BULGARIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,400	1	36,513	- 33,113
Stroke	2	2,092	2	21,347	- 19,255
Kidney Disease	3	1,909	7	1,855	+ 55
Lung Disease	4	1,348	4	3,993	- 2,645
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,228	11	1,344	- 116
Hypertension	6	1,112	3	5,916	- 4,804
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,076	9	1,396	- 320
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,054	33	147	+ 907
Road Traffic Accidents	9	961	17	647	+ 314
Stomach Cancer	10	851	12	1,175	- 324
Violence	11	818	41	84	+ 734
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	799	6	2,591	- 1,792
Other Injuries	13	735	21	437	+ 298
Prostate Cancer	14	577	14	1,016	- 438
Suicide	15	524	15	681	- 157
Breast Cancer	16	495	10	1,358	- 863
Liver Cancer	17	492	16	664	- 172
Liver Disease	18	476	8	1,804	- 1,328
Lymphomas	19	458	19	499	- 41
Lung Cancers	20	442	5	3,288	- 2,845
Congenital Anomalies	21	406	32	160	+ 246
Pancreas Cancer	22	378	13	1,063	- 684
Other Neoplasms	23	342	40	93	+ 249
Leukemia	24	337	20	460	- 123
HIV/AIDS	25	247	54	20	+ 228
Inflammatory/Heart	26	246	24	409	- 163
Endocrine Disorders	27	236	34	146	+ 90
Low Birth Weight	28	229	37	116	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	29	205	22	422	- 217
Parkinson's Disease	30	178	29	284	- 106
Skin Cancers	31	176	28	328	- 152
Skin Disease	32	162	44	53	+ 110
Alcohol	33	162	46	44	+ 118
Epilepsy	34	150	39	93	+ 56
Falls	35	150	26	381	- 232
Bladder Cancer	36	128	18	637	- 508
Drownings	37	125	35	129	- 4
Oral Cancer	38	124	25	408	- 284
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	112	51	27	+ 86
Ovary Cancer	40	103	23	420	- 317
Uterin Cancer	41	103	27	369	- 266
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	95	30	276	- 181
Drug Use	43	81	42	76	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	44	78	31	195	- 117
Asthma	45	78	50	28	+ 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	71	60	5	+ 66
Birth Trauma	47	62	47	40	+ 22
Malnutrition	48	47	67	1	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	42	43	56	- 15
Tuberculosis	50	41	38	104	- 63
Anemia	51	32	52	25	+ 7
Appendicitis	52	28	57	7	+ 21
Schizophrenia	53	27	55	15	+ 11
Meningitis	54	23	49	31	- 8
Maternal Conditions	55	22	59	6	+ 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	17	58	6	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	57	14	45	52	- 38
Fires	58	13	36	124	- 111
Hepatitis B	59	9	53	22	- 13
Poisonings	60	7	48	38	- 31
Osteoarthritis	61	6	65	2	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	4	61	4	- 0
Encephalitis	63	3	63	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	56	10	- 8
Syphilis	65	1	66	2	- 0
Oral conditions	66	1	62	4	- 3
Leprosy	67	1	75	0	+ 1
War	68	1	64	3	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Costa Rica

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.