SRI LANKA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	118,339	1	26,304	+ 92,035
Stroke	2	69,186	6	6,805	+ 62,381
Hypertension	3	19,174	20	1,055	+ 18,119
Lung Disease	4	12,942	3	9,456	+ 3,485
Lung Cancers	5	10,656	12	1,775	+ 8,881
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	8,399	24	911	+ 7,487
Kidney Disease	7	6,011	5	6,858	- 848
Liver Disease	8	5,847	17	1,303	+ 4,544
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,525	8	5,117	- 592
Breast Cancer	10	4,400	15	1,383	+ 3,017
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,357	2	12,460	- 8,104
Stomach Cancer	12	3,807	16	1,321	+ 2,486
Pancreas Cancer	13	3,444	43	214	+ 3,230
Prostate Cancer	14	3,291	30	507	+ 2,784
Suicide	15	2,207	10	2,977	- 770
Liver Cancer	16	2,151	19	1,090	+ 1,061
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,097	9	4,200	- 2,103
Bladder Cancer	18	2,064	34	432	+ 1,632
Lymphomas	19	1,619	21	1,027	+ 591
Leukemia	20	1,490	18	1,155	+ 335
Other Injuries	21	1,418	14	1,529	- 112
Cervical Cancer	22	1,368	26	762	+ 606
Ovary Cancer	23	1,362	37	281	+ 1,080
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,327	35	425	+ 902
Oral Cancer	25	1,321	11	2,893	- 1,572
Falls	26	1,235	23	964	+ 271
Uterin Cancer	27	1,197	42	218	+ 979
Skin Cancers	28	1,064	52	58	+ 1,006
Parkinson's Disease	29	920	45	168	+ 752
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	895	56	38	+ 857
Oesophagus Cancer	31	633	13	1,544	- 912
Congenital Anomalies	32	517	22	989	- 472
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	478	4	6,939	- 6,461
Endocrine Disorders	34	473	32	462	+ 11
Drownings	35	418	27	731	- 312
Fires	36	402	41	239	+ 163
Low Birth Weight	37	378	29	536	- 159
Tuberculosis	38	336	25	769	- 433
Epilepsy	39	303	39	269	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	40	302	50	86	+ 216
Violence	41	274	31	499	- 225
Drug Use	42	246	40	257	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	182	53	49	+ 132
Skin Disease	44	171	36	293	- 121
Multiple Sclerosis	45	168	69	2	+ 165
Alcohol	46	143	51	82	+ 61
Birth Trauma	47	129	44	193	- 64
Poisonings	48	123	49	93	+ 29
Meningitis	49	102	46	146	- 44
Asthma	50	90	7	6,471	- 6,381
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	86	28	605	- 519
Anemia	52	81	33	445	- 364
Hepatitis B	53	71	62	6	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	54	63	55	39	+ 24
Schizophrenia	55	50	65	5	+ 45
Hepatitis C	56	31	75	0	+ 31
Appendicitis	57	21	64	5	+ 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	20	70	2	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	59	19	48	96	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	16	60	11	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	61	13	66	5	+ 9
Oral conditions	62	13	68	3	+ 10
Encephalitis	63	11	61	10	+ 0
War	64	9	38	280	- 271
Osteoarthritis	65	6	67	3	+ 2
Syphilis	66	6	58	15	- 9
Malnutrition	67	4	54	43	- 39
Iodine Deficiency	68	2	78	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	1	57	27	- 26
Measles	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	59	15	- 14
Diphtheria	73	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	63	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	47	131	- 131
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
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 SRI LANKA

Bulgaria

Sri Lanka

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.