BULGARIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,870	1	36,513	- 31,643
Stroke	2	2,497	2	21,347	- 18,850
Lung Disease	3	1,589	4	3,993	- 2,404
Kidney Disease	4	1,402	7	1,855	- 452
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	824	33	147	+ 676
Diabetes Mellitus	6	817	11	1,344	- 527
Lung Cancers	7	634	5	3,288	- 2,654
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	576	9	1,396	- 820
Breast Cancer	9	488	10	1,358	- 870
Liver Cancer	10	468	16	664	- 196
Liver Disease	11	425	8	1,804	- 1,379
Endocrine Disorders	12	377	34	146	+ 231
Cervical Cancer	13	375	22	422	- 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	366	6	2,591	- 2,226
Congenital Anomalies	15	336	32	160	+ 176
Falls	16	328	26	381	- 53
Hypertension	17	286	3	5,916	- 5,630
Other Injuries	18	273	21	437	- 164
Oral Cancer	19	269	25	408	- 139
Low Birth Weight	20	256	37	116	+ 139
Suicide	21	254	15	681	- 427
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	250	51	27	+ 224
Drownings	23	241	35	129	+ 112
Leukemia	24	223	20	460	- 237
Parkinson's Disease	25	202	29	284	- 82
Prostate Cancer	26	200	14	1,016	- 815
Tuberculosis	27	197	38	104	+ 93
Violence	28	174	41	84	+ 90
Asthma	29	172	50	28	+ 144
Ovary Cancer	30	162	23	420	- 258
Road Traffic Accidents	31	151	17	647	- 496
Skin Disease	32	148	44	53	+ 95
Dengue	33	132	77	0	+ 132
Lymphomas	34	129	19	499	- 370
Maternal Conditions	35	95	59	6	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	36	93	24	409	- 316
Bladder Cancer	37	92	18	637	- 545
Epilepsy	38	85	39	93	- 8
Birth Trauma	39	84	47	40	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	40	77	13	1,063	- 986
Fires	41	68	36	124	- 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	63	30	276	- 213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	59	43	56	+ 3
Encephalitis	44	47	63	3	+ 44
Malnutrition	45	47	67	1	+ 46
Other Neoplasms	46	36	40	93	- 58
Uterin Cancer	47	34	27	369	- 335
Drug Use	48	32	42	76	- 44
Stomach Cancer	49	21	12	1,175	- 1,153
Meningitis	50	19	49	31	- 13
Alcohol	51	12	46	44	- 33
Pertussis	52	6	72	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	6	60	5	+ 1
Tetanus	54	5	69	0	+ 4
Poisonings	55	4	48	38	- 33
Hepatitis B	56	4	53	22	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	45	52	- 48
Syphilis	58	3	66	2	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	59	2	31	195	- 193
Measles	60	2	70	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	2	57	7	- 5
War	62	1	64	3	- 2
Skin Cancers	63	1	28	328	- 328
Hepatitis C	64	1	56	10	- 9
Ascariasis	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	4	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	54	20	- 20
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	65	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	62	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	52	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	15	- 15
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Maldives

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.