SOLOMON ISL. VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,876	1	975	+ 1,901
Stroke	2	1,991	2	670	+ 1,321
Hypertension	3	441	13	76	+ 365
Lung Cancers	4	405	27	33	+ 372
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	375	3	371	+ 4
Liver Disease	6	357	10	89	+ 268
Lung Disease	7	295	6	209	+ 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	274	31	23	+ 251
Kidney Disease	9	207	15	64	+ 144
Inflammatory/Heart	10	178	37	17	+ 160
Breast Cancer	11	154	26	34	+ 120
Stomach Cancer	12	138	44	12	+ 127
Liver Cancer	13	125	18	60	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	14	118	51	4	+ 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	114	28	32	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	16	98	41	13	+ 85
Oral Cancer	17	92	49	8	+ 84
Diabetes Mellitus	18	89	4	322	- 233
Other Injuries	19	86	17	60	+ 26
Road Traffic Accidents	20	80	8	111	- 31
Suicide	21	76	9	98	- 23
Cervical Cancer	22	75	25	41	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	23	69	52	4	+ 64
Falls	24	60	20	55	+ 6
Lymphomas	25	55	42	13	+ 43
Leukemia	26	54	35	20	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	27	44	33	21	+ 23
Tuberculosis	28	41	23	45	- 4
Skin Cancers	29	40	69	0	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	30	30	57	1	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	31	30	34	21	+ 9
Drownings	32	24	11	80	- 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	21	32	22	- 1
Uterin Cancer	34	21	47	9	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	18	19	59	- 41
Fires	36	17	40	14	+ 3
Alcohol	37	16	48	9	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	38	15	16	63	- 48
Poisonings	39	15	38	15	- 1
Drug Use	40	14	58	1	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	41	13	14	65	- 52
Epilepsy	42	13	45	11	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	43	12	56	1	+ 10
Violence	44	10	30	26	- 16
Asthma	45	9	12	78	- 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	9	5	218	- 209
HIV/AIDS	47	9	80	0	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	48	8	39	15	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	6	85	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	50	6	36	19	- 13
Schizophrenia	51	4	70	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	52	4	62	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	53	4	46	10	- 6
Meningitis	54	3	43	13	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	55	3	61	0	+ 2
Anemia	56	2	72	0	+ 2
Birth Trauma	57	2	21	51	- 50
Maternal Conditions	58	1	22	46	- 44
Hepatitis B	59	1	53	3	- 2
Appendicitis	60	1	55	1	- 1
Measles	61	0	75	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	62	0	54	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	0	64	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	0	86	0	+ 0
War	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	29	28	- 28
Tetanus	67	0	59	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	50	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	146	- 146
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	24	41	- 41
Ascariasis	82	0	63	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	73	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	60	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Romania

Solomon Isl.

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.