ROMANIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	35,208	1	71,810	- 36,602
Diabetes Mellitus	2	22,361	18	2,230	+ 20,131
Stroke	3	21,703	2	49,707	- 28,004
Kidney Disease	4	10,247	9	5,175	+ 5,072
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,434	5	9,357	+ 77
Lung Disease	6	7,511	7	7,359	+ 152
Suicide	7	5,851	21	1,886	+ 3,965
Hypertension	8	4,941	3	11,007	- 6,067
Liver Disease	9	4,320	6	8,920	- 4,600
Lung Cancers	10	4,179	4	10,113	- 5,935
Drownings	11	3,138	32	596	+ 2,542
Breast Cancer	12	3,094	11	3,851	- 757
Asthma	13	2,899	45	225	+ 2,673
Low Birth Weight	14	2,727	41	317	+ 2,410
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	2,500	35	440	+ 2,060
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	2,446	46	223	+ 2,223
Other Injuries	17	2,425	19	2,139	+ 286
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,419	38	367	+ 2,053
Tuberculosis	19	2,280	28	1,015	+ 1,264
Stomach Cancer	20	2,139	12	3,457	- 1,318
Birth Trauma	21	1,971	57	38	+ 1,933
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	1,536	8	6,835	- 5,299
Cervical Cancer	23	1,517	22	1,870	- 353
Liver Cancer	24	1,487	13	3,114	- 1,627
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,206	33	531	+ 674
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	1,188	15	2,839	- 1,651
Falls	27	1,121	24	1,504	- 383
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,098	10	4,433	- 3,335
Prostate Cancer	29	1,004	16	2,449	- 1,445
Endocrine Disorders	30	967	48	193	+ 774
Violence	31	960	44	255	+ 705
Leukemia	32	915	26	1,342	- 427
Parkinson's Disease	33	851	31	741	+ 110
Maternal Conditions	34	668	58	35	+ 633
Pancreas Cancer	35	660	14	2,935	- 2,274
Lymphomas	36	655	25	1,385	- 729
Pertussis	37	642	69	0	+ 642
Oral Cancer	38	615	17	2,290	- 1,675
Meningitis	39	582	54	76	+ 505
Syphilis	40	550	66	1	+ 549
Uterin Cancer	41	522	34	522	- 0
Skin Disease	42	499	53	97	+ 402
Epilepsy	43	497	42	314	+ 183
Malnutrition	44	484	50	142	+ 342
Ovary Cancer	45	421	27	1,109	- 688
Alcohol	46	415	37	409	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	47	398	30	755	- 357
Fires	48	367	36	421	- 54
Bladder Cancer	49	284	23	1,715	- 1,431
Poisonings	50	185	39	366	- 181
Skin Cancers	51	166	29	1,003	- 838
Drug Use	52	113	40	346	- 233
Encephalitis	53	108	62	6	+ 103
Appendicitis	54	81	60	21	+ 60
Other Neoplasms	55	68	43	289	- 221
Measles	56	63	61	7	+ 56
Hepatitis B	57	55	59	30	+ 24
Road Traffic Accidents	58	33	20	1,992	- 1,959
Tetanus	59	31	67	1	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	27	85	0	+ 27
Dengue	61	25	81	0	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	62	25	55	66	- 41
Hepatitis C	63	7	52	98	- 92
Diphtheria	64	6	71	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	65	6	82	0	+ 6
War	66	2	65	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	2	63	3	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	47	219	- 219
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	143	- 143
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	51	103	- 103
Anemia	85	0	56	59	- 59
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Micronesia

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.