BULGARIA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,204	1	36,513	- 17,309
Stroke	2	19,189	2	21,347	- 2,158
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,988	33	147	+ 3,841
Lung Cancers	4	2,240	5	3,288	- 1,047
Lung Disease	5	1,913	4	3,993	- 2,080
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,383	9	1,396	- 13
Stomach Cancer	7	1,077	12	1,175	- 98
Inflammatory/Heart	8	1,015	24	409	+ 605
Liver Cancer	9	947	16	664	+ 283
Hypertension	10	928	3	5,916	- 4,988
Kidney Disease	11	870	7	1,855	- 985
Liver Disease	12	821	8	1,804	- 983
Parkinson's Disease	13	805	29	284	+ 521
Road Traffic Accidents	14	736	17	647	+ 89
Bladder Cancer	15	720	18	637	+ 83
Prostate Cancer	16	678	14	1,016	- 337
Breast Cancer	17	501	10	1,358	- 857
Pancreas Cancer	18	490	13	1,063	- 572
Diabetes Mellitus	19	455	11	1,344	- 889
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	430	6	2,591	- 2,161
Asthma	21	420	50	28	+ 393
Leukemia	22	287	20	460	- 173
Falls	23	273	26	381	- 108
Suicide	24	273	15	681	- 408
Low Birth Weight	25	232	37	116	+ 116
Other Injuries	26	230	21	437	- 207
Violence	27	224	41	84	+ 139
Congenital Anomalies	28	224	32	160	+ 64
Endocrine Disorders	29	198	34	146	+ 52
Oral Cancer	30	195	25	408	- 212
Lymphomas	31	150	19	499	- 349
Skin Cancers	32	139	28	328	- 189
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	124	30	276	- 152
Oesophagus Cancer	34	113	31	195	- 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	110	43	56	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	36	104	22	422	- 318
Epilepsy	37	96	39	93	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	38	92	27	369	- 278
Ovary Cancer	39	86	23	420	- 334
Multiple Sclerosis	40	85	45	52	+ 33
Birth Trauma	41	71	47	40	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	42	56	54	20	+ 36
Drownings	43	55	35	129	- 74
Drug Use	44	55	42	76	- 21
Fires	45	43	36	124	- 81
Encephalitis	46	43	63	3	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	47	42	40	93	- 51
Alcohol	48	40	46	44	- 4
Meningitis	49	30	49	31	- 1
Upper Respiratory	50	27	61	4	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	24	60	5	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	20	51	27	- 6
Poisonings	53	20	48	38	- 18
Tuberculosis	54	18	38	104	- 85
Skin Disease	55	13	44	53	- 40
Appendicitis	56	12	57	7	+ 5
Tetanus	57	6	69	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	58	6	67	1	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	59	4	59	6	- 2
Pertussis	60	3	72	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	61	2	71	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	66	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	53	22	- 21
War	64	1	64	3	- 2
Measles	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	56	10	- 9
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	68	1	- 1
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

Albania

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.