BULGARIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,189	9	1,396	+ 1,793
Stroke	2	2,973	2	21,347	- 18,374
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,765	1	36,513	- 33,748
HIV/AIDS	4	2,660	54	20	+ 2,641
Malaria	5	2,189	81	0	+ 2,189
Tuberculosis	6	2,003	38	104	+ 1,899
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,531	17	647	+ 884
Low Birth Weight	8	1,306	37	116	+ 1,190
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,282	51	27	+ 1,256
Birth Trauma	10	1,215	47	40	+ 1,175
Liver Disease	11	1,187	8	1,804	- 617
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,163	11	1,344	- 182
Kidney Disease	13	816	7	1,855	- 1,039
Congenital Anomalies	14	772	32	160	+ 612
Lung Disease	15	612	4	3,993	- 3,381
Meningitis	16	585	49	31	+ 554
Liver Cancer	17	559	16	664	- 105
Other Injuries	18	477	21	437	+ 40
Hypertension	19	437	3	5,916	- 5,479
Cervical Cancer	20	424	22	422	+ 2
Suicide	21	391	15	681	- 290
Maternal Conditions	22	390	59	6	+ 384
Asthma	23	388	50	28	+ 360
Endocrine Disorders	24	385	34	146	+ 239
Breast Cancer	25	380	10	1,358	- 978
Malnutrition	26	366	67	1	+ 365
Violence	27	364	41	84	+ 280
Inflammatory/Heart	28	317	24	409	- 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	254	33	147	+ 106
Falls	30	229	26	381	- 152
Prostate Cancer	31	202	14	1,016	- 813
Lymphomas	32	172	19	499	- 328
Stomach Cancer	33	171	12	1,175	- 1,004
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	157	6	2,591	- 2,434
Pertussis	35	146	72	0	+ 146
Drownings	36	145	35	129	+ 16
Fires	37	143	36	124	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	38	137	23	420	- 283
Drug Use	39	124	42	76	+ 48
Poisonings	40	102	48	38	+ 64
Syphilis	41	95	66	2	+ 93
Oral Cancer	42	95	25	408	- 313
Parkinson's Disease	43	76	29	284	- 208
Encephalitis	44	70	63	3	+ 67
Leukemia	45	67	20	460	- 393
Pancreas Cancer	46	66	13	1,063	- 997
Epilepsy	47	65	39	93	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	63	30	276	- 213
Oesophagus Cancer	49	56	31	195	- 139
Skin Disease	50	52	44	53	- 1
Schistosomiasis	51	50	83	0	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	50	43	56	- 6
Bladder Cancer	53	48	18	637	- 589
Alcohol	54	48	46	44	+ 4
Lung Cancers	55	47	5	3,288	- 3,241
Tetanus	56	43	69	0	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	57	43	27	369	- 326
Skin Cancers	58	42	28	328	- 286
Appendicitis	59	29	57	7	+ 22
Measles	60	27	70	0	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	45	52	- 30
Hepatitis B	62	20	53	22	- 2
Other Neoplasms	63	9	40	93	- 84
War	64	6	64	3	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	5	56	10	- 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	61	4	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	60	5	- 2
Ascariasis	68	2	79	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	15	- 15
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	84	0	65	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	62	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Ghana

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.