CROATIA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,422	1	12,307	+ 4,114
Stroke	2	11,367	2	6,275	+ 5,092
Hypertension	3	2,517	8	1,102	+ 1,415
Lung Cancers	4	2,313	3	2,842	- 529
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,140	10	1,021	+ 1,118
Liver Disease	6	2,040	13	924	+ 1,115
Lung Disease	7	1,683	5	2,111	- 428
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,563	4	2,189	- 626
Kidney Disease	9	1,183	7	1,392	- 209
Inflammatory/Heart	10	1,014	21	457	+ 557
Breast Cancer	11	881	11	1,019	- 138
Stomach Cancer	12	791	15	786	+ 4
Liver Cancer	13	712	19	501	+ 211
Pancreas Cancer	14	671	16	754	- 83
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	649	9	1,066	- 417
Prostate Cancer	16	560	14	852	- 292
Oral Cancer	17	524	25	338	+ 186
Diabetes Mellitus	18	510	6	1,963	- 1,453
Other Injuries	19	489	23	428	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	20	456	27	328	+ 127
Suicide	21	431	17	676	- 245
Cervical Cancer	22	428	34	156	+ 272
Bladder Cancer	23	392	20	499	- 107
Falls	24	344	12	974	- 631
Lymphomas	25	317	18	556	- 240
Leukemia	26	307	22	435	- 128
Ovary Cancer	27	254	28	308	- 55
Tuberculosis	28	232	44	61	+ 171
Skin Cancers	29	229	26	332	- 102
Oesophagus Cancer	30	173	33	189	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	31	169	24	423	- 254
Drownings	32	136	38	86	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	121	31	207	- 85
Uterin Cancer	34	119	32	199	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	101	35	137	- 36
Fires	36	96	50	34	+ 62
Alcohol	37	94	30	219	- 125
Congenital Anomalies	38	84	37	94	- 10
Poisonings	39	84	54	16	+ 68
Drug Use	40	79	43	70	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	41	72	56	10	+ 62
Epilepsy	42	72	36	94	- 23
Other Neoplasms	43	66	29	283	- 217
Violence	44	58	48	45	+ 14
Asthma	45	51	41	74	- 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	51	39	82	- 31
HIV/AIDS	47	50	59	8	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	48	44	42	72	- 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	33	49	43	- 10
Malnutrition	50	32	70	0	+ 32
Schizophrenia	51	24	40	79	- 56
Hepatitis C	52	23	47	45	- 22
Skin Disease	53	22	58	8	+ 15
Meningitis	54	17	52	16	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	55	15	45	55	- 40
Anemia	56	13	53	16	- 2
Birth Trauma	57	9	55	11	- 2
Maternal Conditions	58	8	61	2	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	7	51	17	- 10
Appendicitis	60	5	57	9	- 4
Measles	61	2	73	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	62	1	65	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	63	2	- 1
Oral conditions	64	1	64	2	- 1
War	65	1	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	60	3	- 3
Pertussis	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	62	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	46	47	- 47
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Romania

Croatia

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.