BULGARIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,602	2	21,347	- 13,746
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,003	1	36,513	- 30,510
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,637	11	1,344	+ 4,292
Kidney Disease	4	3,217	7	1,855	+ 1,362
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,651	9	1,396	+ 1,255
Prostate Cancer	6	2,271	14	1,016	+ 1,256
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,202	17	647	+ 1,555
Lung Disease	8	2,132	4	3,993	- 1,861
Hypertension	9	2,118	3	5,916	- 3,798
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,921	33	147	+ 1,773
Violence	11	1,493	41	84	+ 1,409
Liver Disease	12	1,406	8	1,804	- 398
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,271	24	409	+ 862
Breast Cancer	14	1,027	10	1,358	- 330
Stomach Cancer	15	884	12	1,175	- 290
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	852	6	2,591	- 1,740
Endocrine Disorders	17	814	34	146	+ 668
Lung Cancers	18	755	5	3,288	- 2,533
Low Birth Weight	19	694	37	116	+ 577
Skin Disease	20	652	44	53	+ 599
Other Injuries	21	595	21	437	+ 158
Suicide	22	581	15	681	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	23	560	29	284	+ 276
Lymphomas	24	528	19	499	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	25	479	22	422	+ 57
Falls	26	425	26	381	+ 44
Asthma	27	387	50	28	+ 359
Drownings	28	376	35	129	+ 247
Alcohol	29	373	46	44	+ 329
Congenital Anomalies	30	327	32	160	+ 167
Pancreas Cancer	31	325	13	1,063	- 737
Epilepsy	32	287	39	93	+ 194
Malnutrition	33	266	67	1	+ 264
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	217	30	276	- 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	185	51	27	+ 158
Leukemia	36	178	20	460	- 281
Liver Cancer	37	163	16	664	- 501
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	159	43	56	+ 103
Fires	39	134	36	124	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	40	127	31	195	- 69
Ovary Cancer	41	126	23	420	- 294
Birth Trauma	42	125	47	40	+ 85
Oral Cancer	43	124	25	408	- 283
Tuberculosis	44	118	38	104	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	45	82	27	369	- 287
Drug Use	46	77	42	76	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	74	59	6	+ 68
Other Neoplasms	48	73	40	93	- 20
Meningitis	49	59	49	31	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	53	60	5	+ 48
Appendicitis	51	45	57	7	+ 39
Encephalitis	52	44	63	3	+ 41
Dengue	53	24	77	0	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	54	18	45	52	- 34
Poisonings	55	11	48	38	- 27
Tetanus	56	9	69	0	+ 8
Syphilis	57	8	66	2	+ 6
War	58	7	64	3	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	59	5	61	4	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	2	53	22	- 19
Schistosomiasis	61	2	83	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	2	84	0	+ 2
Pertussis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	0	79	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	56	10	- 9
Otitis Media	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	28	328	- 328
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	52	25	- 25
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	18	637	- 637
Schizophrenia	73	0	55	15	- 15
Oral conditions	74	0	62	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	75	0	65	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	58	6	- 6
Measles	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	68	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	54	20	- 20
Trichuriasis	85	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Saint Lucia

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.