BULGARIA VS GUINEA-BISSAU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA-BISSAU		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,597	54	20	+ 4,578
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,420	9	1,396	+ 3,024
Tuberculosis	3	4,411	38	104	+ 4,307
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,904	51	27	+ 2,877
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,885	1	36,513	- 33,628
Stroke	6	2,637	2	21,347	- 18,710
Birth Trauma	7	2,513	47	40	+ 2,473
Low Birth Weight	8	2,241	37	116	+ 2,124
Malaria	9	2,176	81	0	+ 2,176
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,969	17	647	+ 1,322
Liver Disease	11	1,288	8	1,804	- 516
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,187	32	160	+ 1,028
Maternal Conditions	13	1,060	59	6	+ 1,054
Diabetes Mellitus	14	997	11	1,344	- 347
Kidney Disease	15	852	7	1,855	- 1,002
Meningitis	16	822	49	31	+ 790
Other Injuries	17	745	21	437	+ 308
Endocrine Disorders	18	704	34	146	+ 558
Pertussis	19	674	72	0	+ 674
Lung Disease	20	608	4	3,993	- 3,385
Hypertension	21	564	3	5,916	- 5,352
Violence	22	550	41	84	+ 465
Cervical Cancer	23	491	22	422	+ 69
Asthma	24	477	50	28	+ 449
Measles	25	467	70	0	+ 467
Suicide	26	426	15	681	- 255
Malnutrition	27	385	67	1	+ 383
Liver Cancer	28	370	16	664	- 294
Breast Cancer	29	295	10	1,358	- 1,063
Drownings	30	285	35	129	+ 156
Syphilis	31	270	66	2	+ 269
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	245	30	276	- 31
Falls	33	226	26	381	- 155
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	219	33	147	+ 72
Fires	35	203	36	124	+ 79
Stomach Cancer	36	176	12	1,175	- 999
Inflammatory/Heart	37	167	24	409	- 242
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	158	6	2,591	- 2,434
Epilepsy	39	154	39	93	+ 61
Tetanus	40	154	69	0	+ 153
Poisonings	41	142	48	38	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	42	129	14	1,016	- 886
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	105	43	56	+ 49
Schistosomiasis	44	97	83	0	+ 97
Lymphomas	45	88	19	499	- 412
Parkinson's Disease	46	86	29	284	- 198
Hepatitis B	47	65	53	22	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	48	61	23	420	- 360
Oesophagus Cancer	49	60	31	195	- 135
Lung Cancers	50	58	5	3,288	- 3,229
Bladder Cancer	51	55	18	637	- 582
Skin Cancers	52	55	28	328	- 274
Skin Disease	53	52	44	53	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	54	44	13	1,063	- 1,019
Drug Use	55	43	42	76	- 33
Oral Cancer	56	41	25	408	- 366
Alcohol	57	39	46	44	- 5
Encephalitis	58	33	63	3	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	59	26	27	369	- 343
Appendicitis	60	22	57	7	+ 16
Leukemia	61	20	20	460	- 440
Ascariasis	62	13	79	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	63	8	56	10	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	45	52	- 44
Other Neoplasms	65	7	40	93	- 86
Upper Respiratory	66	7	61	4	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	60	5	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	4	73	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
War	70	1	64	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	68	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	65	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	62	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	15	- 15
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	52	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Guinea-Bissau

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.