BULGARIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,628	9	1,396	+ 1,232
HIV/AIDS	2	2,432	54	20	+ 2,412
Tuberculosis	3	2,289	38	104	+ 2,185
Stroke	4	1,851	2	21,347	- 19,496
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,796	51	27	+ 1,769
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,733	17	647	+ 1,086
Liver Disease	7	1,561	8	1,804	- 243
Malaria	8	1,473	81	0	+ 1,473
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,394	1	36,513	- 35,119
Birth Trauma	10	1,159	47	40	+ 1,120
Low Birth Weight	11	1,113	37	116	+ 997
Congenital Anomalies	12	712	32	160	+ 553
Maternal Conditions	13	658	59	6	+ 652
Diabetes Mellitus	14	658	11	1,344	- 686
Meningitis	15	625	49	31	+ 593
Kidney Disease	16	520	7	1,855	- 1,335
Hypertension	17	514	3	5,916	- 5,402
Oesophagus Cancer	18	509	31	195	+ 314
Other Injuries	19	505	21	437	+ 67
Lung Disease	20	498	4	3,993	- 3,495
Malnutrition	21	491	67	1	+ 489
Cervical Cancer	22	395	22	422	- 28
Suicide	23	374	15	681	- 307
Violence	24	343	41	84	+ 258
Breast Cancer	25	309	10	1,358	- 1,048
Asthma	26	268	50	28	+ 240
Tetanus	27	248	69	0	+ 248
Stomach Cancer	28	234	12	1,175	- 941
Lymphomas	29	225	19	499	- 275
Oral Cancer	30	215	25	408	- 193
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	213	33	147	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	172	6	2,591	- 2,419
Falls	33	171	26	381	- 211
Liver Cancer	34	157	16	664	- 506
Leukemia	35	155	20	460	- 305
Fires	36	153	36	124	+ 29
Prostate Cancer	37	150	14	1,016	- 865
Poisonings	38	148	48	38	+ 110
Drownings	39	140	35	129	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	40	131	24	409	- 279
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	127	30	276	- 149
Pertussis	42	118	72	0	+ 118
Epilepsy	43	97	39	93	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	44	97	34	146	- 49
Ovary Cancer	45	93	23	420	- 328
Pancreas Cancer	46	83	13	1,063	- 979
Lung Cancers	47	78	5	3,288	- 3,210
Skin Cancers	48	74	28	328	- 254
Hepatitis B	49	61	53	22	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	50	55	29	284	- 229
Skin Disease	51	53	44	53	+ 0
Syphilis	52	52	66	2	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	47	43	56	- 9
Schistosomiasis	54	43	83	0	+ 43
Alcohol	55	41	46	44	- 3
Uterin Cancer	56	38	27	369	- 332
Bladder Cancer	57	37	18	637	- 600
Appendicitis	58	28	57	7	+ 21
Leishmaniasis	59	23	71	0	+ 23
Encephalitis	60	22	63	3	+ 19
Hepatitis C	61	18	56	10	+ 8
Drug Use	62	13	42	76	- 63
Measles	63	12	70	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	64	11	61	4	+ 7
War	65	10	64	3	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	10	60	5	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	67	7	40	93	- 86
Multiple Sclerosis	68	4	45	52	- 47
Diphtheria	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	52	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	15	- 15
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

Kenya

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.