BULGARIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,557	1	36,513	- 27,956
Stroke	2	8,200	2	21,347	- 13,148
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,778	33	147	+ 4,631
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,553	9	1,396	+ 3,157
Lung Cancers	5	2,928	5	3,288	- 360
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,917	6	2,591	+ 325
Lung Disease	7	2,848	4	3,993	- 1,145
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,393	11	1,344	+ 1,049
Kidney Disease	9	1,863	7	1,855	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	10	1,683	12	1,175	+ 508
Prostate Cancer	11	1,411	14	1,016	+ 396
Breast Cancer	12	1,327	10	1,358	- 31
Other Injuries	13	1,287	21	437	+ 850
Hypertension	14	1,249	3	5,916	- 4,667
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,109	13	1,063	+ 47
Lymphomas	16	1,068	19	499	+ 569
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,028	34	146	+ 882
Liver Cancer	18	844	16	664	+ 180
Suicide	19	779	15	681	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	20	778	18	637	+ 141
Parkinson's Disease	21	757	29	284	+ 473
Liver Disease	22	748	8	1,804	- 1,056
Falls	23	686	26	381	+ 305
Leukemia	24	675	20	460	+ 215
Oral Cancer	25	606	25	408	+ 198
Inflammatory/Heart	26	604	24	409	+ 195
Road Traffic Accidents	27	557	17	647	- 90
Other Neoplasms	28	433	40	93	+ 340
Oesophagus Cancer	29	414	31	195	+ 219
Skin Cancers	30	348	28	328	+ 19
Epilepsy	31	276	39	93	+ 182
Uterin Cancer	32	270	27	369	- 100
Ovary Cancer	33	264	23	420	- 156
Cervical Cancer	34	218	22	422	- 204
HIV/AIDS	35	212	54	20	+ 193
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	153	51	27	+ 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	152	30	276	- 124
Tuberculosis	38	141	38	104	+ 38
Skin Disease	39	134	44	53	+ 82
Congenital Anomalies	40	131	32	160	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	112	43	56	+ 56
Anemia	42	100	52	25	+ 75
Asthma	43	97	50	28	+ 69
Drug Use	44	85	42	76	+ 9
Alcohol	45	74	46	44	+ 30
Fires	46	72	36	124	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	66	60	5	+ 61
Violence	48	64	41	84	- 20
Hepatitis C	49	58	56	10	+ 48
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	55	58	6	+ 49
Drownings	51	53	35	129	- 76
Low Birth Weight	52	52	37	116	- 64
Malnutrition	53	52	67	1	+ 51
Multiple Sclerosis	54	37	45	52	- 14
Schizophrenia	55	33	55	15	+ 17
Meningitis	56	28	49	31	- 3
Poisonings	57	19	48	38	- 18
Osteoarthritis	58	19	65	2	+ 17
Hepatitis B	59	17	53	22	- 5
Birth Trauma	60	16	47	40	- 24
Appendicitis	61	14	57	7	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	10	61	4	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	63	5	59	6	- 1
Syphilis	64	2	66	2	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	2	62	4	- 2
Otitis Media	66	2	74	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	1	63	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	68	1	71	0	+ 1
War	69	1	64	3	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	76	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Portugal

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.