ROMANIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,532	5	9,357	- 825
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,665	1	71,810	- 64,145
Stroke	3	4,299	2	49,707	- 45,409
Kidney Disease	4	4,027	9	5,175	- 1,148
Liver Disease	5	3,549	6	8,920	- 5,371
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,235	15	2,839	+ 396
Stomach Cancer	7	2,823	12	3,457	- 634
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,470	18	2,230	+ 239
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,457	20	1,992	+ 465
Lung Cancers	10	1,764	4	10,113	- 8,349
Prostate Cancer	11	1,763	16	2,449	- 686
Violence	12	1,677	44	255	+ 1,422
Other Injuries	13	1,601	19	2,139	- 538
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,471	8	6,835	- 5,364
Lung Disease	15	1,402	7	7,359	- 5,957
Liver Cancer	16	1,378	13	3,114	- 1,735
Tuberculosis	17	1,323	28	1,015	+ 308
Lymphomas	18	1,255	25	1,385	- 130
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,111	38	367	+ 745
Breast Cancer	20	1,096	11	3,851	- 2,754
Cervical Cancer	21	1,071	22	1,870	- 799
Leukemia	22	1,030	26	1,342	- 312
Pancreas Cancer	23	894	14	2,935	- 2,040
Low Birth Weight	24	821	41	317	+ 504
Falls	25	715	24	1,504	- 789
Parkinson's Disease	26	707	31	741	- 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	617	46	223	+ 393
Hypertension	28	591	3	11,007	- 10,417
Malnutrition	29	560	50	142	+ 418
Suicide	30	503	21	1,886	- 1,384
HIV/AIDS	31	472	47	219	+ 254
Skin Cancers	32	437	29	1,003	- 566
Ovary Cancer	33	397	27	1,109	- 712
Drug Use	34	354	40	346	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	339	33	531	- 192
Drownings	36	325	32	596	- 271
Birth Trauma	37	299	57	38	+ 261
Oral Cancer	38	289	17	2,290	- 2,001
Inflammatory/Heart	39	275	10	4,433	- 4,158
Endocrine Disorders	40	264	48	193	+ 71
Bladder Cancer	41	258	23	1,715	- 1,457
Oesophagus Cancer	42	219	30	755	- 536
Maternal Conditions	43	192	58	35	+ 157
Alcohol	44	179	37	409	- 230
Uterin Cancer	45	169	34	522	- 353
Encephalitis	46	156	62	6	+ 150
Epilepsy	47	146	42	314	- 168
Pertussis	48	145	69	0	+ 145
Fires	49	133	36	421	- 288
Asthma	50	116	45	225	- 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	110	35	440	- 330
Syphilis	52	102	66	1	+ 100
Appendicitis	53	95	60	21	+ 74
Skin Disease	54	87	53	97	- 10
Poisonings	55	70	39	366	- 296
Meningitis	56	66	54	76	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	60	85	0	+ 60
Other Neoplasms	58	30	43	289	- 258
Chagas disease	59	27	76	0	+ 27
Tetanus	60	26	67	1	+ 25
Malaria	61	19	75	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	55	66	- 47
Upper Respiratory	63	6	63	3	+ 3
Hepatitis B	64	5	59	30	- 25
Hepatitis C	65	2	52	98	- 96
Dengue	66	2	81	0	+ 2
War	67	2	65	2	- 0
Chlamydia	68	2	78	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	61	7	- 7
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	56	59	- 59
Schizophrenia	83	0	51	103	- 103
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	143	- 143
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Peru

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.