ROMANIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,795	1	71,810	- 45,015
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	15,242	15	2,839	+ 12,403
Lung Disease	3	10,369	7	7,359	+ 3,010
Stroke	4	8,413	2	49,707	- 41,295
Lung Cancers	5	8,254	4	10,113	- 1,859
Kidney Disease	6	4,557	9	5,175	- 618
Drug Use	7	3,950	40	346	+ 3,604
Hypertension	8	3,501	3	11,007	- 7,507
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,281	8	6,835	- 3,554
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,259	18	2,230	+ 1,029
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,201	5	9,357	- 6,156
Suicide	12	2,818	21	1,886	+ 932
Breast Cancer	13	2,583	11	3,851	- 1,268
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,494	48	193	+ 2,301
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,351	14	2,935	- 584
Liver Disease	16	2,303	6	8,920	- 6,616
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,213	20	1,992	+ 221
Falls	18	2,145	24	1,504	+ 641
Lymphomas	19	2,138	25	1,385	+ 753
Prostate Cancer	20	1,890	16	2,449	- 559
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,830	31	741	+ 1,090
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,726	10	4,433	- 2,707
Liver Cancer	23	1,436	13	3,114	- 1,677
Leukemia	24	1,431	26	1,342	+ 89
Other Injuries	25	1,380	19	2,139	- 760
Bladder Cancer	26	1,041	23	1,715	- 674
Violence	27	1,007	44	255	+ 752
Oesophagus Cancer	28	946	30	755	+ 191
Other Neoplasms	29	942	43	289	+ 653
Alcohol	30	778	37	409	+ 369
Ovary Cancer	31	774	27	1,109	- 335
Skin Cancers	32	759	29	1,003	- 244
Stomach Cancer	33	694	12	3,457	- 2,763
Congenital Anomalies	34	624	38	367	+ 257
Oral Cancer	35	613	17	2,290	- 1,677
Uterin Cancer	36	534	34	522	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	528	46	223	+ 305
Cervical Cancer	38	371	22	1,870	- 1,499
Low Birth Weight	39	367	41	317	+ 51
Malnutrition	40	359	50	142	+ 217
Hepatitis C	41	302	52	98	+ 203
HIV/AIDS	42	300	47	219	+ 82
Skin Disease	43	287	53	97	+ 190
Multiple Sclerosis	44	268	55	66	+ 202
Drownings	45	216	32	596	- 380
Asthma	46	203	45	225	- 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	193	35	440	- 247
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	184	33	531	- 347
Fires	49	169	36	421	- 252
Epilepsy	50	168	42	314	- 146
Anemia	51	165	56	59	+ 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	131	85	0	+ 131
Poisonings	53	89	39	366	- 278
Birth Trauma	54	65	57	38	+ 27
War	55	64	65	2	+ 61
Maternal Conditions	56	41	58	35	+ 6
Schizophrenia	57	38	51	103	- 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	36	49	143	- 107
Hepatitis B	59	32	59	30	+ 2
Meningitis	60	32	54	76	- 44
Osteoarthritis	61	31	86	0	+ 31
Tuberculosis	62	29	28	1,015	- 986
Appendicitis	63	23	60	21	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	15	64	2	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	65	12	63	3	+ 9
Syphilis	66	3	66	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	2	68	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	62	6	- 5
Pertussis	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	67	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	81	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	61	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

United States

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.