ROMANIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,609	1	71,810	- 57,201
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,568	15	2,839	+ 7,729
Stroke	3	7,004	2	49,707	- 42,703
Lung Cancers	4	5,945	4	10,113	- 4,169
Lung Disease	5	5,754	7	7,359	- 1,605
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,209	8	6,835	- 2,626
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,031	18	2,230	+ 801
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,014	5	9,357	- 6,343
Prostate Cancer	9	2,553	16	2,449	+ 104
Breast Cancer	10	2,309	11	3,851	- 1,542
Suicide	11	2,135	21	1,886	+ 249
Kidney Disease	12	2,128	9	5,175	- 3,046
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,114	14	2,935	- 821
Falls	14	2,112	24	1,504	+ 608
Lymphomas	15	2,060	25	1,385	+ 675
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,579	48	193	+ 1,386
Skin Cancers	17	1,572	29	1,003	+ 569
Leukemia	18	1,441	26	1,342	+ 99
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,380	31	741	+ 640
Liver Cancer	20	1,380	13	3,114	- 1,733
Drug Use	21	1,209	40	346	+ 863
Other Injuries	22	1,114	19	2,139	- 1,026
Hypertension	23	1,106	3	11,007	- 9,901
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,065	10	4,433	- 3,368
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,013	30	755	+ 258
Liver Disease	26	964	6	8,920	- 7,956
Stomach Cancer	27	873	12	3,457	- 2,584
Other Neoplasms	28	849	43	289	+ 560
Road Traffic Accidents	29	844	20	1,992	- 1,148
Bladder Cancer	30	805	23	1,715	- 910
Ovary Cancer	31	680	27	1,109	- 429
Oral Cancer	32	659	17	2,290	- 1,631
Congenital Anomalies	33	482	38	367	+ 115
Skin Disease	34	403	53	97	+ 305
Uterin Cancer	35	355	34	522	- 167
Asthma	36	309	45	225	+ 84
Alcohol	37	258	37	409	- 152
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	257	35	440	- 184
Cervical Cancer	39	232	22	1,870	- 1,639
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	200	46	223	- 23
Epilepsy	41	193	42	314	- 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	187	33	531	- 344
Low Birth Weight	43	168	41	317	- 149
Violence	44	165	44	255	- 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	155	85	0	+ 155
Multiple Sclerosis	46	127	55	66	+ 61
Drownings	47	120	32	596	- 476
Hepatitis C	48	117	52	98	+ 19
Anemia	49	107	56	59	+ 48
Birth Trauma	50	95	57	38	+ 57
Malnutrition	51	79	50	142	- 62
Osteoarthritis	52	77	86	0	+ 77
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	48	49	143	- 95
Schizophrenia	54	43	51	103	- 59
Fires	55	37	36	421	- 384
Tuberculosis	56	36	28	1,015	- 980
HIV/AIDS	57	34	47	219	- 185
Hepatitis B	58	28	59	30	- 3
Oral conditions	59	27	64	2	+ 25
Meningitis	60	25	54	76	- 51
Poisonings	61	24	39	366	- 343
Appendicitis	62	18	60	21	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	14	58	35	- 22
Upper Respiratory	64	12	63	3	+ 9
War	65	5	65	2	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	4	68	1	+ 3
Syphilis	67	2	66	1	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	2	62	6	- 4
Pertussis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Tetanus	70	1	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	61	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Australia

Romania

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.