PORTUGAL VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	40,389	1	12,878	+ 27,511
Stroke	2	27,957	2	12,339	+ 15,618
Hypertension	3	6,191	14	1,880	+ 4,311
Lung Cancers	4	5,688	5	4,406	+ 1,282
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,263	4	6,851	- 1,589
Liver Disease	6	5,017	22	1,126	+ 3,891
Lung Disease	7	4,139	7	4,286	- 147
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	3,844	6	4,389	- 545
Kidney Disease	9	2,910	9	2,803	+ 107
Inflammatory/Heart	10	2,493	26	909	+ 1,584
Breast Cancer	11	2,166	12	1,997	+ 169
Stomach Cancer	12	1,944	10	2,532	- 588
Liver Cancer	13	1,751	18	1,270	+ 481
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,651	15	1,669	- 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	1,597	3	7,191	- 5,594
Prostate Cancer	16	1,377	11	2,124	- 746
Oral Cancer	17	1,288	25	912	+ 376
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,254	8	3,601	- 2,347
Other Injuries	19	1,203	13	1,937	- 734
Road Traffic Accidents	20	1,120	27	838	+ 282
Suicide	21	1,061	19	1,172	- 111
Cervical Cancer	22	1,052	34	329	+ 723
Bladder Cancer	23	965	20	1,171	- 206
Falls	24	846	23	1,033	- 187
Lymphomas	25	779	16	1,608	- 829
Leukemia	26	755	24	1,015	- 260
Ovary Cancer	27	624	33	397	+ 226
Tuberculosis	28	571	38	213	+ 358
Skin Cancers	29	564	30	523	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	30	425	29	623	- 198
Parkinson's Disease	31	417	21	1,139	- 723
Drownings	32	335	51	79	+ 256
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	299	37	229	+ 70
Uterin Cancer	34	294	32	406	- 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	248	41	169	+ 79
Fires	36	237	46	108	+ 129
Alcohol	37	230	45	111	+ 119
Congenital Anomalies	38	206	40	196	+ 10
Poisonings	39	206	57	29	+ 177
Drug Use	40	195	44	128	+ 66
Low Birth Weight	41	178	52	79	+ 99
Epilepsy	42	177	31	415	- 238
Other Neoplasms	43	162	28	652	- 490
Violence	44	144	48	96	+ 47
Asthma	45	127	43	146	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	126	36	231	- 105
HIV/AIDS	47	123	35	320	- 197
Endocrine Disorders	48	108	17	1,547	- 1,438
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	81	50	82	- 2
Malnutrition	50	80	53	79	+ 1
Schizophrenia	51	58	55	49	+ 9
Hepatitis C	52	55	49	87	- 31
Skin Disease	53	55	39	202	- 148
Meningitis	54	43	56	43	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	55	37	54	56	- 19
Anemia	56	33	42	151	- 118
Birth Trauma	57	22	60	24	- 2
Maternal Conditions	58	20	63	7	+ 13
Hepatitis B	59	17	59	26	- 9
Appendicitis	60	12	61	21	- 9
Measles	61	4	71	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	62	3	67	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	15	- 13
Oral conditions	64	1	65	3	- 2
War	65	1	69	1	+ 0
Syphilis	66	1	64	3	- 2
Tetanus	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	66	2	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	84	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	47	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	86	0	58	29	- 29
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Romania

Portugal

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.