BELGIUM VS BULGARIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BULGARIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	64,479	1	15,281	+ 49,199
Stroke	2	37,698	3	7,408	+ 30,290
Hypertension	3	10,447	27	740	+ 9,708
Lung Disease	4	7,051	5	6,438	+ 613
Lung Cancers	5	5,806	4	6,777	- 971
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,576	7	3,329	+ 1,247
Kidney Disease	7	3,275	8	2,952	+ 323
Liver Disease	8	3,186	17	1,433	+ 1,753
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,465	6	5,677	- 3,212
Breast Cancer	10	2,397	9	2,587	- 189
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,374	20	1,269	+ 1,104
Stomach Cancer	12	2,074	26	863	+ 1,211
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,877	14	1,809	+ 67
Prostate Cancer	14	1,793	13	1,824	- 31
Suicide	15	1,203	10	2,111	- 908
Liver Cancer	16	1,172	24	976	+ 197
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,143	29	666	+ 477
Bladder Cancer	18	1,125	22	1,078	+ 46
Lymphomas	19	882	16	1,552	- 670
Leukemia	20	812	21	1,199	- 388
Other Injuries	21	772	11	2,006	- 1,234
Cervical Cancer	22	745	41	243	+ 503
Ovary Cancer	23	742	30	653	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	24	723	23	1,060	- 338
Oral Cancer	25	720	28	675	+ 45
Falls	26	673	15	1,756	- 1,082
Uterin Cancer	27	652	34	384	+ 268
Skin Cancers	28	580	31	522	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	29	501	19	1,378	- 877
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	488	42	213	+ 275
Oesophagus Cancer	31	345	25	898	- 554
Congenital Anomalies	32	282	40	282	+ 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	260	2	9,416	- 9,156
Endocrine Disorders	34	258	18	1,432	- 1,174
Drownings	35	228	47	79	+ 149
Fires	36	219	48	75	+ 144
Low Birth Weight	37	206	50	70	+ 136
Tuberculosis	38	183	54	46	+ 138
Epilepsy	39	165	36	348	- 183
Other Neoplasms	40	165	12	1,828	- 1,663
Violence	41	149	44	149	- 0
Drug Use	42	134	39	287	- 153
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	99	37	293	- 194
Skin Disease	44	93	35	380	- 286
Multiple Sclerosis	45	91	45	147	- 56
Alcohol	46	78	32	500	- 421
Birth Trauma	47	70	53	47	+ 23
Poisonings	48	67	55	41	+ 26
Meningitis	49	55	58	28	+ 27
Asthma	50	49	46	128	- 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	51	47	33	418	- 371
Anemia	52	44	43	199	- 155
Hepatitis B	53	39	63	17	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	54	34	57	36	- 2
Schizophrenia	55	27	56	40	- 12
Hepatitis C	56	17	52	53	- 36
Appendicitis	57	12	62	17	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	11	60	20	- 9
Maternal Conditions	59	11	64	6	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	9	49	73	- 64
Upper Respiratory	61	7	59	22	- 15
Oral conditions	62	7	61	19	- 12
Encephalitis	63	6	66	1	+ 5
War	64	5	67	1	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	65	3	51	59	- 55
Syphilis	66	3	70	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	67	2	38	291	- 288
Iodine Deficiency	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Measles	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Bulgaria

Belgium

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.