ROMANIA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	101,587	1	71,810	+ 29,777
Stroke	2	31,312	2	49,707	- 18,396
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,743	15	2,839	+ 3,904
Lung Cancers	4	5,634	4	10,113	- 4,479
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	5,513	8	6,835	- 1,322
Alcohol	6	5,273	37	409	+ 4,864
Lung Disease	7	4,217	7	7,359	- 3,142
Liver Disease	8	3,969	6	8,920	- 4,951
Suicide	9	3,828	21	1,886	+ 1,941
Stomach Cancer	10	3,228	12	3,457	- 229
Inflammatory/Heart	11	2,599	10	4,433	- 1,834
Breast Cancer	12	2,350	11	3,851	- 1,500
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,236	14	2,935	- 699
Other Injuries	14	2,099	19	2,139	- 41
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	2,075	5	9,357	- 7,282
Falls	16	1,818	24	1,504	+ 314
Prostate Cancer	17	1,787	16	2,449	- 662
Oral Cancer	18	1,721	17	2,290	- 569
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,379	20	1,992	- 613
Lymphomas	20	1,283	25	1,385	- 102
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,187	31	741	+ 446
Fires	22	1,185	36	421	+ 764
Leukemia	23	1,058	26	1,342	- 284
Drownings	24	1,038	32	596	+ 442
Oesophagus Cancer	25	942	30	755	+ 187
Kidney Disease	26	917	9	5,175	- 4,258
Ovary Cancer	27	819	27	1,109	- 290
Uterin Cancer	28	746	34	522	+ 224
Drug Use	29	743	40	346	+ 397
Diabetes Mellitus	30	712	18	2,230	- 1,519
Hypertension	31	702	3	11,007	- 10,306
Liver Cancer	32	693	13	3,114	- 2,420
Poisonings	33	595	39	366	+ 228
Cervical Cancer	34	579	22	1,870	- 1,291
Bladder Cancer	35	564	23	1,715	- 1,151
Skin Cancers	36	519	29	1,003	- 484
Tuberculosis	37	513	28	1,015	- 502
Violence	38	487	44	255	+ 232
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	457	35	440	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	449	33	531	- 82
Congenital Anomalies	41	386	38	367	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	42	319	47	219	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	43	269	48	193	+ 77
Asthma	44	232	45	225	+ 7
Epilepsy	45	221	42	314	- 93
Encephalitis	46	178	62	6	+ 172
Low Birth Weight	47	123	41	317	- 194
Other Neoplasms	48	100	43	289	- 189
Multiple Sclerosis	49	80	55	66	+ 14
Meningitis	50	70	54	76	- 7
Skin Disease	51	59	53	97	- 39
Birth Trauma	52	48	57	38	+ 9
Malnutrition	53	42	50	142	- 100
Appendicitis	54	38	60	21	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	29	85	0	+ 29
Hepatitis B	56	26	59	30	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	24	46	223	- 199
Upper Respiratory	58	9	63	3	+ 7
War	59	6	65	2	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	60	4	58	35	- 32
Chlamydia	61	2	78	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	1	52	98	- 97
Syphilis	63	1	66	1	- 0
Tetanus	64	0	67	1	- 1
Pertussis	65	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	61	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	69	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	51	103	- 103
Depression	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	56	59	- 59
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Belarus

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.