URUGUAY VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,554	1	4,265	+ 9,289
Stroke	2	9,382	2	2,850	+ 6,532
Hypertension	3	2,078	15	648	+ 1,429
Lung Cancers	4	1,909	5	1,463	+ 446
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,766	6	1,370	+ 396
Liver Disease	6	1,684	27	206	+ 1,478
Lung Disease	7	1,389	4	1,706	- 317
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,290	7	1,245	+ 45
Kidney Disease	9	977	8	1,040	- 63
Inflammatory/Heart	10	837	22	314	+ 522
Breast Cancer	11	727	9	848	- 121
Stomach Cancer	12	652	18	480	+ 172
Liver Cancer	13	588	34	147	+ 440
Pancreas Cancer	14	554	14	656	- 102
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	536	3	1,899	- 1,363
Prostate Cancer	16	462	13	707	- 245
Oral Cancer	17	432	31	167	+ 265
Diabetes Mellitus	18	421	11	747	- 326
Other Injuries	19	404	10	774	- 370
Road Traffic Accidents	20	376	16	512	- 136
Suicide	21	356	12	735	- 379
Cervical Cancer	22	353	29	172	+ 181
Bladder Cancer	23	324	26	276	+ 48
Falls	24	284	47	55	+ 229
Lymphomas	25	261	20	457	- 196
Leukemia	26	253	25	280	- 27
Ovary Cancer	27	209	32	160	+ 49
Tuberculosis	28	192	41	81	+ 111
Skin Cancers	29	189	33	149	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	30	142	24	286	- 144
Parkinson's Disease	31	140	21	320	- 181
Drownings	32	113	45	65	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	100	46	57	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	34	99	38	115	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	83	50	39	+ 44
Fires	36	80	48	54	+ 25
Alcohol	37	77	39	104	- 27
Congenital Anomalies	38	69	30	170	- 101
Poisonings	39	69	55	17	+ 53
Drug Use	40	65	49	41	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	41	60	42	73	- 14
Epilepsy	42	59	40	86	- 27
Other Neoplasms	43	54	19	464	- 409
Violence	44	48	23	295	- 247
Asthma	45	42	37	127	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	42	35	134	- 92
HIV/AIDS	47	41	28	195	- 154
Endocrine Disorders	48	36	17	487	- 451
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	27	57	12	+ 15
Malnutrition	50	27	43	73	- 46
Schizophrenia	51	19	54	18	+ 1
Hepatitis C	52	19	65	3	+ 15
Skin Disease	53	18	36	130	- 112
Meningitis	54	14	58	10	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	55	13	56	13	- 1
Anemia	56	11	44	71	- 59
Birth Trauma	57	7	53	22	- 15
Maternal Conditions	58	7	60	9	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	6	63	4	+ 2
Appendicitis	60	4	59	9	- 5
Measles	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	1	64	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	5	- 4
Oral conditions	64	0	68	1	- 1
War	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	66	3	- 3
Tetanus	67	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	51	35	- 35
Osteoarthritis	86	0	52	32	- 32
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Romania

Uruguay

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.