CUBA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,391	1	22,079	+ 21,313
Stroke	2	30,036	2	10,725	+ 19,310
Hypertension	3	6,651	7	3,469	+ 3,182
Lung Cancers	4	6,111	4	5,985	+ 126
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,654	3	8,564	- 2,910
Liver Disease	6	5,390	11	1,873	+ 3,516
Lung Disease	7	4,447	6	5,492	- 1,046
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	4,130	9	2,958	+ 1,173
Kidney Disease	9	3,127	14	1,700	+ 1,427
Inflammatory/Heart	10	2,679	17	1,156	+ 1,522
Breast Cancer	11	2,327	15	1,673	+ 654
Stomach Cancer	12	2,089	20	991	+ 1,098
Liver Cancer	13	1,881	24	815	+ 1,066
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,773	21	905	+ 869
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	1,716	5	5,841	- 4,126
Prostate Cancer	16	1,480	8	3,365	- 1,885
Oral Cancer	17	1,384	23	876	+ 507
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,348	13	1,791	- 443
Other Injuries	19	1,293	12	1,869	- 577
Road Traffic Accidents	20	1,204	19	1,007	+ 196
Suicide	21	1,140	16	1,638	- 498
Cervical Cancer	22	1,130	29	666	+ 464
Bladder Cancer	23	1,036	26	734	+ 302
Falls	24	909	10	2,810	- 1,901
Lymphomas	25	837	18	1,089	- 253
Leukemia	26	811	30	633	+ 178
Ovary Cancer	27	670	39	323	+ 347
Tuberculosis	28	614	60	45	+ 569
Skin Cancers	29	606	33	514	+ 92
Oesophagus Cancer	30	456	22	879	- 423
Parkinson's Disease	31	448	27	691	- 243
Drownings	32	360	42	231	+ 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	321	35	420	- 99
Uterin Cancer	34	316	31	602	- 286
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	266	44	162	+ 104
Fires	36	255	58	55	+ 200
Alcohol	37	247	28	675	- 428
Congenital Anomalies	38	222	37	368	- 146
Poisonings	39	221	62	17	+ 204
Drug Use	40	209	51	82	+ 127
Low Birth Weight	41	191	48	98	+ 93
Epilepsy	42	190	46	108	+ 82
Other Neoplasms	43	174	25	769	- 594
Violence	44	154	32	584	- 429
Asthma	45	136	40	301	- 165
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	135	43	206	- 71
HIV/AIDS	47	132	34	471	- 339
Endocrine Disorders	48	116	36	412	- 296
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	87	53	75	+ 11
Malnutrition	50	86	55	64	+ 22
Schizophrenia	51	62	54	68	- 6
Hepatitis C	52	59	45	112	- 53
Skin Disease	53	59	41	258	- 199
Meningitis	54	46	50	83	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	55	40	57	55	- 15
Anemia	56	36	52	77	- 42
Birth Trauma	57	23	59	49	- 25
Maternal Conditions	58	21	61	43	- 22
Hepatitis B	59	18	56	59	- 41
Appendicitis	60	13	47	104	- 91
Measles	61	4	76	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	62	4	66	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	65	6	- 4
Oral conditions	64	1	64	6	- 5
War	65	1	68	1	+ 0
Syphilis	66	1	69	1	+ 0
Tetanus	67	1	71	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	63	11	- 10
Pertussis	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	49	87	- 87
Osteoarthritis	86	0	38	326	- 326
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Romania

Cuba

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.