SPAIN VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	187,084	1	51,684	+ 135,400
Stroke	2	129,500	3	29,004	+ 100,496
Hypertension	3	28,677	9	9,115	+ 19,562
Lung Cancers	4	26,348	4	22,131	+ 4,217
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	24,377	7	13,717	+ 10,660
Liver Disease	6	23,238	23	4,231	+ 19,007
Lung Disease	7	19,172	5	18,926	+ 246
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	17,807	6	16,957	+ 850
Kidney Disease	9	13,481	8	9,725	+ 3,757
Inflammatory/Heart	10	11,549	19	4,984	+ 6,565
Breast Cancer	11	10,032	11	7,067	+ 2,964
Stomach Cancer	12	9,006	14	5,796	+ 3,210
Liver Cancer	13	8,112	18	5,098	+ 3,013
Pancreas Cancer	14	7,646	12	6,752	+ 894
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	7,397	2	42,339	- 34,942
Prostate Cancer	16	6,380	13	6,420	- 40
Oral Cancer	17	5,965	27	2,583	+ 3,382
Diabetes Mellitus	18	5,811	10	7,773	- 1,963
Other Injuries	19	5,573	15	5,536	+ 37
Road Traffic Accidents	20	5,190	31	1,829	+ 3,361
Suicide	21	4,914	25	3,609	+ 1,305
Cervical Cancer	22	4,872	39	855	+ 4,017
Bladder Cancer	23	4,468	17	5,222	- 754
Falls	24	3,919	26	3,246	+ 672
Lymphomas	25	3,607	16	5,335	- 1,727
Leukemia	26	3,497	24	3,772	- 275
Ovary Cancer	27	2,889	28	2,026	+ 863
Tuberculosis	28	2,646	50	270	+ 2,375
Skin Cancers	29	2,614	32	1,803	+ 811
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,966	29	2,011	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,930	20	4,943	- 3,013
Drownings	32	1,553	45	446	+ 1,107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,384	44	475	+ 909
Uterin Cancer	34	1,361	34	1,612	- 251
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	1,147	33	1,612	- 465
Fires	36	1,097	55	185	+ 913
Alcohol	37	1,066	46	333	+ 733
Congenital Anomalies	38	955	38	863	+ 92
Poisonings	39	954	57	170	+ 784
Drug Use	40	901	41	776	+ 125
Low Birth Weight	41	825	52	253	+ 573
Epilepsy	42	819	40	824	- 5
Other Neoplasms	43	752	22	4,748	- 3,996
Violence	44	665	51	262	+ 404
Asthma	45	586	35	1,133	- 547
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	582	36	1,064	- 481
HIV/AIDS	47	570	43	538	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	48	502	21	4,863	- 4,362
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	374	54	204	+ 169
Malnutrition	50	369	47	302	+ 67
Schizophrenia	51	268	56	181	+ 87
Hepatitis C	52	256	42	652	- 396
Skin Disease	53	254	30	1,840	- 1,587
Meningitis	54	199	59	129	+ 71
Multiple Sclerosis	55	173	49	287	- 114
Anemia	56	153	37	914	- 761
Birth Trauma	57	100	60	113	- 13
Maternal Conditions	58	92	64	14	+ 79
Hepatitis B	59	79	58	162	- 83
Appendicitis	60	55	61	79	- 25
Measles	61	19	81	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	62	15	70	4	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	63	7	62	47	- 39
Oral conditions	64	6	63	44	- 38
War	65	6	68	6	+ 0
Syphilis	66	4	67	9	- 5
Tetanus	67	4	72	2	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	3	66	9	- 6
Pertussis	69	0	73	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	65	11	- 11
Diphtheria	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	69	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	71	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	48	294	- 294
Osteoarthritis	86	0	53	212	- 212
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Romania

Spain

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.