CONGO VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,128	4	2,494	+ 21,633
Stroke	2	16,701	5	2,267	+ 14,435
Hypertension	3	3,698	12	933	+ 2,766
Lung Cancers	4	3,398	47	54	+ 3,344
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,144	3	2,576	+ 568
Liver Disease	6	2,997	13	931	+ 2,066
Lung Disease	7	2,473	17	541	+ 1,932
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	2,297	38	89	+ 2,208
Kidney Disease	9	1,739	15	613	+ 1,126
Inflammatory/Heart	10	1,489	26	220	+ 1,270
Breast Cancer	11	1,294	32	159	+ 1,135
Stomach Cancer	12	1,162	39	88	+ 1,074
Liver Cancer	13	1,046	30	169	+ 877
Pancreas Cancer	14	986	52	42	+ 944
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	954	25	230	+ 724
Prostate Cancer	16	823	28	198	+ 625
Oral Cancer	17	769	54	33	+ 737
Diabetes Mellitus	18	749	10	1,050	- 300
Other Injuries	19	719	20	333	+ 386
Road Traffic Accidents	20	669	7	1,598	- 929
Suicide	21	634	19	349	+ 285
Cervical Cancer	22	628	29	196	+ 432
Bladder Cancer	23	576	61	15	+ 562
Falls	24	505	33	149	+ 357
Lymphomas	25	465	45	61	+ 404
Leukemia	26	451	46	57	+ 394
Ovary Cancer	27	373	48	49	+ 323
Tuberculosis	28	341	2	2,781	- 2,440
Skin Cancers	29	337	53	36	+ 301
Oesophagus Cancer	30	254	57	19	+ 234
Parkinson's Disease	31	249	42	69	+ 180
Drownings	32	200	36	104	+ 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	178	35	105	+ 73
Uterin Cancer	34	175	60	15	+ 161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	148	43	67	+ 81
Fires	36	142	37	90	+ 51
Alcohol	37	137	49	46	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	38	123	14	729	- 606
Poisonings	39	123	41	71	+ 53
Drug Use	40	116	44	65	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	41	106	9	1,283	- 1,177
Epilepsy	42	106	40	76	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	43	97	63	8	+ 89
Violence	44	86	18	539	- 453
Asthma	45	76	23	291	- 215
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	75	8	1,304	- 1,229
HIV/AIDS	47	74	1	4,509	- 4,436
Endocrine Disorders	48	65	27	208	- 143
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	48	84	0	+ 48
Malnutrition	50	48	24	272	- 224
Schizophrenia	51	35	81	0	+ 35
Hepatitis C	52	33	67	2	+ 31
Skin Disease	53	33	50	46	- 13
Meningitis	54	26	22	299	- 273
Multiple Sclerosis	55	22	66	4	+ 18
Anemia	56	20	82	0	+ 20
Birth Trauma	57	13	11	997	- 985
Maternal Conditions	58	12	16	578	- 566
Hepatitis B	59	10	62	14	- 4
Appendicitis	60	7	58	18	- 11
Measles	61	2	31	159	- 157
Encephalitis	62	2	56	20	- 18
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	7	- 6
Oral conditions	64	1	86	0	+ 1
War	65	1	72	1	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	34	107	- 106
Tetanus	67	0	55	23	- 23
Otitis Media	68	0	71	1	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	21	329	- 329
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	75	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	7	- 7
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	59	15	- 15
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Romania

Congo

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.