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Slovakia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Slovakia and Bulgaria 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.

Bulgaria
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
Slovakia Population Pyramid
4,983,647
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
1980
66.8
74.3
70.4
43
34
41
 
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
1990
66.6
75.4
70.9
66
42
54
 
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
2000
68.9
77.1
73.0
72
44
49
 
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
2010
71.3
78.9
75.1
69
43
52
 
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
2019
74.8
81.4
78.2
51
38
43
 
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.8
81.4
51
38
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age
74.8
81.4
51
38
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age 5
75.3
81.9
55
39
72.2
79.1
89
72
Age 10
75.4
81.9
55
39
72.2
79.1
92
72
Age 15
75.4
81.9
57
40
72.3
79.2
93
72
Age 20
75.5
82.0
57
40
72.5
79.3
96
72
Age 25
75.7
82.1
57
40
72.6
79.3
99
73
Age 30
75.9
82.1
59
41
72.9
79.5
100
74
Age 35
76.1
82.2
61
42
73.1
79.6
101
75
Age 40
76.3
82.4
62
41
73.5
79.8
103
75
Age 45
76.7
82.5
64
41
74.0
80.1
105
78
Age 50
77.3
82.9
66
42
74.8
80.5
108
78
Age 55
78.1
83.3
67
42
75.9
81.1
107
76
Age 60
79.3
83.9
64
43
77.4
82.0
103
74
Age 65
80.9
84.7
64
44
79.3
83.0
97
73
Age 70
82.6
85.7
66
46
81.5
84.1
92
77
Age 75
84.6
86.8
66
51
83.9
85.6
88
84
Age 80
87.0
88.5
76
55
86.5
87.5
104
96
Age 85
89.8
91.4
87
33
89.6
90.1
121
125
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
99.61
109
210.78
26
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
38.15
3
0.79
182
3. Stroke
35.90
143
116.86
50
4. Lung Cancers
25.91
23
23.63
32
5. Prostate Cancer
25.13
46
14.25
109
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24.87
1
16.50
18
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.20
115
10.70
157
8. Breast Cancer
18.97
65
17.57
86
9. Liver Disease
17.16
100
15.44
106
10. Falls
13.03
11
2.99
149
11. Lung Disease
10.88
165
22.97
89
12. Hypertension
9.84
134
32.82
39
13. Suicide
9.31
82
6.50
122
14. Pancreas Cancer
8.90
9
7.11
42
15. Stomach Cancer
8.29
59
7.80
66
16. Kidney Disease
8.06
149
11.77
137
17. Oral Cancer
7.93
10
3.32
74
18. Diabetes Mellitus
7.45
155
8.11
153
19. Lymphomas
7.42
14
3.82
127
20. Other Injuries
7.20
98
4.55
141
21. Ovary Cancer
6.38
26
5.80
39
22. Cervical Cancer
5.79
116
6.87
108
23. Road Traffic Accidents
5.28
153
8.59
129
24. Leukemia
4.79
27
3.61
89
25. Liver Cancer
4.70
108
4.53
114
26. Uterin Cancer
4.68
21
4.59
23
27. Bladder Cancer
4.61
14
3.82
30
28. Congenital Anomalies
4.13
132
3.67
141
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4.10
114
4.28
100
30. Skin Cancers
3.59
20
2.17
72
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.30
60
1.46
129
32. Alcohol
2.88
38
0.43
148
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.71
150
1.44
169
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.71
89
1.76
125
35. Low Birth Weight
2.38
137
2.58
133
36. Drownings
2.12
111
1.55
128
37. Epilepsy
2.06
63
1.03
133
38. Endocrine Disorders
1.93
152
1.33
168
39. Skin Disease
1.63
91
0.39
149
40. Other Neoplasms
0.96
62
0.66
72
41. Violence
0.91
157
1.00
155
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.68
141
0.36
168
43. Drug Use
0.68
144
0.87
126
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.64
26
0.50
35
45. Fires
0.51
140
0.97
116
46. Asthma
0.48
163
0.20
182
47. Poisonings
0.42
108
0.34
120
48. Meningitis
0.38
129
0.32
135
49. Birth Trauma
0.37
166
0.87
130
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.35
167
0.40
165
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
10,654
23.76
36,513
38.86
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,482
9.99
147
0.16
3. Stroke
3,756
8.38
21,347
22.72
4. Lung Cancers
2,562
5.71
3,288
3.50
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,528
5.64
2,591
2.76
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,024
4.51
1,396
1.49
7. Liver Disease
1,425
3.18
1,804
1.92
8. Falls
1,277
2.85
381
0.41
9. Lung Disease
1,121
2.50
3,993
4.25
10. Breast Cancer
1,071
2.39
1,358
1.45
11. Hypertension
1,034
2.31
5,916
6.30
12. Prostate Cancer
968
2.16
1,016
1.08
13. Pancreas Cancer
876
1.95
1,063
1.13
14. Kidney Disease
830
1.85
1,855
1.97
15. Stomach Cancer
827
1.84
1,175
1.25
16. Diabetes Mellitus
750
1.67
1,344
1.43
17. Lymphomas
736
1.64
499
0.53
18. Oral Cancer
716
1.60
408
0.43
19. Suicide
660
1.47
681
0.72
20. Other Injuries
554
1.24
437
0.47
21. Bladder Cancer
489
1.09
637
0.68
22. Liver Cancer
469
1.05
664
0.71
23. Leukemia
448
1.00
460
0.49
24. Skin Cancers
357
0.80
328
0.35
25. Inflammatory/Heart
339
0.76
409
0.44
26. Ovary Cancer
334
0.74
420
0.45
27. Road Traffic Accidents
331
0.74
647
0.69
28. Oesophagus Cancer
314
0.70
195
0.21
29. Parkinson's Disease
310
0.69
284
0.30
30. Uterin Cancer
280
0.62
369
0.39
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
274
0.61
276
0.29
32. Cervical Cancer
273
0.61
422
0.45
33. Alcohol
219
0.49
44
0.05
34. Skin Disease
170
0.38
53
0.06
35. Epilepsy
168
0.37
93
0.10
36. Congenital Anomalies
167
0.37
160
0.17
37. Endocrine Disorders
163
0.36
146
0.16
38. Drownings
144
0.32
129
0.14
39. Low Birth Weight
97
0.22
116
0.12
40. Other Neoplasms
93
0.21
93
0.10
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
70
0.16
56
0.06
42. Violence
59
0.13
84
0.09
43. Multiple Sclerosis
55
0.12
52
0.06
44. Asthma
47
0.10
28
0.03
45. Drug Use
45
0.10
76
0.08
46. Fires
39
0.09
124
0.13
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
34
0.08
27
0.03
48. Poisonings
30
0.07
38
0.04
49. Malnutrition
29
0.06
1
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
26
0.06
104
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Slovakia SLOVAKIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.91
23
23.63
32
2. Prostate Cancer
25.13
46
14.25
109
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24.87
1
16.50
18
4. Breast Cancer
18.97
65
17.57
86
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.90
9
7.11
42
6. Stomach Cancer
8.29
59
7.80
66
7. Oral Cancer
7.93
10
3.32
74
8. Lymphomas
7.42
14
3.82
127
9. Ovary Cancer
6.38
26
5.80
39
10. Cervical Cancer
5.79
116
6.87
108
11. Leukemia
4.79
27
3.61
89
12. Liver Cancer
4.70
108
4.53
114
13. Uterin Cancer
4.68
21
4.59
23
14. Bladder Cancer
4.61
14
3.82
30
15. Skin Cancers
3.59
20
2.17
72
16. Oesophagus Cancer
3.30
60
1.46
129
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.