MALDIVES VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Romania ROMANIA MALDIVES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 1,539 1 279 + 1,259
Stroke 2 1,065 2 143 + 922
Hypertension 3 236 17 16 + 219
Lung Cancers 4 217 7 36 + 180
Influenza and Pneumonia 5 200 8 33 + 167
Liver Disease 6 191 11 24 + 167
Lung Disease 7 158 3 91 + 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers 8 146 14 21 + 125
Kidney Disease 9 111 4 80 + 30
Inflammatory/Heart 10 95 36 5 + 90
Breast Cancer 11 83 9 28 + 55
Stomach Cancer 12 74 49 1 + 73
Liver Cancer 13 67 10 27 + 40
Pancreas Cancer 14 63 40 4 + 58
Alzheimers & Dementia 15 61 5 47 + 14
Prostate Cancer 16 52 26 11 + 41
Oral Cancer 17 49 19 15 + 34
Diabetes Mellitus 18 48 6 47 + 1
Other Injuries 19 46 18 16 + 30
Road Traffic Accidents 20 43 31 9 + 34
Suicide 21 40 21 15 + 26
Cervical Cancer 22 40 13 22 + 19
Bladder Cancer 23 37 37 5 + 32
Falls 24 32 16 19 + 13
Lymphomas 25 30 34 7 + 22
Leukemia 26 29 24 13 + 16
Ovary Cancer 27 24 30 9 + 14
Tuberculosis 28 22 27 11 + 10
Skin Cancers 29 21 63 0 + 21
Oesophagus Cancer 30 16 59 0 + 16
Parkinson's Disease 31 16 25 12 + 4
Drownings 32 13 23 14 - 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease 33 11 42 4 + 8
Uterin Cancer 34 11 47 2 + 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease 35 9 43 3 + 6
Fires 36 9 41 4 + 5
Alcohol 37 9 51 1 + 8
Congenital Anomalies 38 8 15 19 - 11
Poisonings 39 8 55 0 + 8
Drug Use 40 7 48 2 + 6
Low Birth Weight 41 7 20 15 - 8
Epilepsy 42 7 38 5 + 2
Other Neoplasms 43 6 46 2 + 4
Violence 44 5 28 10 - 5
Asthma 45 5 29 10 - 5
Diarrhoeal diseases 46 5 22 14 - 10
HIV/AIDS 47 5 78 0 + 5
Endocrine Disorders 48 4 12 22 - 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy 49 3 80 0 + 3
Malnutrition 50 3 45 3 + 0
Schizophrenia 51 2 86 0 + 2
Hepatitis C 52 2 64 0 + 2
Skin Disease 53 2 32 8 - 6
Meningitis 54 2 50 1 + 1
Multiple Sclerosis 55 1 57 0 + 1
Anemia 56 1 85 0 + 1
Birth Trauma 57 1 39 5 - 4
Maternal Conditions 58 1 35 5 - 5
Hepatitis B 59 1 56 0 + 0
Appendicitis 60 0 61 0 + 0
Measles 61 0 60 0 + 0
Encephalitis 62 0 44 3 - 3
Upper Respiratory 63 0 66 0 + 0
Oral conditions 64 0 82 0 + 0
War 65 0 62 0 - 0
Syphilis 66 0 58 0 - 0
Tetanus 67 0 54 0 - 0
Otitis Media 68 0 69 0 + 0
Pertussis 69 0 52 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 70 0 72 0 + 0
Diphtheria 71 0 68 0 - 0
Leprosy 72 0 70 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 73 0 79 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 74 0 71 0 - 0
Malaria 75 0 75 0 - 0
Chagas disease 76 0 73 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 77 0 74 0 - 0
Chlamydia 78 0 67 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 79 0 76 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 80 0 77 0 - 0
Dengue 81 0 33 8 - 8
Ascariasis 82 0 65 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 83 0 84 0 - 0
Depression 84 0 83 0 - 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 85 0 53 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 86 0 81 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

Romania

Romania

Maldives

Maldives

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020