ZIMBABWE VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	67,862	3	8,493	+ 59,369
Stroke	2	46,974	5	5,126	+ 41,848
Hypertension	3	10,402	24	1,146	+ 9,256
Lung Cancers	4	9,557	43	286	+ 9,272
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	8,842	2	10,779	- 1,937
Liver Disease	6	8,429	17	1,941	+ 6,488
Lung Disease	7	6,954	23	1,163	+ 5,791
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	6,459	40	505	+ 5,954
Kidney Disease	9	4,890	12	2,214	+ 2,677
Inflammatory/Heart	10	4,189	25	1,047	+ 3,142
Breast Cancer	11	3,639	28	839	+ 2,800
Stomach Cancer	12	3,267	33	559	+ 2,708
Liver Cancer	13	2,942	38	510	+ 2,433
Pancreas Cancer	14	2,774	47	217	+ 2,557
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	2,683	31	768	+ 1,915
Prostate Cancer	16	2,314	32	628	+ 1,686
Oral Cancer	17	2,164	49	208	+ 1,956
Diabetes Mellitus	18	2,108	9	3,344	- 1,236
Other Injuries	19	2,022	20	1,656	+ 366
Road Traffic Accidents	20	1,883	4	6,037	- 4,155
Suicide	21	1,783	13	2,069	- 286
Cervical Cancer	22	1,767	14	2,023	- 256
Bladder Cancer	23	1,621	54	125	+ 1,496
Falls	24	1,421	41	465	+ 957
Lymphomas	25	1,309	26	960	+ 349
Leukemia	26	1,269	45	244	+ 1,025
Ovary Cancer	27	1,048	51	173	+ 874
Tuberculosis	28	960	16	1,999	- 1,039
Skin Cancers	29	948	44	264	+ 684
Oesophagus Cancer	30	713	29	801	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	31	700	46	226	+ 474
Drownings	32	563	27	956	- 392
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	502	35	548	- 46
Uterin Cancer	34	494	50	182	+ 312
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	416	36	542	- 126
Fires	36	398	30	793	- 394
Alcohol	37	387	61	48	+ 338
Congenital Anomalies	38	347	11	2,217	- 1,871
Poisonings	39	346	37	515	- 169
Drug Use	40	327	48	213	+ 114
Low Birth Weight	41	299	7	4,038	- 3,738
Epilepsy	42	297	39	508	- 211
Other Neoplasms	43	273	62	37	+ 236
Violence	44	241	18	1,916	- 1,675
Asthma	45	213	21	1,531	- 1,318
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	211	6	4,595	- 4,383
HIV/AIDS	47	207	1	19,988	- 19,781
Endocrine Disorders	48	182	34	553	- 372
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	136	80	0	+ 136
Malnutrition	50	134	10	2,396	- 2,262
Schizophrenia	51	97	86	0	+ 97
Hepatitis C	52	93	66	14	+ 79
Skin Disease	53	92	52	173	- 81
Meningitis	54	72	22	1,325	- 1,253
Multiple Sclerosis	55	63	67	14	+ 49
Anemia	56	56	84	0	+ 56
Birth Trauma	57	36	8	3,405	- 3,369
Maternal Conditions	58	33	19	1,749	- 1,716
Hepatitis B	59	29	60	57	- 28
Appendicitis	60	20	58	66	- 46
Measles	61	7	63	30	- 23
Encephalitis	62	6	56	117	- 112
Upper Respiratory	63	3	59	65	- 63
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
War	65	2	65	26	- 24
Syphilis	66	1	55	124	- 123
Tetanus	67	1	57	102	- 100
Otitis Media	68	1	68	3	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	42	419	- 419
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	72	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	53	172	- 172
Malaria	75	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Chlamydia	78	0	69	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	64	26	- 26
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Romania

Zimbabwe

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.