ICELAND VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,440	1	403	+ 1,037
Stroke	2	997	3	141	+ 856
Hypertension	3	221	17	24	+ 197
Lung Cancers	4	203	4	134	+ 69
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	188	6	82	+ 105
Liver Disease	6	179	31	9	+ 169
Lung Disease	7	148	5	129	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	137	7	73	+ 64
Kidney Disease	9	104	15	33	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	10	89	26	16	+ 73
Breast Cancer	11	77	9	53	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	12	69	23	18	+ 52
Liver Cancer	13	62	20	22	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	14	59	12	43	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	57	2	295	- 239
Prostate Cancer	16	49	8	61	- 12
Oral Cancer	17	46	33	9	+ 37
Diabetes Mellitus	18	45	16	30	+ 15
Other Injuries	19	43	11	50	- 7
Road Traffic Accidents	20	40	35	7	+ 33
Suicide	21	38	13	40	- 2
Cervical Cancer	22	38	32	9	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	23	34	21	20	+ 14
Falls	24	30	18	24	+ 6
Lymphomas	25	28	14	37	- 9
Leukemia	26	27	22	19	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	27	22	25	16	+ 6
Tuberculosis	28	20	82	0	+ 20
Skin Cancers	29	20	29	13	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	30	15	19	23	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	31	15	10	53	- 38
Drownings	32	12	56	1	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	11	41	3	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	34	10	36	7	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	9	54	1	+ 8
Fires	36	8	58	1	+ 8
Alcohol	37	8	28	14	- 6
Congenital Anomalies	38	7	34	7	- 0
Poisonings	39	7	42	3	+ 4
Drug Use	40	7	24	17	- 10
Low Birth Weight	41	6	43	3	+ 3
Epilepsy	42	6	37	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	43	6	30	10	- 4
Violence	44	5	39	4	+ 1
Asthma	45	5	48	2	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	4	55	1	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	47	4	59	0	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	48	4	27	16	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	3	53	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	50	3	57	1	+ 2
Schizophrenia	51	2	49	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	52	2	52	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	2	45	3	- 1
Meningitis	54	2	50	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	55	1	44	3	- 1
Anemia	56	1	40	4	- 2
Birth Trauma	57	1	46	2	- 2
Maternal Conditions	58	1	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	59	1	63	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	0	86	0	+ 0
Measles	61	0	67	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	62	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	51	1	- 1
Oral conditions	64	0	85	0	+ 0
War	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	62	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	38	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	86	0	47	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Romania

Iceland

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.