UNITED KINGDOM VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	368,535	2	71,728	+ 296,807
Stroke	2	215,463	4	37,626	+ 177,837
Hypertension	3	59,712	23	5,208	+ 54,504
Lung Disease	4	40,303	6	32,896	+ 7,407
Lung Cancers	5	33,185	5	35,715	- 2,530
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	26,155	7	18,446	+ 7,709
Kidney Disease	7	18,718	18	5,471	+ 13,248
Liver Disease	8	18,207	14	7,666	+ 10,542
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	14,091	3	40,540	- 26,449
Breast Cancer	10	13,703	9	12,718	+ 985
Diabetes Mellitus	11	13,567	17	5,842	+ 7,725
Stomach Cancer	12	11,855	24	4,999	+ 6,856
Pancreas Cancer	13	10,725	11	8,995	+ 1,730
Prostate Cancer	14	10,250	8	13,289	- 3,039
Suicide	15	6,874	20	5,325	+ 1,549
Liver Cancer	16	6,700	21	5,237	+ 1,463
Road Traffic Accidents	17	6,530	33	2,169	+ 4,361
Bladder Cancer	18	6,427	16	6,133	+ 294
Lymphomas	19	5,041	10	9,350	- 4,309
Leukemia	20	4,640	22	5,211	- 571
Other Injuries	21	4,415	19	5,464	- 1,049
Cervical Cancer	22	4,261	43	1,099	+ 3,162
Ovary Cancer	23	4,240	25	4,019	+ 221
Inflammatory/Heart	24	4,132	29	3,126	+ 1,005
Oral Cancer	25	4,114	30	3,109	+ 1,005
Falls	26	3,848	15	7,618	- 3,771
Uterin Cancer	27	3,729	32	2,346	+ 1,382
Skin Cancers	28	3,315	27	3,727	- 412
Parkinson's Disease	29	2,864	13	8,573	- 5,709
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	2,788	36	2,090	+ 698
Oesophagus Cancer	31	1,970	12	8,727	- 6,757
Congenital Anomalies	32	1,611	35	2,127	- 515
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	1,488	1	98,135	- 96,647
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,474	28	3,297	- 1,822
Drownings	35	1,302	49	301	+ 1,001
Fires	36	1,251	48	334	+ 917
Low Birth Weight	37	1,176	40	1,313	- 138
Tuberculosis	38	1,047	47	351	+ 696
Epilepsy	39	942	42	1,193	- 251
Other Neoplasms	40	941	26	3,986	- 3,045
Violence	41	852	46	868	- 15
Drug Use	42	767	31	2,824	- 2,057
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	566	45	876	- 310
Skin Disease	44	533	34	2,134	- 1,601
Multiple Sclerosis	45	522	37	1,856	- 1,334
Alcohol	46	446	39	1,555	- 1,108
Birth Trauma	47	401	54	190	+ 211
Poisonings	48	382	53	221	+ 162
Meningitis	49	317	52	232	+ 84
Asthma	50	281	41	1,302	- 1,021
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	268	38	1,599	- 1,331
Anemia	52	254	50	277	- 23
Hepatitis B	53	221	65	40	+ 181
HIV/AIDS	54	197	55	188	+ 9
Schizophrenia	55	155	60	101	+ 53
Hepatitis C	56	97	51	267	- 170
Appendicitis	57	66	59	105	- 39
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	62	56	184	- 122
Maternal Conditions	59	60	64	47	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	49	44	1,014	- 965
Upper Respiratory	61	41	63	48	- 7
Oral conditions	62	41	61	54	- 13
Encephalitis	63	33	68	6	+ 27
War	64	29	67	10	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	65	18	57	167	- 149
Syphilis	66	17	62	49	- 32
Malnutrition	67	13	58	116	- 102
Iodine Deficiency	68	6	84	0	+ 6
Tetanus	69	4	72	0	+ 3
Measles	70	3	75	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Pertussis	72	0	69	3	- 3
Diphtheria	73	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	66	16	- 16
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Bulgaria

United Kingdom

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.