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Bulgaria
COUNTRY #1
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BULGARIA VS SERBIA

Compare Bulgaria and Serbia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Serbia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Bulgaria Population Pyramid
5,385,444
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Serbia Population Pyramid
7,083,830
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Serbia SERBIA
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Serbia SERBIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
2000
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
  
69.7
75.6
72.6
59
58
60
2010
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
  
71.8
77.1
74.4
64
70
64
2019
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
  
73.5
78.3
75.9
64
70
69
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Serbia SERBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.6
78.6
82
68
73.5
78.3
64
70
Age
71.6
78.6
82
68
73.5
78.3
64
70
Age 5
72.2
79.1
89
72
73.9
78.6
70
77
Age 10
72.2
79.1
92
72
73.9
78.7
71
79
Age 15
72.3
79.2
93
72
74.0
78.7
72
79
Age 20
72.5
79.3
96
72
74.1
78.8
73
80
Age 25
72.6
79.3
99
73
74.2
78.8
77
80
Age 30
72.9
79.5
100
74
74.4
78.9
80
85
Age 35
73.1
79.6
101
75
74.6
79.0
83
88
Age 40
73.5
79.8
103
75
74.9
79.2
83
90
Age 45
74.0
80.1
105
78
75.2
79.4
87
91
Age 50
74.8
80.5
108
78
75.8
79.8
89
90
Age 55
75.9
81.1
107
76
76.7
80.4
88
91
Age 60
77.4
82.0
103
74
77.9
81.1
88
93
Age 65
79.3
83.0
97
73
79.6
82.1
88
93
Age 70
81.5
84.1
92
77
81.8
83.3
86
99
Age 75
83.9
85.6
88
84
84.0
84.9
86
101
Age 80
86.5
87.5
104
96
86.5
87.0
102
122
Age 85
89.6
90.1
121
125
89.8
89.9
93
141
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Serbia SERBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
210.78
26
116.50
86
2. Stroke
116.86
50
83.30
91
3. Hypertension
32.82
39
8.11
141
4. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
40.20
2
5. Lung Disease
22.97
89
20.58
102
6. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
25.62
22
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
19.81
7
8. Liver Disease
15.44
106
6.26
155
9. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
16.14
86
10. Kidney Disease
11.77
137
22.07
97
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.70
157
10.50
158
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.59
129
6.23
148
13. Diabetes Mellitus
8.11
153
19.21
110
14. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
7.17
74
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
8.20
19
16. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
8.76
91
17. Suicide
6.50
122
7.86
101
18. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
6.75
20
19. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
3.92
28
20. Other Injuries
4.55
141
3.18
169
21. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
5.39
92
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
100
75.38
2
23. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
4.93
10
24. Lymphomas
3.82
127
5.30
71
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.67
141
2.56
166
26. Leukemia
3.61
89
4.67
32
27. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
4.38
49
28. Falls
2.99
149
2.17
169
29. Low Birth Weight
2.58
133
2.99
123
30. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
3.84
16
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
125
3.25
82
32. Drownings
1.55
128
0.71
159
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
2.10
107
34. Parkinson's Disease
1.44
169
3.95
101
35. Endocrine Disorders
1.33
168
2.12
146
36. Epilepsy
1.03
133
1.68
87
37. Violence
1.00
155
1.05
154
38. Fires
0.97
116
0.44
149
39. Tuberculosis
0.95
130
0.63
136
40. Birth Trauma
0.87
130
0.75
137
41. Drug Use
0.87
126
0.66
145
42. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.79
182
13.58
146
43. Other Neoplasms
0.66
72
3.43
26
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.50
35
1.19
4
45. Alcohol
0.43
148
2.48
47
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.40
165
0.88
144
47. Skin Disease
0.39
149
0.67
125
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.36
168
0.43
160
49. Poisonings
0.34
120
0.14
162
50. Meningitis
0.32
135
0.27
149
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Serbia SERBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,513
38.86
21,776
21.26
2. Stroke
21,347
22.72
16,241
15.86
3. Hypertension
5,916
6.30
1,621
1.58
4. Lung Disease
3,993
4.25
3,853
3.76
5. Lung Cancers
3,288
3.50
6,539
6.38
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,591
2.76
3,429
3.35
7. Kidney Disease
1,855
1.97
4,169
4.07
8. Liver Disease
1,804
1.92
887
0.87
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,396
1.49
1,832
1.79
10. Breast Cancer
1,358
1.45
2,284
2.23
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,344
1.43
3,611
3.53
12. Stomach Cancer
1,175
1.25
1,203
1.17
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,063
1.13
1,402
1.37
14. Prostate Cancer
1,016
1.08
1,317
1.29
15. Suicide
681
0.72
996
0.97
16. Liver Cancer
664
0.71
918
0.90
17. Road Traffic Accidents
647
0.69
655
0.64
18. Bladder Cancer
637
0.68
893
0.87
19. Lymphomas
499
0.53
831
0.81
20. Leukemia
460
0.49
710
0.69
21. Other Injuries
437
0.47
406
0.40
22. Cervical Cancer
422
0.45
638
0.62
23. Ovary Cancer
420
0.45
555
0.54
24. Inflammatory/Heart
409
0.44
15,274
14.91
25. Oral Cancer
408
0.43
680
0.66
26. Falls
381
0.41
362
0.35
27. Uterin Cancer
369
0.39
369
0.36
28. Skin Cancers
328
0.35
638
0.62
29. Parkinson's Disease
284
0.30
804
0.79
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.29
594
0.58
31. Oesophagus Cancer
195
0.21
332
0.32
32. Congenital Anomalies
160
0.17
162
0.16
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
147
0.16
2,876
2.81
34. Endocrine Disorders
146
0.16
309
0.30
35. Drownings
129
0.14
73
0.07
36. Fires
124
0.13
64
0.06
37. Low Birth Weight
116
0.12
187
0.18
38. Tuberculosis
104
0.11
100
0.10
39. Other Neoplasms
93
0.10
601
0.59
40. Epilepsy
93
0.10
223
0.22
41. Violence
84
0.09
108
0.11
42. Drug Use
76
0.08
72
0.07
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.06
78
0.08
44. Skin Disease
53
0.06
113
0.11
45. Multiple Sclerosis
52
0.06
146
0.14
46. Alcohol
44
0.05
341
0.33
47. Birth Trauma
40
0.04
45
0.04
48. Poisonings
38
0.04
23
0.02
49. Meningitis
31
0.03
35
0.03
50. Asthma
28
0.03
390
0.38
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   Serbia SERBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
40.20
2
2. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
25.62
22
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
19.81
7
4. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
16.14
86
5. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
7.17
74
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
8.20
19
7. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
8.76
91
8. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
6.75
20
9. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
3.92
28
10. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
5.39
92
11. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
4.93
10
12. Lymphomas
3.82
127
5.30
71
13. Leukemia
3.61
89
4.67
32
14. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
4.38
49
15. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
3.84
16
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
2.10
107
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.