COSTA RICA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,835	1	2,639	+ 18,196
Stroke	2	14,422	2	1,624	+ 12,798
Hypertension	3	3,194	6	863	+ 2,331
Lung Cancers	4	2,934	20	343	+ 2,591
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,715	7	836	+ 1,879
Liver Disease	6	2,588	18	370	+ 2,218
Lung Disease	7	2,135	4	1,046	+ 1,089
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,983	12	621	+ 1,363
Kidney Disease	9	1,501	3	1,482	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	10	1,286	26	191	+ 1,095
Breast Cancer	11	1,117	16	384	+ 733
Stomach Cancer	12	1,003	10	661	+ 342
Liver Cancer	13	903	17	382	+ 522
Pancreas Cancer	14	852	22	294	+ 558
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	824	8	818	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	16	711	14	448	+ 262
Oral Cancer	17	664	38	96	+ 568
Diabetes Mellitus	18	647	5	953	- 306
Other Injuries	19	621	13	571	+ 50
Road Traffic Accidents	20	578	9	746	- 168
Suicide	21	547	15	407	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	22	543	29	159	+ 384
Bladder Cancer	23	498	36	100	+ 398
Falls	24	436	35	116	+ 320
Lymphomas	25	402	19	356	+ 46
Leukemia	26	389	24	262	+ 128
Ovary Cancer	27	322	40	80	+ 241
Tuberculosis	28	295	50	32	+ 263
Skin Cancers	29	291	31	137	+ 154
Oesophagus Cancer	30	219	44	61	+ 158
Parkinson's Disease	31	215	30	138	+ 77
Drownings	32	173	37	97	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	154	42	74	+ 81
Uterin Cancer	34	152	41	80	+ 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	128	49	32	+ 96
Fires	36	122	58	10	+ 112
Alcohol	37	119	33	126	- 7
Congenital Anomalies	38	106	21	315	- 209
Poisonings	39	106	60	5	+ 101
Drug Use	40	100	43	63	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	41	92	28	178	- 86
Epilepsy	42	91	34	116	- 25
Other Neoplasms	43	84	23	266	- 182
Violence	44	74	11	635	- 561
Asthma	45	65	45	60	+ 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	65	39	87	- 22
HIV/AIDS	47	64	25	192	- 128
Endocrine Disorders	48	56	27	183	- 127
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	42	56	13	+ 28
Malnutrition	50	41	48	37	+ 4
Schizophrenia	51	30	53	21	+ 9
Hepatitis C	52	29	64	1	+ 27
Skin Disease	53	28	32	126	- 98
Meningitis	54	22	54	18	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	55	19	57	11	+ 8
Anemia	56	17	51	25	- 8
Birth Trauma	57	11	47	48	- 37
Maternal Conditions	58	10	55	17	- 7
Hepatitis B	59	9	59	7	+ 2
Appendicitis	60	6	52	22	- 16
Measles	61	2	75	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	62	2	63	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	3	- 2
Oral conditions	64	1	66	1	- 0
War	65	1	68	1	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	46	55	- 55
Osteoarthritis	86	0	61	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Romania

Costa Rica

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.