ROMANIA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,726	1	71,810	- 40,084
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	11,039	15	2,839	+ 8,200
Stroke	3	10,743	2	49,707	- 38,965
Lung Cancers	4	10,045	4	10,113	- 68
Lung Disease	5	9,233	7	7,359	+ 1,874
Hypertension	6	5,781	3	11,007	- 5,226
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	5,615	8	6,835	- 1,220
Kidney Disease	8	4,913	9	5,175	- 262
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,469	5	9,357	- 4,888
Breast Cancer	10	4,065	11	3,851	+ 214
Pancreas Cancer	11	3,877	14	2,935	+ 942
Prostate Cancer	12	3,557	16	2,449	+ 1,108
Diabetes Mellitus	13	3,357	18	2,230	+ 1,126
Falls	14	3,306	24	1,504	+ 1,802
Liver Disease	15	3,278	6	8,920	- 5,642
Parkinson's Disease	16	2,717	31	741	+ 1,976
Lymphomas	17	2,643	25	1,385	+ 1,258
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,304	48	193	+ 2,111
Suicide	19	2,219	21	1,886	+ 332
Stomach Cancer	20	2,084	12	3,457	- 1,373
Inflammatory/Heart	21	1,918	10	4,433	- 2,515
Leukemia	22	1,885	26	1,342	+ 543
Other Injuries	23	1,780	19	2,139	- 360
Other Neoplasms	24	1,761	43	289	+ 1,472
Liver Cancer	25	1,738	13	3,114	- 1,375
Alcohol	26	1,350	37	409	+ 941
Oesophagus Cancer	27	1,340	30	755	+ 586
Bladder Cancer	28	1,336	23	1,715	- 379
Oral Cancer	29	1,299	17	2,290	- 990
Ovary Cancer	30	1,120	27	1,109	+ 11
Skin Cancers	31	875	29	1,003	- 128
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	826	46	223	+ 603
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	780	35	440	+ 340
Road Traffic Accidents	34	682	20	1,992	- 1,310
Epilepsy	35	667	42	314	+ 353
Congenital Anomalies	36	494	38	367	+ 128
Uterin Cancer	37	481	34	522	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	467	33	531	- 64
Cervical Cancer	39	460	22	1,870	- 1,410
Drug Use	40	416	40	346	+ 70
Multiple Sclerosis	41	339	55	66	+ 273
Skin Disease	42	333	53	97	+ 235
Anemia	43	214	56	59	+ 156
Asthma	44	199	45	225	- 26
Low Birth Weight	45	166	41	317	- 151
Violence	46	166	44	255	- 89
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	117	85	0	+ 117
Hepatitis C	48	109	52	98	+ 11
Drownings	49	99	32	596	- 497
Malnutrition	50	97	50	142	- 45
Schizophrenia	51	84	51	103	- 19
Osteoarthritis	52	78	86	0	+ 78
Fires	53	77	36	421	- 344
HIV/AIDS	54	74	47	219	- 144
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	63	49	143	- 80
Tuberculosis	56	61	28	1,015	- 955
Birth Trauma	57	52	57	38	+ 13
Poisonings	58	47	39	366	- 320
Hepatitis B	59	39	59	30	+ 9
Meningitis	60	36	54	76	- 40
Upper Respiratory	61	30	63	3	+ 27
Appendicitis	62	28	60	21	+ 7
Oral conditions	63	13	64	2	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	64	8	58	35	- 27
Otitis Media	65	3	68	1	+ 2
War	66	2	65	2	- 0
Encephalitis	67	2	62	6	- 4
Syphilis	68	1	66	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	61	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	67	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Germany

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.