ROMANIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,910	1	71,810	- 42,901
Stroke	2	18,645	2	49,707	- 31,062
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	12,337	15	2,839	+ 9,498
Lung Cancers	4	10,167	4	10,113	+ 53
Lung Disease	5	9,640	7	7,359	+ 2,281
Hypertension	6	8,910	3	11,007	- 2,097
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	6,327	8	6,835	- 508
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,905	18	2,230	+ 3,674
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,864	5	9,357	- 4,493
Breast Cancer	10	4,128	11	3,851	+ 278
Kidney Disease	11	3,788	9	5,175	- 1,386
Other Injuries	12	3,606	19	2,139	+ 1,466
Pancreas Cancer	13	3,600	14	2,935	+ 665
Stomach Cancer	14	3,052	12	3,457	- 405
Other Neoplasms	15	2,972	43	289	+ 2,683
Lymphomas	16	2,879	25	1,385	+ 1,494
Liver Cancer	17	2,864	13	3,114	- 250
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,510	48	193	+ 2,317
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,509	31	741	+ 1,768
Prostate Cancer	20	2,503	16	2,449	+ 54
Leukemia	21	2,003	26	1,342	+ 661
Bladder Cancer	22	1,998	23	1,715	+ 283
Liver Disease	23	1,655	6	8,920	- 7,265
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,646	10	4,433	- 2,786
Falls	25	1,257	24	1,504	- 247
Suicide	26	1,203	21	1,886	- 683
Oral Cancer	27	995	17	2,290	- 1,295
Ovary Cancer	28	977	27	1,109	- 132
Skin Cancers	29	964	29	1,003	- 39
Road Traffic Accidents	30	959	20	1,992	- 1,033
Hepatitis C	31	729	52	98	+ 631
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	660	35	440	+ 219
Uterin Cancer	33	654	34	522	+ 132
Oesophagus Cancer	34	609	30	755	- 146
Anemia	35	498	56	59	+ 439
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	483	46	223	+ 259
Congenital Anomalies	37	430	38	367	+ 63
Skin Disease	38	429	53	97	+ 331
Epilepsy	39	398	42	314	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	40	343	22	1,870	- 1,527
Malnutrition	41	231	50	142	+ 89
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	209	85	0	+ 209
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	205	33	531	- 326
Multiple Sclerosis	44	201	55	66	+ 135
Drug Use	45	195	40	346	- 151
HIV/AIDS	46	155	47	219	- 64
Asthma	47	147	45	225	- 78
Osteoarthritis	48	143	86	0	+ 143
Schizophrenia	49	126	51	103	+ 23
Violence	50	122	44	255	- 134
Low Birth Weight	51	106	41	317	- 210
Drownings	52	102	32	596	- 494
Tuberculosis	53	100	28	1,015	- 915
Hepatitis B	54	99	59	30	+ 69
Alcohol	55	82	37	409	- 327
Fires	56	81	36	421	- 341
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	72	49	143	- 72
Poisonings	58	46	39	366	- 321
Birth Trauma	59	42	57	38	+ 3
Meningitis	60	38	54	76	- 38
Appendicitis	61	14	60	21	- 6
Oral conditions	62	14	64	2	+ 12
Tetanus	63	6	67	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	6	63	3	+ 3
Otitis Media	65	5	68	1	+ 4
War	66	2	65	2	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	2	58	35	- 34
Encephalitis	68	1	62	6	- 5
Syphilis	69	1	66	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Measles	71	0	61	7	- 7
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Italy

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.