TURKEY VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		TURKEY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	452,840	1	85,905	+ 366,935
Stroke	2	264,752	2	44,006	+ 220,746
Hypertension	3	73,372	8	14,763	+ 58,608
Lung Disease	4	49,523	4	25,088	+ 24,435
Lung Cancers	5	40,776	3	35,070	+ 5,706
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	32,138	10	10,606	+ 21,532
Kidney Disease	7	23,000	7	17,021	+ 5,980
Liver Disease	8	22,373	13	6,340	+ 16,032
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	17,315	9	12,845	+ 4,470
Breast Cancer	10	16,838	14	5,643	+ 11,195
Diabetes Mellitus	11	16,671	5	17,900	- 1,229
Stomach Cancer	12	14,567	11	10,333	+ 4,234
Pancreas Cancer	13	13,179	12	6,882	+ 6,297
Prostate Cancer	14	12,595	15	5,608	+ 6,987
Suicide	15	8,446	29	2,003	+ 6,442
Liver Cancer	16	8,232	20	4,542	+ 3,690
Road Traffic Accidents	17	8,024	16	5,573	+ 2,451
Bladder Cancer	18	7,898	21	4,485	+ 3,413
Lymphomas	19	6,194	19	4,849	+ 1,346
Leukemia	20	5,702	18	4,870	+ 831
Other Injuries	21	5,425	30	1,678	+ 3,747
Cervical Cancer	22	5,236	34	1,311	+ 3,925
Ovary Cancer	23	5,210	28	2,287	+ 2,923
Inflammatory/Heart	24	5,077	31	1,632	+ 3,445
Oral Cancer	25	5,055	35	1,305	+ 3,750
Falls	26	4,728	22	4,373	+ 354
Uterin Cancer	27	4,581	37	1,090	+ 3,491
Skin Cancers	28	4,073	32	1,548	+ 2,525
Parkinson's Disease	29	3,519	25	3,439	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	3,426	39	789	+ 2,636
Oesophagus Cancer	31	2,421	33	1,321	+ 1,099
Congenital Anomalies	32	1,980	17	4,966	- 2,987
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,828	6	17,308	- 15,480
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,812	26	2,612	- 800
Drownings	35	1,600	44	549	+ 1,051
Fires	36	1,537	47	343	+ 1,195
Low Birth Weight	37	1,445	24	3,478	- 2,034
Tuberculosis	38	1,287	50	303	+ 984
Epilepsy	39	1,158	36	1,147	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	40	1,156	42	646	+ 510
Violence	41	1,047	23	4,010	- 2,963
Drug Use	42	942	38	972	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	696	45	452	+ 244
Skin Disease	44	655	48	324	+ 331
Multiple Sclerosis	45	641	56	169	+ 472
Alcohol	46	549	55	182	+ 366
Birth Trauma	47	493	41	720	- 227
Poisonings	48	469	46	369	+ 101
Meningitis	49	389	51	274	+ 115
Asthma	50	345	27	2,434	- 2,089
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	329	40	741	- 412
Anemia	52	312	81	0	+ 312
Hepatitis B	53	271	60	72	+ 199
HIV/AIDS	54	242	53	204	+ 38
Schizophrenia	55	190	80	0	+ 190
Hepatitis C	56	120	63	19	+ 101
Appendicitis	57	81	59	93	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	76	85	0	+ 76
Maternal Conditions	59	74	57	109	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	60	52	237	- 177
Upper Respiratory	61	50	66	5	+ 45
Oral conditions	62	50	86	0	+ 50
Encephalitis	63	41	54	184	- 144
War	64	35	49	318	- 283
Osteoarthritis	65	22	84	0	+ 22
Syphilis	66	21	61	50	- 29
Malnutrition	67	16	43	588	- 572
Iodine Deficiency	68	8	78	0	+ 8
Tetanus	69	4	64	12	- 7
Measles	70	4	65	6	- 3
Leishmaniasis	71	1	68	2	- 1
Pertussis	72	0	58	103	- 102
Diphtheria	73	0	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	74	0	67	3	- 3
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	62	33	- 33
Chlamydia	84	0	69	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TURKEY

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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.