BARBADOS VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,203	2	358	+ 846
Stroke	2	833	1	384	+ 449
Hypertension	3	184	13	72	+ 112
Lung Cancers	4	169	16	43	+ 127
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	157	4	221	- 64
Liver Disease	6	149	26	23	+ 127
Lung Disease	7	123	12	74	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	115	6	115	- 0
Kidney Disease	9	87	10	92	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	10	74	17	39	+ 35
Breast Cancer	11	65	8	95	- 31
Stomach Cancer	12	58	22	28	+ 30
Liver Cancer	13	52	33	14	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	14	49	18	39	+ 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	48	7	114	- 66
Prostate Cancer	16	41	5	165	- 124
Oral Cancer	17	38	28	18	+ 21
Diabetes Mellitus	18	37	3	260	- 223
Other Injuries	19	36	11	79	- 43
Road Traffic Accidents	20	33	25	23	+ 10
Suicide	21	32	51	2	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	22	31	23	28	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	23	29	39	9	+ 19
Falls	24	25	41	7	+ 19
Lymphomas	25	23	15	51	- 28
Leukemia	26	22	20	29	- 7
Ovary Cancer	27	19	32	16	+ 3
Tuberculosis	28	17	60	1	+ 16
Skin Cancers	29	17	47	4	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	30	13	36	12	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	31	12	31	16	- 4
Drownings	32	10	57	1	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	9	34	14	- 5
Uterin Cancer	34	9	27	21	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	7	55	1	+ 6
Fires	36	7	62	1	+ 6
Alcohol	37	7	46	4	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	38	6	29	18	- 12
Poisonings	39	6	48	2	+ 4
Drug Use	40	6	53	1	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	41	5	42	5	+ 0
Epilepsy	42	5	38	9	- 4
Other Neoplasms	43	5	24	26	- 21
Violence	44	4	19	32	- 28
Asthma	45	4	35	13	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	4	40	7	- 3
HIV/AIDS	47	4	21	28	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	48	3	9	93	- 90
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	2	30	17	- 15
Malnutrition	50	2	49	2	+ 0
Schizophrenia	51	2	59	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	52	2	83	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	2	14	62	- 61
Meningitis	54	1	45	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	55	1	61	1	+ 0
Anemia	56	1	37	11	- 10
Birth Trauma	57	1	43	5	- 5
Maternal Conditions	58	1	56	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	52	2	- 1
Appendicitis	60	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	61	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	62	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	58	1	- 1
Oral conditions	64	0	63	1	- 1
War	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	64	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	54	1	- 1
Ascariasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	44	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	86	0	50	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

Romania

Barbados

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.