 164
Poisonings	48	264	57	170	+ 93
Meningitis	49	219	59	129	+ 90
Asthma	50	194	35	1,133	- 939
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	185	36	1,064	- 879
Anemia	52	175	37	914	- 739
Hepatitis B	53	152	58	162	- 10
HIV/AIDS	54	136	43	538	- 402
Schizophrenia	55	107	56	181	- 74
Hepatitis C	56	67	42	652	- 585
Appendicitis	57	46	61	79	- 34
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	43	54	204	- 162
Maternal Conditions	59	42	64	14	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	34	48	294	- 260
Upper Respiratory	61	28	62	47	- 18
Oral conditions	62	28	63	44	- 16
Encephalitis	63	23	70	4	+ 19
War	64	20	68	6	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	65	12	53	212	- 200
Syphilis	66	12	67	9	+ 3
Malnutrition	67	9	47	302	- 293
Iodine Deficiency	68	4	69	4	+ 1
Tetanus	69	2	72	2	+ 1
Measles	70	2	81	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	71	1	65	11	- 10
Pertussis	72	0	73	2	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	9	- 9
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	71	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Bulgaria

Spain

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.