ROMANIA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,838	1	71,810	- 51,972
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	16,251	15	2,839	+ 13,412
Stroke	3	11,133	2	49,707	- 38,575
Lung Cancers	4	8,495	4	10,113	- 1,619
Lung Disease	5	7,265	7	7,359	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	6,509	8	6,835	- 326
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,265	5	9,357	- 4,092
Kidney Disease	8	3,733	9	5,175	- 1,442
Hypertension	9	3,499	3	11,007	- 7,509
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,984	18	2,230	+ 753
Breast Cancer	11	2,713	11	3,851	- 1,138
Pancreas Cancer	12	2,592	14	2,935	- 343
Prostate Cancer	13	2,464	16	2,449	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	14	2,225	12	3,457	- 1,232
Other Injuries	15	2,125	19	2,139	- 14
Lymphomas	16	2,048	25	1,385	+ 663
Bladder Cancer	17	2,005	23	1,715	+ 290
Liver Cancer	18	1,957	13	3,114	- 1,157
Inflammatory/Heart	19	1,913	10	4,433	- 2,520
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,897	31	741	+ 1,157
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,867	48	193	+ 1,674
Other Neoplasms	22	1,822	43	289	+ 1,534
Liver Disease	23	1,624	6	8,920	- 7,296
Leukemia	24	1,448	26	1,342	+ 106
Suicide	25	1,385	21	1,886	- 501
Falls	26	1,246	24	1,504	- 258
Oral Cancer	27	991	17	2,290	- 1,298
Ovary Cancer	28	778	27	1,109	- 331
Oesophagus Cancer	29	772	30	755	+ 17
Skin Disease	30	706	53	97	+ 609
Road Traffic Accidents	31	702	20	1,992	- 1,290
Skin Cancers	32	692	29	1,003	- 311
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	619	35	440	+ 178
Uterin Cancer	34	619	34	522	+ 96
Asthma	35	435	45	225	+ 210
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	408	46	223	+ 185
Anemia	37	351	56	59	+ 292
Congenital Anomalies	38	331	38	367	- 35
Cervical Cancer	39	328	22	1,870	- 1,542
Epilepsy	40	316	42	314	+ 2
Drug Use	41	298	40	346	- 48
Hepatitis C	42	250	52	98	+ 152
HIV/AIDS	43	207	47	219	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	182	33	531	- 349
Drownings	45	171	32	596	- 425
Alcohol	46	128	37	409	- 281
Malnutrition	47	116	50	142	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	113	85	0	+ 113
Multiple Sclerosis	49	110	55	66	+ 44
Tuberculosis	50	104	28	1,015	- 912
Violence	51	100	44	255	- 155
Low Birth Weight	52	97	41	317	- 220
Osteoarthritis	53	81	86	0	+ 81
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	78	49	143	- 65
Fires	55	71	36	421	- 350
Schizophrenia	56	69	51	103	- 33
Poisonings	57	65	39	366	- 301
Hepatitis B	58	62	59	30	+ 32
Meningitis	59	49	54	76	- 27
Birth Trauma	60	43	57	38	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	30	60	21	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	62	18	63	3	+ 15
Oral conditions	63	17	64	2	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	64	5	58	35	- 30
Leishmaniasis	65	4	70	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	68	1	+ 2
Syphilis	67	3	66	1	+ 2
War	68	2	65	2	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	62	6	- 4
Chagas disease	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	72	1	67	1	- 1
Pertussis	73	1	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	61	7	- 7
Chlamydia	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Spain

Romania

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.