BULGARIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,936	1	36,513	- 30,577
Kidney Disease	2	3,589	7	1,855	+ 1,734
Stroke	3	2,260	2	21,347	- 19,087
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,100	11	1,344	+ 756
Lung Disease	5	1,594	4	3,993	- 2,399
Liver Disease	6	1,222	8	1,804	- 582
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,170	9	1,396	- 226
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,126	17	647	+ 479
Hypertension	9	1,121	3	5,916	- 4,795
Violence	10	628	41	84	+ 544
Congenital Anomalies	11	580	32	160	+ 420
Liver Cancer	12	517	16	664	- 147
Low Birth Weight	13	497	37	116	+ 381
Stomach Cancer	14	485	12	1,175	- 689
Prostate Cancer	15	392	14	1,016	- 623
Cervical Cancer	16	380	22	422	- 42
Other Injuries	17	363	21	437	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	320	6	2,591	- 2,271
Suicide	19	289	15	681	- 392
Breast Cancer	20	288	10	1,358	- 1,070
Alcohol	21	283	46	44	+ 239
Falls	22	280	26	381	- 101
Lung Cancers	23	278	5	3,288	- 3,010
Leukemia	24	231	20	460	- 229
Birth Trauma	25	201	47	40	+ 161
Other Neoplasms	26	195	40	93	+ 102
Pancreas Cancer	27	181	13	1,063	- 882
Endocrine Disorders	28	166	34	146	+ 20
Lymphomas	29	166	19	499	- 333
Malnutrition	30	166	67	1	+ 164
Skin Disease	31	164	44	53	+ 112
Drownings	32	159	35	129	+ 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	151	33	147	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	34	142	24	409	- 268
HIV/AIDS	35	141	54	20	+ 122
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	124	51	27	+ 98
Tuberculosis	37	117	38	104	+ 13
Asthma	38	107	50	28	+ 79
Maternal Conditions	39	89	59	6	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	87	30	276	- 189
Epilepsy	41	75	39	93	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	42	68	29	284	- 216
Oral Cancer	43	65	25	408	- 342
Ovary Cancer	44	62	23	420	- 358
Skin Cancers	45	60	28	328	- 269
Drug Use	46	51	42	76	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	47	42	31	195	- 153
Uterin Cancer	48	40	27	369	- 330
Appendicitis	49	32	57	7	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	31	60	5	+ 26
Meningitis	51	29	49	31	- 2
Bladder Cancer	52	28	18	637	- 608
Anemia	53	28	52	25	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	20	43	56	- 36
Poisonings	55	18	48	38	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	17	58	6	+ 11
Fires	57	17	36	124	- 107
Encephalitis	58	10	63	3	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	59	10	65	2	+ 8
Syphilis	60	10	66	2	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	45	52	- 45
Hepatitis B	62	5	53	22	- 17
Oral conditions	63	5	62	4	+ 1
Dengue	64	4	77	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	4	82	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	66	3	55	15	- 12
Pertussis	67	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	1	56	10	- 8
Ascariasis	69	1	79	0	+ 1
War	70	1	64	3	- 2
Leprosy	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	61	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Nicaragua

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.