ROMANIA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	45,741	1	71,810	- 26,069
Hypertension	2	41,049	3	11,007	+ 30,042
Stroke	3	16,965	2	49,707	- 32,742
Lung Cancers	4	9,990	4	10,113	- 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	8,010	8	6,835	+ 1,175
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,302	5	9,357	- 4,055
Liver Disease	7	4,993	6	8,920	- 3,926
Prostate Cancer	8	4,537	16	2,449	+ 2,089
Stomach Cancer	9	4,406	12	3,457	+ 949
Pancreas Cancer	10	4,080	14	2,935	+ 1,146
Breast Cancer	11	3,952	11	3,851	+ 101
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	3,488	15	2,839	+ 649
Lung Disease	13	3,477	7	7,359	- 3,882
Inflammatory/Heart	14	3,299	10	4,433	- 1,134
Lymphomas	15	3,236	25	1,385	+ 1,852
Suicide	16	3,001	21	1,886	+ 1,115
Kidney Disease	17	2,682	9	5,175	- 2,492
Alcohol	18	2,256	37	409	+ 1,847
Diabetes Mellitus	19	2,221	18	2,230	- 10
Other Injuries	20	2,147	19	2,139	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	21	1,912	23	1,715	+ 197
Leukemia	22	1,910	26	1,342	+ 567
Other Neoplasms	23	1,875	43	289	+ 1,586
Falls	24	1,802	24	1,504	+ 298
Oral Cancer	25	1,679	17	2,290	- 611
Liver Cancer	26	1,630	13	3,114	- 1,484
Oesophagus Cancer	27	1,497	30	755	+ 743
Ovary Cancer	28	1,326	27	1,109	+ 217
Parkinson's Disease	29	1,246	31	741	+ 505
Skin Cancers	30	1,199	29	1,003	+ 196
Drug Use	31	1,140	40	346	+ 794
Cervical Cancer	32	1,027	22	1,870	- 843
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,002	48	193	+ 810
Uterin Cancer	34	914	34	522	+ 392
Road Traffic Accidents	35	900	20	1,992	- 1,093
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	836	33	531	+ 305
Epilepsy	37	677	42	314	+ 362
Fires	38	622	36	421	+ 201
HIV/AIDS	39	612	47	219	+ 394
Drownings	40	456	32	596	- 141
Skin Disease	41	434	53	97	+ 336
Violence	42	433	44	255	+ 178
Congenital Anomalies	43	381	38	367	+ 14
Asthma	44	366	45	225	+ 141
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	327	35	440	- 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	262	85	0	+ 262
Tuberculosis	47	250	28	1,015	- 765
Multiple Sclerosis	48	247	55	66	+ 181
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	185	49	143	+ 41
Osteoarthritis	50	154	86	0	+ 154
Anemia	51	139	56	59	+ 80
Poisonings	52	126	39	366	- 240
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	126	46	223	- 98
Meningitis	54	113	54	76	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	55	103	41	317	- 214
Schizophrenia	56	93	51	103	- 10
Birth Trauma	57	76	57	38	+ 38
Hepatitis C	58	62	52	98	- 37
Appendicitis	59	31	60	21	+ 10
Oral conditions	60	31	64	2	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	61	18	58	35	- 18
Syphilis	62	15	66	1	+ 14
Encephalitis	63	3	62	6	- 3
War	64	2	65	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	30	- 30
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	3	- 3
Otitis Media	67	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	50	142	- 142
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	82	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	61	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Estonia

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.