BULGARIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,503	9	1,396	+ 2,107
Stroke	2	2,741	2	21,347	- 18,606
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,451	51	27	+ 2,424
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,303	1	36,513	- 34,210
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,418	17	647	+ 771
Liver Disease	6	1,299	8	1,804	- 505
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,010	11	1,344	- 334
Hypertension	8	990	3	5,916	- 4,926
Lung Disease	9	708	4	3,993	- 3,285
Malnutrition	10	705	67	1	+ 704
Birth Trauma	11	659	47	40	+ 619
Kidney Disease	12	618	7	1,855	- 1,237
Maternal Conditions	13	581	59	6	+ 575
Tuberculosis	14	581	38	104	+ 477
Other Injuries	15	577	21	437	+ 140
Low Birth Weight	16	568	37	116	+ 451
Malaria	17	467	81	0	+ 467
Congenital Anomalies	18	462	32	160	+ 302
Meningitis	19	432	49	31	+ 401
Violence	20	411	41	84	+ 326
Suicide	21	408	15	681	- 273
Asthma	22	349	50	28	+ 321
Breast Cancer	23	333	10	1,358	- 1,025
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	331	33	147	+ 184
HIV/AIDS	25	329	54	20	+ 309
Falls	26	180	26	381	- 201
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	157	30	276	- 119
Lymphomas	28	157	19	499	- 343
Leukemia	29	154	20	460	- 306
Cervical Cancer	30	142	22	422	- 281
Fires	31	141	36	124	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	32	131	24	409	- 278
Drownings	33	126	35	129	- 3
Poisonings	34	122	48	38	+ 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	121	6	2,591	- 2,470
Pertussis	36	96	72	0	+ 96
Parkinson's Disease	37	91	29	284	- 193
Epilepsy	38	87	39	93	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	39	87	31	195	- 109
Ovary Cancer	40	85	23	420	- 335
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	82	43	56	+ 26
Schistosomiasis	42	78	83	0	+ 78
Endocrine Disorders	43	76	34	146	- 70
Oral Cancer	44	76	25	408	- 332
Liver Cancer	45	74	16	664	- 590
Lung Cancers	46	66	5	3,288	- 3,222
Prostate Cancer	47	58	14	1,016	- 958
Stomach Cancer	48	52	12	1,175	- 1,123
Alcohol	49	49	46	44	+ 4
Skin Disease	50	48	44	53	- 5
Bladder Cancer	51	45	18	637	- 592
Tetanus	52	40	69	0	+ 40
Drug Use	53	39	42	76	- 37
Syphilis	54	37	66	2	+ 36
Appendicitis	55	34	57	7	+ 27
Skin Cancers	56	32	28	328	- 297
Hepatitis B	57	29	53	22	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	58	21	13	1,063	- 1,042
Leishmaniasis	59	20	71	0	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	60	19	61	4	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	61	19	27	369	- 351
Encephalitis	62	17	63	3	+ 13
Measles	63	14	70	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	13	60	5	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	7	56	10	- 3
Other Neoplasms	66	7	40	93	- 87
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	45	52	- 48
Ascariasis	68	2	79	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
War	71	0	64	3	- 2
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	15	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	85	0	65	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	62	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Eritrea

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.