BELGIUM VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	47,394	1	15,281	+ 32,114
Stroke	2	32,806	3	7,408	+ 25,399
Hypertension	3	7,265	27	740	+ 6,525
Lung Cancers	4	6,675	4	6,777	- 102
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,176	6	5,677	+ 498
Liver Disease	6	5,887	17	1,433	+ 4,454
Lung Disease	7	4,857	5	6,438	- 1,581
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	4,511	7	3,329	+ 1,183
Kidney Disease	9	3,415	8	2,952	+ 464
Inflammatory/Heart	10	2,926	23	1,060	+ 1,865
Breast Cancer	11	2,541	9	2,587	- 45
Stomach Cancer	12	2,282	26	863	+ 1,419
Liver Cancer	13	2,055	24	976	+ 1,079
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,937	14	1,809	+ 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	1,874	2	9,416	- 7,542
Prostate Cancer	16	1,616	13	1,824	- 208
Oral Cancer	17	1,511	28	675	+ 837
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,472	20	1,269	+ 203
Other Injuries	19	1,412	11	2,006	- 594
Road Traffic Accidents	20	1,315	29	666	+ 649
Suicide	21	1,245	10	2,111	- 866
Cervical Cancer	22	1,234	41	243	+ 991
Bladder Cancer	23	1,132	22	1,078	+ 53
Falls	24	993	15	1,756	- 763
Lymphomas	25	914	16	1,552	- 638
Leukemia	26	886	21	1,199	- 313
Ovary Cancer	27	732	30	653	+ 79
Tuberculosis	28	670	54	46	+ 625
Skin Cancers	29	662	31	522	+ 140
Oesophagus Cancer	30	498	25	898	- 400
Parkinson's Disease	31	489	19	1,378	- 889
Drownings	32	393	47	79	+ 315
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	351	42	213	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	34	345	34	384	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	291	37	293	- 2
Fires	36	278	48	75	+ 203
Alcohol	37	270	32	500	- 230
Congenital Anomalies	38	242	40	282	- 40
Poisonings	39	242	55	41	+ 201
Drug Use	40	228	39	287	- 59
Low Birth Weight	41	209	50	70	+ 139
Epilepsy	42	207	36	348	- 140
Other Neoplasms	43	190	12	1,828	- 1,637
Violence	44	168	44	149	+ 19
Asthma	45	149	46	128	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	147	33	418	- 270
HIV/AIDS	47	144	57	36	+ 108
Endocrine Disorders	48	127	18	1,432	- 1,305
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	95	60	20	+ 75
Malnutrition	50	93	38	291	- 197
Schizophrenia	51	68	56	40	+ 28
Hepatitis C	52	65	52	53	+ 12
Skin Disease	53	64	35	380	- 315
Meningitis	54	50	58	28	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	55	44	45	147	- 103
Anemia	56	39	43	199	- 160
Birth Trauma	57	25	53	47	- 22
Maternal Conditions	58	23	64	6	+ 17
Hepatitis B	59	20	63	17	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	14	62	17	- 3
Measles	61	5	79	0	+ 5
Encephalitis	62	4	66	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	59	22	- 20
Oral conditions	64	2	61	19	- 17
War	65	1	67	1	+ 0
Syphilis	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Tetanus	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	65	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	68	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	49	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	86	0	51	59	- 59
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Romania

Belgium

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.