SYRIA VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	128,475	1	28,203	+ 100,271
Stroke	2	75,112	2	8,088	+ 67,024
Hypertension	3	20,816	23	707	+ 20,109
Lung Disease	4	14,050	13	1,601	+ 12,449
Lung Cancers	5	11,569	9	2,048	+ 9,521
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	9,118	16	1,224	+ 7,894
Kidney Disease	7	6,525	6	2,329	+ 4,196
Liver Disease	8	6,347	11	1,720	+ 4,627
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,912	4	2,958	+ 1,954
Breast Cancer	10	4,777	10	1,953	+ 2,824
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,730	15	1,534	+ 3,196
Stomach Cancer	12	4,133	22	725	+ 3,408
Pancreas Cancer	13	3,739	27	411	+ 3,328
Prostate Cancer	14	3,573	28	404	+ 3,169
Suicide	15	2,396	33	333	+ 2,064
Liver Cancer	16	2,336	31	366	+ 1,969
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,277	5	2,550	- 274
Bladder Cancer	18	2,241	20	757	+ 1,483
Lymphomas	19	1,757	18	827	+ 930
Leukemia	20	1,618	19	796	+ 822
Other Injuries	21	1,539	24	521	+ 1,018
Cervical Cancer	22	1,485	42	188	+ 1,297
Ovary Cancer	23	1,478	34	328	+ 1,150
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,440	32	337	+ 1,103
Oral Cancer	25	1,434	36	289	+ 1,145
Falls	26	1,341	29	383	+ 958
Uterin Cancer	27	1,300	44	146	+ 1,154
Skin Cancers	28	1,156	38	276	+ 879
Parkinson's Disease	29	998	30	367	+ 631
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	972	49	79	+ 893
Oesophagus Cancer	31	687	47	97	+ 589
Congenital Anomalies	32	562	8	2,077	- 1,516
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	519	14	1,551	- 1,032
Endocrine Disorders	34	514	26	418	+ 96
Drownings	35	454	40	215	+ 239
Fires	36	436	43	179	+ 257
Low Birth Weight	37	410	12	1,652	- 1,242
Tuberculosis	38	365	56	23	+ 342
Epilepsy	39	329	48	92	+ 236
Other Neoplasms	40	328	57	21	+ 307
Violence	41	297	25	444	- 147
Drug Use	42	267	39	249	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	197	41	197	- 0
Skin Disease	44	186	61	8	+ 178
Multiple Sclerosis	45	182	59	14	+ 168
Alcohol	46	156	53	51	+ 105
Birth Trauma	47	140	21	744	- 605
Poisonings	48	133	46	98	+ 35
Meningitis	49	110	35	295	- 184
Asthma	50	98	17	1,052	- 954
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	93	7	2,156	- 2,063
Anemia	52	88	83	0	+ 88
Hepatitis B	53	77	63	5	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	54	69	58	15	+ 54
Schizophrenia	55	54	81	0	+ 54
Hepatitis C	56	34	68	1	+ 33
Appendicitis	57	23	54	36	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	22	85	0	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	59	21	45	105	- 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	17	62	7	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	61	14	66	3	+ 11
Oral conditions	62	14	86	0	+ 14
Encephalitis	63	12	50	77	- 66
War	64	10	3	7,760	- 7,750
Osteoarthritis	65	6	84	0	+ 6
Syphilis	66	6	55	31	- 25
Malnutrition	67	5	51	73	- 68
Iodine Deficiency	68	2	76	0	+ 2
Tetanus	69	1	52	57	- 56
Measles	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	65	5	- 5
Pertussis	72	0	37	289	- 289
Diphtheria	73	0	64	5	- 5
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	60	11	- 11
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Bulgaria

Syria

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.