BULGARIA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	5,025	38	104	+ 4,921
HIV/AIDS	2	3,116	54	20	+ 3,097
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,815	1	36,513	- 33,698
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,668	9	1,396	+ 1,272
Stroke	5	2,476	2	21,347	- 18,871
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,775	11	1,344	+ 431
Malaria	7	1,491	81	0	+ 1,491
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,432	17	647	+ 785
Low Birth Weight	9	1,366	37	116	+ 1,249
Liver Disease	10	1,151	8	1,804	- 653
Hypertension	11	1,139	3	5,916	- 4,777
Kidney Disease	12	1,060	7	1,855	- 795
Birth Trauma	13	1,001	47	40	+ 962
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	879	51	27	+ 853
Congenital Anomalies	15	788	32	160	+ 629
Lung Disease	16	594	4	3,993	- 3,399
Violence	17	508	41	84	+ 423
Suicide	18	505	15	681	- 176
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	419	33	147	+ 271
Measles	20	403	70	0	+ 403
Maternal Conditions	21	401	59	6	+ 395
Other Injuries	22	386	21	437	- 52
Meningitis	23	312	49	31	+ 281
Inflammatory/Heart	24	280	24	409	- 130
Endocrine Disorders	25	271	34	146	+ 125
Cervical Cancer	26	266	22	422	- 156
Breast Cancer	27	255	10	1,358	- 1,103
Asthma	28	250	50	28	+ 222
Lung Cancers	29	241	5	3,288	- 3,047
Falls	30	233	26	381	- 148
Pertussis	31	224	72	0	+ 224
Prostate Cancer	32	220	14	1,016	- 796
Malnutrition	33	215	67	1	+ 213
Oral Cancer	34	191	25	408	- 216
Liver Cancer	35	145	16	664	- 518
Parkinson's Disease	36	130	29	284	- 153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	119	6	2,591	- 2,472
Drownings	38	115	35	129	- 14
Fires	39	107	36	124	- 17
Epilepsy	40	103	39	93	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	101	30	276	- 176
Trypanosomiasis	42	98	80	0	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	43	96	18	637	- 541
Oesophagus Cancer	44	95	31	195	- 100
Drug Use	45	93	42	76	+ 17
Skin Cancers	46	93	28	328	- 235
Syphilis	47	90	66	2	+ 89
Stomach Cancer	48	90	12	1,175	- 1,085
Lymphomas	49	88	19	499	- 412
Poisonings	50	77	48	38	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	51	73	23	420	- 347
Skin Disease	52	60	44	53	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	53	57	13	1,063	- 1,006
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	55	43	56	- 1
Uterin Cancer	55	54	27	369	- 316
Alcohol	56	53	46	44	+ 9
Leukemia	57	47	20	460	- 413
Schistosomiasis	58	38	83	0	+ 38
Tetanus	59	23	69	0	+ 23
Encephalitis	60	20	63	3	+ 17
Appendicitis	61	18	57	7	+ 12
Hepatitis B	62	18	53	22	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	17	60	5	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	64	15	40	93	- 79
War	65	8	64	3	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	7	61	4	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	45	52	- 47
Hepatitis C	68	3	56	10	- 7
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	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
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	15	- 15
Anemia	82	0	52	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	62	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	86	0	65	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Gabon

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.