BULGARIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,805	1	36,513	- 25,708
Stroke	2	6,968	2	21,347	- 14,379
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,611	33	147	+ 4,464
Lung Cancers	4	3,800	5	3,288	+ 512
Lung Disease	5	3,603	4	3,993	- 390
Hypertension	6	3,330	3	5,916	- 2,586
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,365	6	2,591	- 227
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,207	11	1,344	+ 863
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,818	9	1,396	+ 422
Breast Cancer	10	1,543	10	1,358	+ 185
Kidney Disease	11	1,416	7	1,855	- 439
Other Injuries	12	1,348	21	437	+ 910
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,346	13	1,063	+ 283
Stomach Cancer	14	1,141	12	1,175	- 34
Other Neoplasms	15	1,111	40	93	+ 1,018
Lymphomas	16	1,076	19	499	+ 576
Liver Cancer	17	1,070	16	664	+ 406
Endocrine Disorders	18	938	34	146	+ 792
Parkinson's Disease	19	938	29	284	+ 654
Prostate Cancer	20	936	14	1,016	- 80
Leukemia	21	749	20	460	+ 289
Bladder Cancer	22	747	18	637	+ 110
Liver Disease	23	619	8	1,804	- 1,185
Inflammatory/Heart	24	615	24	409	+ 206
Falls	25	470	26	381	+ 89
Suicide	26	450	15	681	- 231
Oral Cancer	27	372	25	408	- 36
Ovary Cancer	28	365	23	420	- 55
Skin Cancers	29	360	28	328	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	30	358	17	647	- 289
Hepatitis C	31	273	56	10	+ 263
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	247	43	56	+ 190
Uterin Cancer	33	245	27	369	- 125
Oesophagus Cancer	34	228	31	195	+ 32
Anemia	35	186	52	25	+ 161
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	180	51	27	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	37	161	32	160	+ 1
Skin Disease	38	160	44	53	+ 107
Epilepsy	39	149	39	93	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	40	128	22	422	- 294
Malnutrition	41	86	67	1	+ 85
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	78	60	5	+ 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	77	30	276	- 199
Multiple Sclerosis	44	75	45	52	+ 24
Drug Use	45	73	42	76	- 3
HIV/AIDS	46	58	54	20	+ 38
Asthma	47	55	50	28	+ 27
Osteoarthritis	48	54	65	2	+ 52
Schizophrenia	49	47	55	15	+ 32
Violence	50	45	41	84	- 39
Low Birth Weight	51	40	37	116	- 77
Drownings	52	38	35	129	- 91
Tuberculosis	53	37	38	104	- 66
Hepatitis B	54	37	53	22	+ 15
Alcohol	55	31	46	44	- 13
Fires	56	30	36	124	- 94
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	27	58	6	+ 21
Poisonings	58	17	48	38	- 21
Birth Trauma	59	16	47	40	- 24
Meningitis	60	14	49	31	- 17
Appendicitis	61	5	57	7	- 1
Oral conditions	62	5	62	4	+ 1
Tetanus	63	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	61	4	- 2
Otitis Media	65	2	74	0	+ 2
War	66	1	64	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	67	1	59	6	- 5
Encephalitis	68	1	63	3	- 3
Syphilis	69	0	66	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Italy

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.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.