BULGARIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,629	9	1,396	+ 1,232
Stroke	2	2,519	2	21,347	- 18,828
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,851	17	647	+ 1,204
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,795	1	36,513	- 34,718
Malaria	5	1,642	81	0	+ 1,642
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,554	51	27	+ 1,527
HIV/AIDS	7	1,407	54	20	+ 1,387
Liver Disease	8	1,269	8	1,804	- 535
Low Birth Weight	9	1,092	37	116	+ 975
Birth Trauma	10	940	47	40	+ 900
Diabetes Mellitus	11	925	11	1,344	- 419
Congenital Anomalies	12	885	32	160	+ 725
Lung Disease	13	774	4	3,993	- 3,219
Hypertension	14	676	3	5,916	- 5,240
Kidney Disease	15	600	7	1,855	- 1,254
Malnutrition	16	581	67	1	+ 580
Other Injuries	17	470	21	437	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	18	468	22	422	+ 46
Meningitis	19	422	49	31	+ 390
Stomach Cancer	20	388	12	1,175	- 786
Maternal Conditions	21	360	59	6	+ 354
Asthma	22	357	50	28	+ 329
Liver Cancer	23	352	16	664	- 312
Suicide	24	350	15	681	- 331
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	327	33	147	+ 180
Tuberculosis	26	311	38	104	+ 207
Breast Cancer	27	299	10	1,358	- 1,059
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	294	6	2,591	- 2,297
Violence	29	273	41	84	+ 188
Lymphomas	30	224	19	499	- 276
Falls	31	205	26	381	- 176
Prostate Cancer	32	197	14	1,016	- 818
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	180	30	276	- 96
Inflammatory/Heart	34	173	24	409	- 237
Leukemia	35	158	20	460	- 302
Drownings	36	142	35	129	+ 13
Oral Cancer	37	135	25	408	- 272
Fires	38	134	36	124	+ 10
Lung Cancers	39	117	5	3,288	- 3,171
Poisonings	40	110	48	38	+ 72
Endocrine Disorders	41	109	34	146	- 37
Pertussis	42	108	72	0	+ 108
Pancreas Cancer	43	106	13	1,063	- 956
Oesophagus Cancer	44	106	31	195	- 89
Epilepsy	45	95	39	93	+ 2
Syphilis	46	86	66	2	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	47	73	29	284	- 211
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	68	43	56	+ 12
Alcohol	49	62	46	44	+ 18
Skin Cancers	50	56	28	328	- 272
Schistosomiasis	51	55	83	0	+ 55
Skin Disease	52	51	44	53	- 2
Ovary Cancer	53	46	23	420	- 374
Appendicitis	54	35	57	7	+ 28
Hepatitis B	55	34	53	22	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	56	29	27	369	- 340
Upper Respiratory	57	29	61	4	+ 25
Tetanus	58	26	69	0	+ 26
Measles	59	26	70	0	+ 25
Drug Use	60	22	42	76	- 54
Encephalitis	61	19	63	3	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	62	18	18	637	- 619
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	11	60	5	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	64	8	40	93	- 85
Hepatitis C	65	6	56	10	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	45	52	- 48
Ascariasis	67	2	79	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	74	0	+ 2
War	69	1	64	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	73	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	52	25	- 25
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Rwanda

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.