SWEDEN VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	57,008	1	15,136	+ 41,873
Stroke	2	33,330	3	6,035	+ 27,295
Hypertension	3	9,237	10	1,838	+ 7,398
Lung Disease	4	6,234	4	4,344	+ 1,890
Lung Cancers	5	5,133	5	3,722	+ 1,411
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,046	6	3,049	+ 997
Kidney Disease	7	2,896	12	1,629	+ 1,266
Liver Disease	8	2,816	23	723	+ 2,093
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,180	7	2,659	- 479
Breast Cancer	10	2,120	13	1,582	+ 537
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,099	11	1,834	+ 264
Stomach Cancer	12	1,834	26	612	+ 1,221
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,659	9	1,849	- 190
Prostate Cancer	14	1,586	8	2,622	- 1,037
Suicide	15	1,063	14	1,479	- 416
Liver Cancer	16	1,036	22	752	+ 285
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,010	34	315	+ 695
Bladder Cancer	18	994	21	760	+ 234
Lymphomas	19	780	16	1,357	- 577
Leukemia	20	718	20	825	- 108
Other Injuries	21	683	15	1,374	- 691
Cervical Cancer	22	659	38	228	+ 432
Ovary Cancer	23	656	27	553	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	24	639	28	547	+ 92
Oral Cancer	25	636	31	379	+ 257
Falls	26	595	17	1,109	- 514
Uterin Cancer	27	577	33	345	+ 232
Skin Cancers	28	513	25	650	- 138
Parkinson's Disease	29	443	19	943	- 500
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	431	37	277	+ 154
Oesophagus Cancer	31	305	29	538	- 233
Congenital Anomalies	32	249	35	308	- 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	230	2	10,917	- 10,687
Endocrine Disorders	34	228	24	702	- 474
Drownings	35	201	46	114	+ 87
Fires	36	194	49	65	+ 129
Low Birth Weight	37	182	51	50	+ 132
Tuberculosis	38	162	56	24	+ 138
Epilepsy	39	146	44	121	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	40	146	18	1,036	- 891
Violence	41	132	47	113	+ 19
Drug Use	42	119	30	423	- 305
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	88	48	110	- 23
Skin Disease	44	82	39	220	- 137
Multiple Sclerosis	45	81	41	170	- 90
Alcohol	46	69	32	359	- 290
Birth Trauma	47	62	55	34	+ 28
Poisonings	48	59	60	18	+ 41
Meningitis	49	49	54	35	+ 14
Asthma	50	43	42	158	- 115
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	41	36	289	- 248
Anemia	52	39	40	175	- 136
Hepatitis B	53	34	62	9	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	54	30	61	13	+ 18
Schizophrenia	55	24	50	63	- 40
Hepatitis C	56	15	53	44	- 29
Appendicitis	57	10	59	18	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	10	52	46	- 36
Maternal Conditions	59	9	64	5	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	43	129	- 121
Upper Respiratory	61	6	58	20	- 13
Oral conditions	62	6	63	8	- 2
Encephalitis	63	5	71	0	+ 5
War	64	4	65	2	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	65	3	57	24	- 21
Syphilis	66	3	72	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	67	2	45	117	- 115
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	68	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Bulgaria

Sweden

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.