SWAZILAND VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,127	5	755	+ 5,372
Stroke	2	3,582	4	800	+ 2,781
Hypertension	3	993	10	292	+ 701
Lung Disease	4	670	12	264	+ 406
Lung Cancers	5	552	46	17	+ 535
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	435	43	19	+ 416
Kidney Disease	7	311	8	381	- 70
Liver Disease	8	303	11	274	+ 29
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	234	2	921	- 686
Breast Cancer	10	228	35	37	+ 191
Diabetes Mellitus	11	226	3	892	- 666
Stomach Cancer	12	197	53	7	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	13	178	56	6	+ 172
Prostate Cancer	14	170	31	45	+ 125
Suicide	15	114	9	338	- 223
Liver Cancer	16	111	37	29	+ 82
Road Traffic Accidents	17	109	7	384	- 276
Bladder Cancer	18	107	55	6	+ 101
Lymphomas	19	84	36	31	+ 53
Leukemia	20	77	47	16	+ 61
Other Injuries	21	73	17	190	- 117
Cervical Cancer	22	71	15	215	- 144
Ovary Cancer	23	70	52	10	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	24	69	24	94	- 25
Oral Cancer	25	68	51	10	+ 58
Falls	26	64	32	41	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	27	62	50	11	+ 51
Skin Cancers	28	55	42	20	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	29	48	41	24	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	46	29	51	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	31	33	44	18	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	32	27	19	160	- 134
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	25	27	77	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	34	25	28	74	- 50
Drownings	35	22	25	87	- 65
Fires	36	21	26	84	- 63
Low Birth Weight	37	20	14	233	- 213
Tuberculosis	38	17	13	256	- 238
Epilepsy	39	16	30	46	- 30
Other Neoplasms	40	16	61	4	+ 12
Violence	41	14	16	212	- 198
Drug Use	42	13	38	27	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	9	39	26	- 17
Skin Disease	44	9	40	25	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	45	9	63	1	+ 7
Alcohol	46	7	48	16	- 9
Birth Trauma	47	7	18	166	- 160
Poisonings	48	6	34	37	- 31
Meningitis	49	5	23	97	- 92
Asthma	50	5	20	150	- 145
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	4	6	517	- 513
Anemia	52	4	84	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	53	4	57	6	- 2
HIV/AIDS	54	3	1	2,314	- 2,310
Schizophrenia	55	3	83	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	56	2	65	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	1	54	7	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	1	80	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	59	1	21	116	- 115
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	58	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	61	1	60	4	- 3
Oral conditions	62	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	1	59	5	- 4
War	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	45	17	- 17
Malnutrition	67	0	22	106	- 106
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	62	4	- 4
Measles	70	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	33	39	- 39
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Bulgaria

Swaziland

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.