BULGARIA VS NORTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORTH KOREA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	12,805	2	21,347	- 8,543
Coronary Heart Disease	2	8,083	1	36,513	- 28,430
Lung Disease	3	6,751	4	3,993	+ 2,758
Tuberculosis	4	4,492	38	104	+ 4,388
Lung Cancers	5	3,067	5	3,288	- 220
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,607	9	1,396	+ 211
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,602	17	647	+ 955
Hypertension	8	1,384	3	5,916	- 4,532
Liver Cancer	9	1,374	16	664	+ 710
Liver Disease	10	1,162	8	1,804	- 642
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,119	33	147	+ 972
Kidney Disease	12	1,021	7	1,855	- 834
Stomach Cancer	13	973	12	1,175	- 202
Diabetes Mellitus	14	947	11	1,344	- 398
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	833	6	2,591	- 1,758
Suicide	16	621	15	681	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	540	43	56	+ 484
Falls	18	465	26	381	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	442	30	276	+ 165
Other Injuries	20	395	21	437	- 43
Pancreas Cancer	21	393	13	1,063	- 669
Asthma	22	371	50	28	+ 343
Breast Cancer	23	352	10	1,358	- 1,005
Oesophagus Cancer	24	315	31	195	+ 120
Low Birth Weight	25	312	37	116	+ 195
Parkinson's Disease	26	298	29	284	+ 14
Drownings	27	290	35	129	+ 161
Violence	28	279	41	84	+ 195
Congenital Anomalies	29	256	32	160	+ 96
Leukemia	30	249	20	460	- 211
HIV/AIDS	31	194	54	20	+ 175
Birth Trauma	32	190	47	40	+ 150
Cervical Cancer	33	182	22	422	- 241
Inflammatory/Heart	34	176	24	409	- 233
Lymphomas	35	144	19	499	- 355
Ovary Cancer	36	137	23	420	- 283
Oral Cancer	37	132	25	408	- 275
Bladder Cancer	38	129	18	637	- 508
Endocrine Disorders	39	117	34	146	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	97	51	27	+ 70
Poisonings	41	95	48	38	+ 57
Drug Use	42	92	42	76	+ 16
Malnutrition	43	82	67	1	+ 81
Alcohol	44	79	46	44	+ 34
Epilepsy	45	69	39	93	- 25
Fires	46	65	36	124	- 59
Maternal Conditions	47	65	59	6	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	48	56	14	1,016	- 959
Meningitis	49	53	49	31	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	51	60	5	+ 46
Skin Cancers	51	43	28	328	- 285
Skin Disease	52	41	44	53	- 12
Uterin Cancer	53	36	27	369	- 334
Encephalitis	54	30	63	3	+ 27
Hepatitis B	55	18	53	22	- 4
Upper Respiratory	56	17	61	4	+ 13
Appendicitis	57	15	57	7	+ 8
Syphilis	58	14	66	2	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	59	11	40	93	- 82
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	45	52	- 41
Pertussis	61	9	72	0	+ 9
Tetanus	62	7	69	0	+ 7
War	63	4	64	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	3	56	10	- 7
Measles	65	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	15	- 15
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	52	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

North Korea

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.