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Bulgaria
COUNTRY #1
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BULGARIA VS NORTH MACEDONIA

Compare Bulgaria and North Macedonia 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.

North Macedonia
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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North Macedonia Population Pyramid
1,856,775
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   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
       
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
  
70.5
74.9
72.6
51
68
54
2010
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
  
72.4
77.0
74.7
55
71
60
2019
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
  
72.8
76.9
74.8
73
92
78
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.6
78.6
82
68
72.8
76.9
73
92
Age
71.6
78.6
82
68
72.8
76.9
73
92
Age 5
72.2
79.1
89
72
73.3
77.3
80
95
Age 10
72.2
79.1
92
72
73.4
77.4
81
95
Age 15
72.3
79.2
93
72
73.4
77.4
82
95
Age 20
72.5
79.3
96
72
73.5
77.5
81
95
Age 25
72.6
79.3
99
73
73.7
77.5
86
95
Age 30
72.9
79.5
100
74
73.8
77.6
86
97
Age 35
73.1
79.6
101
75
74.0
77.7
89
100
Age 40
73.5
79.8
103
75
74.2
77.9
94
100
Age 45
74.0
80.1
105
78
74.5
78.1
96
102
Age 50
74.8
80.5
108
78
75.1
78.4
98
104
Age 55
75.9
81.1
107
76
75.8
78.9
110
105
Age 60
77.4
82.0
103
74
77.0
79.6
115
106
Age 65
79.3
83.0
97
73
78.5
80.5
126
121
Age 70
81.5
84.1
92
77
80.2
81.7
145
144
Age 75
83.9
85.6
88
84
82.3
83.3
167
169
Age 80
86.5
87.5
104
96
84.9
85.5
180
177
Age 85
89.6
90.1
121
125
88.2
88.6
181
177
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
210.78
26
135.53
62
2. Stroke
116.86
50
165.58
13
3. Hypertension
32.82
39
19.07
87
4. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
31.93
10
5. Lung Disease
22.97
89
24.14
83
6. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
22.40
40
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
16.77
15
8. Liver Disease
15.44
106
6.93
152
9. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
17.47
77
10. Kidney Disease
11.77
137
15.54
121
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.70
157
5.58
181
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.59
129
4.25
160
13. Diabetes Mellitus
8.11
153
32.55
85
14. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
13.66
14
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
8.02
21
16. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
4.36
133
17. Suicide
6.50
122
7.15
114
18. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
5.54
50
19. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
6.29
10
20. Other Injuries
4.55
141
6.73
104
21. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
7.85
48
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
100
130.29
1
23. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
4.82
12
24. Lymphomas
3.82
127
3.03
146
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.67
141
1.99
175
26. Leukemia
3.61
89
3.83
79
27. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
2.27
117
28. Falls
2.99
149
2.53
165
29. Low Birth Weight
2.58
133
4.49
96
30. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
4.00
13
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
125
1.69
127
32. Drownings
1.55
128
0.73
158
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
1.42
131
34. Parkinson's Disease
1.44
169
4.11
92
35. Endocrine Disorders
1.33
168
0.47
183
36. Epilepsy
1.03
133
0.86
146
37. Violence
1.00
155
1.27
142
38. Fires
0.97
116
0.43
151
39. Tuberculosis
0.95
130
0.97
129
40. Birth Trauma
0.87
130
0.44
156
41. Drug Use
0.87
126
0.39
170
42. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.79
182
2.15
179
43. Other Neoplasms
0.66
72
0.58
78
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.50
35
0.78
17
45. Alcohol
0.43
148
0.44
146
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.40
165
0.06
181
47. Skin Disease
0.39
149
0.03
183
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.36
168
0.39
163
49. Poisonings
0.34
120
0.41
109
50. Meningitis
0.32
135
0.14
169
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,513
38.86
4,420
19.23
2. Stroke
21,347
22.72
5,521
24.02
3. Hypertension
5,916
6.30
627
2.73
4. Lung Disease
3,993
4.25
807
3.51
5. Lung Cancers
3,288
3.50
1,055
4.59
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,591
2.76
560
2.44
7. Kidney Disease
1,855
1.97
516
2.25
8. Liver Disease
1,804
1.92
218
0.95
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,396
1.49
157
0.68
10. Breast Cancer
1,358
1.45
386
1.68
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,344
1.43
1,104
4.80
12. Stomach Cancer
1,175
1.25
455
1.98
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,063
1.13
267
1.16
14. Prostate Cancer
1,016
1.08
259
1.13
15. Suicide
681
0.72
196
0.85
16. Liver Cancer
664
0.71
260
1.13
17. Road Traffic Accidents
647
0.69
107
0.47
18. Bladder Cancer
637
0.68
163
0.71
19. Lymphomas
499
0.53
96
0.42
20. Leukemia
460
0.49
114
0.50
21. Other Injuries
437
0.47
183
0.80
22. Cervical Cancer
422
0.45
68
0.30
23. Ovary Cancer
420
0.45
93
0.40
24. Inflammatory/Heart
409
0.44
4,249
18.49
25. Oral Cancer
408
0.43
72
0.31
26. Falls
381
0.41
78
0.34
27. Uterin Cancer
369
0.39
108
0.47
28. Skin Cancers
328
0.35
126
0.55
29. Parkinson's Disease
284
0.30
141
0.61
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.29
56
0.24
31. Oesophagus Cancer
195
0.21
45
0.20
32. Congenital Anomalies
160
0.17
29
0.13
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
147
0.16
71
0.31
34. Endocrine Disorders
146
0.16
12
0.05
35. Drownings
129
0.14
18
0.08
36. Fires
124
0.13
11
0.05
37. Low Birth Weight
116
0.12
73
0.32
38. Tuberculosis
104
0.11
32
0.14
39. Other Neoplasms
93
0.10
19
0.08
40. Epilepsy
93
0.10
23
0.10
41. Violence
84
0.09
31
0.13
42. Drug Use
76
0.08
9
0.04
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.06
13
0.06
44. Skin Disease
53
0.06
1
0.00
45. Multiple Sclerosis
52
0.06
21
0.09
46. Alcohol
44
0.05
14
0.06
47. Birth Trauma
40
0.04
7
0.03
48. Poisonings
38
0.04
11
0.05
49. Meningitis
31
0.03
4
0.02
50. Asthma
28
0.03
53
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
31.93
10
2. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
22.40
40
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
16.77
15
4. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
17.47
77
5. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
13.66
14
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
8.02
21
7. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
4.36
133
8. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
5.54
50
9. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
6.29
10
10. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
7.85
48
11. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
4.82
12
12. Lymphomas
3.82
127
3.03
146
13. Leukemia
3.61
89
3.83
79
14. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
2.27
117
15. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
4.00
13
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
1.42
131
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.