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Peru
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Peru and Romania health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Romania
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Peru Population Pyramid
40,373,987
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Romania Population Pyramid
16,259,784
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Romania ROMANIA
  Peru PERU   Romania ROMANIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.7
49.3
48.0
102
101
101
 
63.8
67.3
65.5
36
41
38
1970
52.4
55.6
53.9
103
102
103
 
66.3
70.8
68.5
32
44
40
1980
58.3
62.4
60.3
102
103
103
 
66.5
71.8
69.1
44
58
53
1990
63.5
68.2
65.8
104
104
105
 
66.6
73.1
69.7
67
71
69
2000
68.9
73.9
71.4
70
79
75
 
67.2
74.3
70.7
91
78
86
2010
71.2
76.3
73.7
71
79
73
 
69.7
77.2
73.4
91
66
81
2019
78.5
81.3
79.9
31
39
32
 
72.0
79.3
75.6
80
57
73
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Romania ROMANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.5
81.3
31
39
72.0
79.3
80
57
Age
78.5
81.3
31
39
72.0
79.3
80
57
Age 5
79.5
82.3
25
35
72.5
79.7
86
66
Age 10
79.6
82.4
24
35
72.5
79.8
86
66
Age 15
79.7
82.5
24
35
72.6
79.8
86
66
Age 20
79.9
82.6
24
35
72.8
79.9
89
67
Age 25
80.3
82.8
22
35
72.9
80.0
93
67
Age 30
80.6
82.9
20
35
73.2
80.1
98
66
Age 35
81.0
83.1
19
35
73.4
80.2
99
66
Age 40
81.4
83.3
18
35
73.7
80.4
100
67
Age 45
81.8
83.6
13
35
74.3
80.7
100
67
Age 50
82.3
84.0
13
35
75.0
81.1
103
68
Age 55
82.9
84.4
9
34
76.2
81.6
99
66
Age 60
83.7
85.1
8
33
77.8
82.4
90
67
Age 65
84.6
85.8
8
34
79.8
83.4
83
64
Age 70
85.8
86.9
6
28
81.9
84.5
81
66
Age 75
87.3
88.2
3
23
84.3
86.0
76
70
Age 80
89.3
89.8
1
17
87.0
88.0
72
76
Age 85
91.5
91.8
7
18
90.2
90.6
63
72
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Romania ROMANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.20
64
26.33
96
2. Coronary Heart Disease
39.96
173
153.78
46
3. Stroke
22.60
162
104.36
65
4. Kidney Disease
21.30
102
11.95
136
5. Prostate Cancer
20.46
62
13.75
114
6. Liver Disease
19.25
91
27.34
66
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.23
123
5.41
165
8. Stomach Cancer
15.13
10
9.06
51
9. Road Traffic Accidents
13.36
110
8.54
130
10. Diabetes Mellitus
13.28
133
5.39
167
11. Breast Cancer
11.56
146
18.79
68
12. Cervical Cancer
11.29
74
10.84
78
13. Lung Cancers
9.48
108
28.30
18
14. Violence
9.14
57
1.08
152
15. Other Injuries
8.67
80
7.73
89
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.86
105
17.21
11
17. Liver Cancer
7.43
54
8.33
45
18. Lung Disease
7.23
178
16.92
127
19. Tuberculosis
7.14
75
3.59
93
20. Lymphomas
6.79
23
4.00
119
21. Leukemia
5.62
12
3.90
75
22. Congenital Anomalies
5.17
109
2.78
161
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.82
69
7.73
27
24. Ovary Cancer
4.19
100
5.74
40
25. Falls
3.81
132
4.62
110
26. Parkinson's Disease
3.64
120
1.50
167
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.31
89
0.54
160
28. Low Birth Weight
3.18
120
2.13
144
29. Hypertension
3.06
165
22.29
71
30. Malnutrition
2.94
70
0.37
120
31. Suicide
2.73
166
7.33
109
32. HIV/AIDS
2.59
98
1.22
114
33. Skin Cancers
2.31
60
2.60
48
34. Drug Use
1.92
48
1.21
90
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.79
123
1.42
136
36. Drownings
1.78
122
2.55
88
37. Uterin Cancer
1.76
124
2.44
86
38. Oral Cancer
1.55
157
7.10
16
39. Inflammatory/Heart
1.46
175
11.38
22
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.41
164
0.60
181
41. Bladder Cancer
1.35
139
4.06
23
42. Birth Trauma
1.18
115
0.26
175
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
146
2.23
98
44. Maternal Conditions
1.04
82
0.22
130
45. Alcohol
0.98
119
1.46
85
46. Encephalitis
0.85
34
0.05
136
47. Pertussis
0.81
70
0.00
153
48. Epilepsy
0.79
157
1.31
113
49. Fires
0.72
125
1.33
97
50. Asthma
0.62
153
0.52
160
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Peru PERU   Romania ROMANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
15,326
12.49
9,357
4.01
2. Coronary Heart Disease
13,769
11.22
71,810
30.78
3. Stroke
7,722
6.29
49,707
21.31
4. Kidney Disease
7,234
5.90
5,175
2.22
5. Liver Disease
6,375
5.20
8,920
3.82
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,811
4.74
2,839
1.22
7. Stomach Cancer
5,072
4.13
3,457
1.48
8. Diabetes Mellitus
4,437
3.62
2,230
0.96
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,414
3.60
1,992
0.85
10. Lung Cancers
3,169
2.58
10,113
4.33
11. Prostate Cancer
3,167
2.58
2,449
1.05
12. Violence
3,013
2.46
255
0.11
13. Other Injuries
2,876
2.34
2,139
0.92
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,642
2.15
6,835
2.93
15. Lung Disease
2,519
2.05
7,359
3.15
16. Liver Cancer
2,476
2.02
3,114
1.33
17. Tuberculosis
2,377
1.94
1,015
0.44
18. Lymphomas
2,254
1.84
1,385
0.59
19. Congenital Anomalies
1,997
1.63
367
0.16
20. Breast Cancer
1,969
1.60
3,851
1.65
21. Cervical Cancer
1,924
1.57
1,870
0.80
22. Leukemia
1,850
1.51
1,342
0.58
23. Pancreas Cancer
1,607
1.31
2,935
1.26
24. Low Birth Weight
1,475
1.20
317
0.14
25. Falls
1,285
1.05
1,504
0.64
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,270
1.04
741
0.32
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,108
0.90
223
0.10
28. Hypertension
1,061
0.86
11,007
4.72
29. Malnutrition
1,006
0.82
142
0.06
30. Suicide
903
0.74
1,886
0.81
31. HIV/AIDS
849
0.69
219
0.09
32. Skin Cancers
786
0.64
1,003
0.43
33. Ovary Cancer
713
0.58
1,109
0.48
34. Drug Use
635
0.52
346
0.15
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
609
0.50
531
0.23
36. Drownings
584
0.48
596
0.26
37. Birth Trauma
537
0.44
38
0.02
38. Oral Cancer
519
0.42
2,290
0.98
39. Inflammatory/Heart
494
0.40
4,433
1.90
40. Endocrine Disorders
474
0.39
193
0.08
41. Bladder Cancer
463
0.38
1,715
0.74
42. Oesophagus Cancer
394
0.32
755
0.32
43. Maternal Conditions
345
0.28
35
0.02
44. Alcohol
321
0.26
409
0.18
45. Uterin Cancer
304
0.25
522
0.22
46. Encephalitis
281
0.23
6
0.00
47. Epilepsy
262
0.21
314
0.13
48. Pertussis
260
0.21
0
0.00
49. Fires
239
0.19
421
0.18
50. Asthma
208
0.17
225
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Peru PERU   Romania ROMANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.46
62
13.75
114
2. Stomach Cancer
15.13
10
9.06
51
3. Breast Cancer
11.56
146
18.79
68
4. Cervical Cancer
11.29
74
10.84
78
5. Lung Cancers
9.48
108
28.30
18
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.86
105
17.21
11
7. Liver Cancer
7.43
54
8.33
45
8. Lymphomas
6.79
23
4.00
119
9. Leukemia
5.62
12
3.90
75
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.82
69
7.73
27
11. Ovary Cancer
4.19
100
5.74
40
12. Skin Cancers
2.31
60
2.60
48
13. Uterin Cancer
1.76
124
2.44
86
14. Oral Cancer
1.55
157
7.10
16
15. Bladder Cancer
1.35
139
4.06
23
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
146
2.23
98
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.