ROMANIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,153	1	71,810	- 48,658
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	14,267	15	2,839	+ 11,428
Stroke	3	11,224	2	49,707	- 38,484
Lung Cancers	4	10,268	4	10,113	+ 155
Lung Disease	5	9,755	7	7,359	+ 2,396
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,602	5	9,357	- 755
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	5,044	8	6,835	- 1,792
Kidney Disease	8	4,472	9	5,175	- 702
Breast Cancer	9	3,919	11	3,851	+ 69
Suicide	10	3,199	21	1,886	+ 1,312
Other Injuries	11	3,040	19	2,139	+ 901
Other Neoplasms	12	2,769	43	289	+ 2,481
Prostate Cancer	13	2,764	16	2,449	+ 315
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,742	14	2,935	- 193
Falls	15	2,660	24	1,504	+ 1,156
Lymphomas	16	2,352	25	1,385	+ 967
Liver Disease	17	2,171	6	8,920	- 6,749
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,169	48	193	+ 1,977
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,087	31	741	+ 1,347
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,923	18	2,230	- 307
Leukemia	21	1,817	26	1,342	+ 475
Bladder Cancer	22	1,634	23	1,715	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,607	10	4,433	- 2,826
Liver Cancer	24	1,478	13	3,114	- 1,635
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,361	30	755	+ 606
Stomach Cancer	26	1,308	12	3,457	- 2,149
Hypertension	27	1,121	3	11,007	- 9,887
Oral Cancer	28	1,022	17	2,290	- 1,268
Road Traffic Accidents	29	1,009	20	1,992	- 983
Ovary Cancer	30	989	27	1,109	- 120
Skin Cancers	31	791	29	1,003	- 212
Alcohol	32	757	37	409	+ 348
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	633	46	223	+ 409
Uterin Cancer	34	582	34	522	+ 60
Skin Disease	35	575	53	97	+ 478
Epilepsy	36	527	42	314	+ 213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	444	35	440	+ 3
Malnutrition	38	440	50	142	+ 299
Drug Use	39	436	40	346	+ 90
Congenital Anomalies	40	427	38	367	+ 60
Cervical Cancer	41	368	22	1,870	- 1,502
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	322	33	531	- 209
Anemia	43	301	56	59	+ 243
Violence	44	227	44	255	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	45	223	55	66	+ 156
Asthma	46	193	45	225	- 32
Drownings	47	119	32	596	- 477
Fires	48	114	36	421	- 308
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	110	85	0	+ 110
Low Birth Weight	50	106	41	317	- 211
Osteoarthritis	51	89	86	0	+ 89
Hepatitis C	52	80	52	98	- 18
Birth Trauma	53	71	57	38	+ 33
Tuberculosis	54	69	28	1,015	- 946
Poisonings	55	62	39	366	- 304
Schizophrenia	56	60	51	103	- 43
HIV/AIDS	57	55	47	219	- 164
Meningitis	58	43	54	76	- 33
Upper Respiratory	59	33	63	3	+ 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	30	49	143	- 113
Oral conditions	61	29	64	2	+ 26
Appendicitis	62	25	60	21	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	25	59	30	- 5
Maternal Conditions	64	9	58	35	- 26
Otitis Media	65	3	68	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	2	62	6	- 4
War	67	2	65	2	- 0
Pertussis	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	70	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	79	0	61	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	81	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

Belgium

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.