BULGARIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,199	2	21,347	- 11,148
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,896	1	36,513	- 30,617
Lung Disease	3	2,301	4	3,993	- 1,692
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,172	11	1,344	+ 827
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,890	17	647	+ 1,243
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,880	33	147	+ 1,732
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,785	9	1,396	+ 389
Kidney Disease	8	1,619	7	1,855	- 235
Liver Cancer	9	1,603	16	664	+ 939
Liver Disease	10	1,533	8	1,804	- 271
Lung Cancers	11	1,366	5	3,288	- 1,922
Hypertension	12	1,275	3	5,916	- 4,641
Falls	13	989	26	381	+ 608
Stomach Cancer	14	971	12	1,175	- 204
Tuberculosis	15	606	38	104	+ 502
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	530	6	2,591	- 2,062
Asthma	17	523	50	28	+ 495
Suicide	18	465	15	681	- 216
Low Birth Weight	19	457	37	116	+ 341
Oral Cancer	20	455	25	408	+ 47
Congenital Anomalies	21	453	32	160	+ 293
Breast Cancer	22	397	10	1,358	- 961
Other Injuries	23	355	21	437	- 82
Inflammatory/Heart	24	344	24	409	- 66
Parkinson's Disease	25	342	29	284	+ 59
Drownings	26	327	35	129	+ 198
HIV/AIDS	27	320	54	20	+ 301
Leukemia	28	314	20	460	- 146
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	282	51	27	+ 255
Lymphomas	30	190	19	499	- 309
Cervical Cancer	31	153	22	422	- 269
Birth Trauma	32	150	47	40	+ 110
Oesophagus Cancer	33	145	31	195	- 50
Endocrine Disorders	34	134	34	146	- 13
Prostate Cancer	35	123	14	1,016	- 893
Violence	36	114	41	84	+ 30
Measles	37	114	70	0	+ 114
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	110	43	56	+ 53
Encephalitis	39	100	63	3	+ 97
Skin Disease	40	97	44	53	+ 44
Drug Use	41	88	42	76	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	42	74	27	369	- 295
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	61	30	276	- 215
Pancreas Cancer	44	60	13	1,063	- 1,003
Bladder Cancer	45	57	18	637	- 579
Alcohol	46	56	46	44	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	47	55	23	420	- 365
Poisonings	48	53	48	38	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	49	50	59	6	+ 44
Pertussis	50	45	72	0	+ 45
Meningitis	51	40	49	31	+ 9
Fires	52	38	36	124	- 86
Epilepsy	53	37	39	93	- 56
Skin Cancers	54	30	28	328	- 298
Hepatitis B	55	24	53	22	+ 2
Syphilis	56	21	66	2	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	57	21	40	93	- 72
Tetanus	58	18	69	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	14	60	5	+ 9
Appendicitis	60	13	57	7	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	45	52	- 43
Dengue	62	8	77	0	+ 8
Malnutrition	63	8	67	1	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	56	10	- 5
War	65	2	64	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	61	4	- 2
Malaria	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	68	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	25	- 25
Schizophrenia	82	0	55	15	- 15
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	85	0	65	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	62	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Viet Nam

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.