LATVIA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,127	1	8,099	- 972
Stroke	2	4,934	2	5,893	- 959
Hypertension	3	1,092	3	1,194	- 101
Lung Cancers	4	1,004	4	956	+ 47
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	929	9	501	+ 428
Liver Disease	6	885	15	365	+ 521
Lung Disease	7	730	18	346	+ 384
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	678	6	722	- 44
Kidney Disease	9	514	17	356	+ 157
Inflammatory/Heart	10	440	5	921	- 481
Breast Cancer	11	382	10	472	- 90
Stomach Cancer	12	343	11	470	- 126
Liver Cancer	13	309	26	157	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	14	291	13	436	- 145
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	282	7	664	- 382
Prostate Cancer	16	243	12	464	- 221
Oral Cancer	17	227	22	214	+ 13
Diabetes Mellitus	18	221	8	529	- 308
Other Injuries	19	212	16	362	- 150
Road Traffic Accidents	20	198	27	154	+ 44
Suicide	21	187	14	384	- 197
Cervical Cancer	22	186	33	128	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	23	170	20	228	- 58
Falls	24	149	23	201	- 52
Lymphomas	25	137	19	245	- 108
Leukemia	26	133	25	186	- 53
Ovary Cancer	27	110	24	196	- 86
Tuberculosis	28	101	40	71	+ 30
Skin Cancers	29	100	30	144	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	30	75	32	131	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	31	74	35	125	- 52
Drownings	32	59	34	127	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	53	31	142	- 89
Uterin Cancer	34	52	29	148	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	44	47	41	+ 3
Fires	36	42	36	103	- 61
Alcohol	37	41	21	227	- 187
Congenital Anomalies	38	36	43	46	- 10
Poisonings	39	36	49	23	+ 13
Drug Use	40	34	48	41	- 6
Low Birth Weight	41	31	56	11	+ 20
Epilepsy	42	31	45	44	- 13
Other Neoplasms	43	29	28	153	- 124
Violence	44	25	37	94	- 69
Asthma	45	22	46	42	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	22	54	14	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	47	22	39	74	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	48	19	41	59	- 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	14	44	45	- 31
Malnutrition	50	14	64	2	+ 12
Schizophrenia	51	10	57	7	+ 3
Hepatitis C	52	10	42	53	- 43
Skin Disease	53	10	38	76	- 67
Meningitis	54	8	52	15	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	55	7	50	20	- 14
Anemia	56	6	53	14	- 8
Birth Trauma	57	4	55	12	- 8
Maternal Conditions	58	4	60	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	59	3	63	3	- 0
Appendicitis	60	2	59	5	- 3
Measles	61	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	62	4	- 3
Oral conditions	64	0	61	4	- 3
War	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	65	1	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Romania

Latvia

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.