BULGARIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,891	1	36,513	- 30,622
Violence	2	2,635	41	84	+ 2,551
Stroke	3	2,267	2	21,347	- 19,080
Lung Disease	4	2,179	4	3,993	- 1,814
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,474	9	1,396	+ 77
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,062	17	647	+ 415
Kidney Disease	7	935	7	1,855	- 920
Hypertension	8	875	3	5,916	- 5,041
Stomach Cancer	9	836	12	1,175	- 339
Lung Cancers	10	718	5	3,288	- 2,570
Diabetes Mellitus	11	688	11	1,344	- 656
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	598	6	2,591	- 1,993
Breast Cancer	13	502	10	1,358	- 856
Prostate Cancer	14	490	14	1,016	- 525
Other Neoplasms	15	438	40	93	+ 345
Congenital Anomalies	16	405	32	160	+ 246
HIV/AIDS	17	367	54	20	+ 347
Lymphomas	18	356	19	499	- 143
Liver Disease	19	332	8	1,804	- 1,472
Cervical Cancer	20	310	22	422	- 112
Leukemia	21	302	20	460	- 158
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	295	33	147	+ 148
Low Birth Weight	23	287	37	116	+ 170
Liver Cancer	24	282	16	664	- 381
Pancreas Cancer	25	277	13	1,063	- 786
Suicide	26	269	15	681	- 412
Malnutrition	27	257	67	1	+ 256
Other Injuries	28	218	21	437	- 220
Falls	29	208	26	381	- 174
Endocrine Disorders	30	187	34	146	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	31	182	24	409	- 228
Tuberculosis	32	174	38	104	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	33	154	23	420	- 267
Skin Disease	34	151	44	53	+ 98
Skin Cancers	35	141	28	328	- 188
Oesophagus Cancer	36	114	31	195	- 81
Oral Cancer	37	110	25	408	- 297
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	102	51	27	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	96	30	276	- 181
Drownings	40	94	35	129	- 35
Birth Trauma	41	89	47	40	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	42	83	18	637	- 554
Epilepsy	43	82	39	93	- 12
Drug Use	44	67	42	76	- 9
Uterin Cancer	45	58	27	369	- 312
Maternal Conditions	46	54	59	6	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	47	52	29	284	- 231
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	46	58	6	+ 39
War	49	36	64	3	+ 33
Meningitis	50	33	49	31	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	33	60	5	+ 28
Appendicitis	52	29	57	7	+ 23
Chagas disease	53	28	82	0	+ 28
Asthma	54	26	50	28	- 2
Dengue	55	18	77	0	+ 18
Fires	56	17	36	124	- 107
Anemia	57	14	52	25	- 11
Osteoarthritis	58	9	65	2	+ 7
Hepatitis C	59	9	56	10	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	45	52	- 43
Poisonings	61	8	48	38	- 30
Hepatitis B	62	7	53	22	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	5	43	56	- 51
Encephalitis	64	5	63	3	+ 2
Syphilis	65	4	66	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	4	61	4	- 0
Malaria	67	4	81	0	+ 4
Alcohol	68	3	46	44	- 41
Pertussis	69	2	72	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	70	2	55	15	- 13
Tetanus	71	2	69	0	+ 2
Leprosy	72	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	71	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	62	4	- 3
Ascariasis	76	1	79	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	68	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Colombia

Bulgaria

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.