ROMANIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,897	1	71,810	- 48,914
Stroke	2	21,939	2	49,707	- 27,768
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	12,785	15	2,839	+ 9,946
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,182	5	9,357	+ 2,825
Lung Cancers	5	7,834	4	10,113	- 2,280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	7,804	8	6,835	+ 969
Lung Disease	7	7,620	7	7,359	+ 261
Diabetes Mellitus	8	6,403	18	2,230	+ 4,173
Kidney Disease	9	4,984	9	5,175	- 190
Stomach Cancer	10	4,502	12	3,457	+ 1,045
Prostate Cancer	11	3,776	16	2,449	+ 1,327
Breast Cancer	12	3,551	11	3,851	- 300
Other Injuries	13	3,444	19	2,139	+ 1,305
Hypertension	14	3,342	3	11,007	- 7,665
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,968	14	2,935	+ 33
Lymphomas	16	2,858	25	1,385	+ 1,473
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,750	48	193	+ 2,557
Liver Cancer	18	2,259	13	3,114	- 855
Suicide	19	2,084	21	1,886	+ 197
Bladder Cancer	20	2,081	23	1,715	+ 366
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,026	31	741	+ 1,285
Liver Disease	22	2,001	6	8,920	- 6,918
Falls	23	1,836	24	1,504	+ 332
Leukemia	24	1,805	26	1,342	+ 463
Oral Cancer	25	1,622	17	2,290	- 668
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,616	10	4,433	- 2,817
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,490	20	1,992	- 502
Other Neoplasms	28	1,159	43	289	+ 871
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,107	30	755	+ 352
Skin Cancers	30	931	29	1,003	- 73
Epilepsy	31	738	42	314	+ 424
Uterin Cancer	32	722	34	522	+ 199
Ovary Cancer	33	706	27	1,109	- 402
Cervical Cancer	34	585	22	1,870	- 1,285
HIV/AIDS	35	568	47	219	+ 349
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	410	46	223	+ 187
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	406	33	531	- 125
Tuberculosis	38	379	28	1,015	- 637
Skin Disease	39	360	53	97	+ 262
Congenital Anomalies	40	349	38	367	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	300	35	440	- 140
Anemia	42	268	56	59	+ 209
Asthma	43	260	45	225	+ 35
Drug Use	44	228	40	346	- 118
Alcohol	45	198	37	409	- 212
Fires	46	193	36	421	- 229
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	176	85	0	+ 176
Violence	48	171	44	255	- 84
Hepatitis C	49	154	52	98	+ 56
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	147	49	143	+ 3
Drownings	51	141	32	596	- 455
Low Birth Weight	52	140	41	317	- 177
Malnutrition	53	140	50	142	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	54	100	55	66	+ 34
Schizophrenia	55	87	51	103	- 15
Meningitis	56	76	54	76	- 1
Poisonings	57	52	39	366	- 314
Osteoarthritis	58	51	86	0	+ 51
Hepatitis B	59	46	59	30	+ 16
Birth Trauma	60	42	57	38	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	37	60	21	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	62	26	63	3	+ 24
Maternal Conditions	63	13	58	35	- 23
Syphilis	64	5	66	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	65	5	64	2	+ 3
Otitis Media	66	4	68	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	67	2	62	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	68	2	70	0	+ 2
War	69	2	65	2	- 0
Leprosy	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	61	7	- 7
Pertussis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Portugal

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.