RWANDA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	53,906	4	3,605	+ 50,300
Stroke	2	37,314	2	5,060	+ 32,254
Hypertension	3	8,263	14	1,357	+ 6,905
Lung Cancers	4	7,592	39	234	+ 7,358
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,024	1	5,280	+ 1,744
Liver Disease	6	6,696	8	2,548	+ 4,148
Lung Disease	7	5,524	13	1,555	+ 3,970
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	5,131	28	591	+ 4,540
Kidney Disease	9	3,885	15	1,206	+ 2,679
Inflammatory/Heart	10	3,328	34	347	+ 2,981
Breast Cancer	11	2,891	27	600	+ 2,291
Stomach Cancer	12	2,595	20	780	+ 1,815
Liver Cancer	13	2,337	23	706	+ 1,631
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,203	43	214	+ 1,989
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	2,131	25	657	+ 1,474
Prostate Cancer	16	1,838	32	396	+ 1,442
Oral Cancer	17	1,719	37	272	+ 1,447
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,674	11	1,858	- 184
Other Injuries	19	1,606	17	944	+ 662
Road Traffic Accidents	20	1,495	3	3,718	- 2,223
Suicide	21	1,416	24	704	+ 712
Cervical Cancer	22	1,404	18	941	+ 463
Bladder Cancer	23	1,287	62	35	+ 1,252
Falls	24	1,129	31	412	+ 717
Lymphomas	25	1,039	30	450	+ 590
Leukemia	26	1,008	35	317	+ 691
Ovary Cancer	27	832	53	92	+ 740
Tuberculosis	28	762	26	625	+ 137
Skin Cancers	29	753	50	113	+ 640
Oesophagus Cancer	30	567	44	213	+ 353
Parkinson's Disease	31	556	47	146	+ 410
Drownings	32	447	36	285	+ 163
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	399	33	362	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	34	392	56	58	+ 334
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	331	48	136	+ 195
Fires	36	316	38	270	+ 47
Alcohol	37	307	49	125	+ 182
Congenital Anomalies	38	275	12	1,777	- 1,502
Poisonings	39	275	40	220	+ 55
Drug Use	40	260	60	45	+ 215
Low Birth Weight	41	238	9	2,193	- 1,955
Epilepsy	42	236	45	191	+ 45
Other Neoplasms	43	217	64	16	+ 200
Violence	44	192	29	548	- 356
Asthma	45	169	22	717	- 548
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	168	6	3,121	- 2,954
HIV/AIDS	47	164	7	2,826	- 2,661
Endocrine Disorders	48	145	41	219	- 75
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	108	80	0	+ 108
Malnutrition	50	106	16	1,168	- 1,062
Schizophrenia	51	77	83	0	+ 77
Hepatitis C	52	74	65	12	+ 62
Skin Disease	53	73	52	103	- 30
Meningitis	54	57	19	847	- 790
Multiple Sclerosis	55	50	66	7	+ 42
Anemia	56	44	86	0	+ 44
Birth Trauma	57	29	10	1,888	- 1,859
Maternal Conditions	58	27	21	722	- 696
Hepatitis B	59	23	55	68	- 45
Appendicitis	60	16	54	70	- 54
Measles	61	6	59	51	- 46
Encephalitis	62	4	61	39	- 34
Upper Respiratory	63	2	57	58	- 56
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
War	65	2	69	3	- 1
Syphilis	66	1	46	173	- 171
Tetanus	67	1	58	53	- 52
Otitis Media	68	1	68	4	- 3
Pertussis	69	0	42	218	- 218
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	51	111	- 111
Malaria	75	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	63	23	- 23
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Romania

Rwanda

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.