URUGUAY VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,440	1	4,265	+ 14,175
Stroke	2	10,781	2	2,850	+ 7,931
Hypertension	3	2,988	15	648	+ 2,339
Lung Disease	4	2,017	4	1,706	+ 310
Lung Cancers	5	1,660	5	1,463	+ 198
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,309	7	1,245	+ 64
Kidney Disease	7	937	8	1,040	- 103
Liver Disease	8	911	27	206	+ 705
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	705	6	1,370	- 665
Breast Cancer	10	686	9	848	- 162
Diabetes Mellitus	11	679	11	747	- 68
Stomach Cancer	12	593	18	480	+ 113
Pancreas Cancer	13	537	14	656	- 119
Prostate Cancer	14	513	13	707	- 194
Suicide	15	344	12	735	- 391
Liver Cancer	16	335	34	147	+ 188
Road Traffic Accidents	17	327	16	512	- 185
Bladder Cancer	18	322	26	276	+ 45
Lymphomas	19	252	20	457	- 205
Leukemia	20	232	25	280	- 48
Other Injuries	21	221	10	774	- 553
Cervical Cancer	22	213	29	172	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	23	212	32	160	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	24	207	22	314	- 107
Oral Cancer	25	206	31	167	+ 39
Falls	26	193	47	55	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	27	187	38	115	+ 71
Skin Cancers	28	166	33	149	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	29	143	21	320	- 177
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	139	46	57	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	31	99	24	286	- 188
Congenital Anomalies	32	81	30	170	- 89
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	74	3	1,899	- 1,824
Endocrine Disorders	34	74	17	487	- 413
Drownings	35	65	45	65	+ 0
Fires	36	63	48	54	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	37	59	42	73	- 15
Tuberculosis	38	52	41	81	- 28
Epilepsy	39	47	40	86	- 39
Other Neoplasms	40	47	19	464	- 417
Violence	41	43	23	295	- 252
Drug Use	42	38	49	41	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	28	50	39	- 11
Skin Disease	44	27	36	130	- 103
Multiple Sclerosis	45	26	56	13	+ 13
Alcohol	46	22	39	104	- 82
Birth Trauma	47	20	53	22	- 2
Poisonings	48	19	55	17	+ 3
Meningitis	49	16	58	10	+ 6
Asthma	50	14	37	127	- 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	13	35	134	- 121
Anemia	52	13	44	71	- 58
Hepatitis B	53	11	63	4	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	54	10	28	195	- 185
Schizophrenia	55	8	54	18	- 10
Hepatitis C	56	5	65	3	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	3	59	9	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	3	57	12	- 9
Maternal Conditions	59	3	60	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	51	35	- 32
Upper Respiratory	61	2	62	5	- 3
Oral conditions	62	2	68	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	63	2	64	4	- 2
War	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	1	52	32	- 32
Syphilis	66	1	66	3	- 2
Malnutrition	67	1	43	73	- 72
Iodine Deficiency	68	0	84	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	61	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Bulgaria

Uruguay

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.