ESTONIA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,724	1	3,009	+ 1,715
Stroke	2	3,270	3	1,116	+ 2,154
Hypertension	3	724	2	2,700	- 1,976
Lung Cancers	4	665	4	657	+ 8
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	616	6	349	+ 267
Liver Disease	6	587	7	328	+ 258
Lung Disease	7	484	13	229	+ 255
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	450	5	527	- 77
Kidney Disease	9	340	17	176	+ 164
Inflammatory/Heart	10	292	14	217	+ 75
Breast Cancer	11	253	11	260	- 7
Stomach Cancer	12	227	9	290	- 62
Liver Cancer	13	205	26	107	+ 98
Pancreas Cancer	14	193	10	268	- 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	187	12	229	- 43
Prostate Cancer	16	161	8	298	- 137
Oral Cancer	17	151	25	110	+ 40
Diabetes Mellitus	18	147	19	146	+ 1
Other Injuries	19	141	20	141	- 1
Road Traffic Accidents	20	131	35	59	+ 72
Suicide	21	124	16	197	- 73
Cervical Cancer	22	123	32	68	+ 55
Bladder Cancer	23	113	21	126	- 13
Falls	24	99	24	119	- 20
Lymphomas	25	91	15	213	- 122
Leukemia	26	88	22	126	- 37
Ovary Cancer	27	73	28	87	- 14
Tuberculosis	28	67	47	16	+ 50
Skin Cancers	29	66	30	79	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	30	50	27	99	- 49
Parkinson's Disease	31	49	29	82	- 33
Drownings	32	39	40	30	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	35	36	55	- 20
Uterin Cancer	34	34	34	60	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	29	45	22	+ 7
Fires	36	28	38	41	- 13
Alcohol	37	27	18	148	- 121
Congenital Anomalies	38	24	43	25	- 1
Poisonings	39	24	52	8	+ 16
Drug Use	40	23	31	75	- 52
Low Birth Weight	41	21	55	7	+ 14
Epilepsy	42	21	37	45	- 24
Other Neoplasms	43	19	23	123	- 104
Violence	44	17	42	28	- 12
Asthma	45	15	44	24	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	15	53	8	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	47	14	39	40	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	48	13	33	66	- 53
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	9	49	12	- 3
Malnutrition	50	9	79	0	+ 9
Schizophrenia	51	7	56	6	+ 1
Hepatitis C	52	6	58	4	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	6	41	29	- 22
Meningitis	54	5	54	7	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	55	4	48	16	- 12
Anemia	56	4	51	9	- 5
Birth Trauma	57	3	57	5	- 2
Maternal Conditions	58	2	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	60	1	59	2	- 1
Measles	61	0	84	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	62	0	63	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	0	60	2	- 2
War	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	62	1	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	46	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	86	0	50	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Romania

Estonia

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.