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Romania
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 Romania and Belarus 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.

Belarus
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
Romania Population Pyramid
16,259,784
Belarus Population Pyramid
8,634,216
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Romania ROMANIA   Belarus BELARUS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
63.8
67.3
65.5
36
41
38
 
64.0
72.9
68.3
35
16
31
1970
66.3
70.8
68.5
32
44
40
 
68.0
76.0
71.9
21
6
11
1980
66.5
71.8
69.1
44
58
53
 
65.9
75.6
70.6
54
24
36
1990
66.6
73.1
69.7
67
71
69
 
66.3
75.6
70.8
74
39
57
2000
67.2
74.3
70.7
91
78
86
 
62.6
73.5
68.0
115
84
103
2010
69.7
77.2
73.4
91
66
81
 
64.5
76.3
70.3
122
81
103
2019
72.0
79.3
75.6
80
57
73
 
69.7
79.6
74.8
104
53
79
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Belarus BELARUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
79.3
80
57
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age
72.0
79.3
80
57
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age 5
72.5
79.7
86
66
70.0
79.9
123
63
Age 10
72.5
79.8
86
66
70.0
79.9
125
64
Age 15
72.6
79.8
86
66
70.0
79.9
129
64
Age 20
72.8
79.9
89
67
70.1
80.0
131
64
Age 25
72.9
80.0
93
67
70.3
80.1
136
64
Age 30
73.2
80.1
98
66
70.5
80.2
136
65
Age 35
73.4
80.2
99
66
70.9
80.3
138
64
Age 40
73.7
80.4
100
67
71.4
80.5
139
64
Age 45
74.3
80.7
100
67
72.2
80.9
143
64
Age 50
75.0
81.1
103
68
73.2
81.3
145
63
Age 55
76.2
81.6
99
66
74.4
81.8
144
63
Age 60
77.8
82.4
90
67
76.0
82.5
143
64
Age 65
79.8
83.4
83
64
78.1
83.3
140
68
Age 70
81.9
84.5
81
66
80.6
84.5
132
68
Age 75
84.3
86.0
76
70
83.3
85.9
125
73
Age 80
87.0
88.0
72
76
86.3
88.0
116
74
Age 85
90.2
90.6
63
72
89.8
90.6
96
70
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Belarus BELARUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
153.78
46
282.35
10
2. Stroke
104.36
65
88.08
87
3. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
18.53
62
4. Liver Disease
27.34
66
14.66
108
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.33
96
7.00
175
6. Hypertension
22.29
71
2.07
176
7. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
13.60
126
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
17.05
12
9. Lung Disease
16.92
127
12.05
159
10. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
16.14
85
11. Kidney Disease
11.95
136
2.70
181
12. Inflammatory/Heart
11.38
22
10.19
27
13. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
3.98
138
14. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
10.43
41
15. Road Traffic Accidents
8.54
130
6.48
146
16. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
2.31
177
17. Other Injuries
7.73
89
8.33
83
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
7.23
40
19. Suicide
7.33
109
16.49
22
20. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
6.03
30
21. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
4.83
75
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.41
165
15.86
125
23. Diabetes Mellitus
5.39
167
2.20
181
24. Falls
4.62
110
6.97
69
25. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
1.70
112
26. Lymphomas
4.00
119
4.50
99
27. Leukemia
3.90
75
3.67
87
28. Tuberculosis
3.59
93
2.52
100
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
161
2.85
159
30. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
1.81
99
31. Drownings
2.55
88
4.91
27
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
3.90
29
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
3.20
63
34. Low Birth Weight
2.13
144
0.98
168
35. Parkinson's Disease
1.50
167
3.10
141
36. Alcohol
1.46
85
19.82
1
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.42
136
1.46
133
38. Fires
1.33
97
4.48
15
39. Poisonings
1.32
63
2.52
32
40. Epilepsy
1.31
113
1.06
131
41. HIV/AIDS
1.22
114
1.60
112
42. Drug Use
1.21
90
3.17
23
43. Violence
1.08
152
2.29
124
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
113
1.59
85
45. Other Neoplasms
0.76
65
0.31
137
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.60
181
1.05
173
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.54
160
0.10
179
48. Asthma
0.52
160
0.72
146
49. Malnutrition
0.37
120
0.17
144
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.27
21
0.00
72
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Romania ROMANIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
71,810
30.78
53,186
48.88
2. Stroke
49,707
21.31
16,393
15.07
3. Hypertension
11,007
4.72
367
0.34
4. Lung Cancers
10,113
4.33
2,950
2.71
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,357
4.01
1,086
1.00
6. Liver Disease
8,920
3.82
2,078
1.91
7. Lung Disease
7,359
3.15
2,208
2.03
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,835
2.93
2,886
2.65
9. Kidney Disease
5,175
2.22
480
0.44
10. Inflammatory/Heart
4,433
1.90
1,361
1.25
11. Breast Cancer
3,851
1.65
1,230
1.13
12. Stomach Cancer
3,457
1.48
1,690
1.55
13. Liver Cancer
3,114
1.33
363
0.33
14. Pancreas Cancer
2,935
1.26
1,171
1.08
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,839
1.22
3,530
3.24
16. Prostate Cancer
2,449
1.05
936
0.86
17. Oral Cancer
2,290
0.98
901
0.83
18. Diabetes Mellitus
2,230
0.96
373
0.34
19. Other Injuries
2,139
0.92
1,099
1.01
20. Road Traffic Accidents
1,992
0.85
722
0.66
21. Suicide
1,886
0.81
2,004
1.84
22. Cervical Cancer
1,870
0.80
303
0.28
23. Bladder Cancer
1,715
0.74
295
0.27
24. Falls
1,504
0.64
952
0.87
25. Lymphomas
1,385
0.59
672
0.62
26. Leukemia
1,342
0.58
554
0.51
27. Ovary Cancer
1,109
0.48
429
0.39
28. Tuberculosis
1,015
0.44
269
0.25
29. Skin Cancers
1,003
0.43
272
0.25
30. Oesophagus Cancer
755
0.32
493
0.45
31. Parkinson's Disease
741
0.32
621
0.57
32. Drownings
596
0.26
543
0.50
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
531
0.23
235
0.22
34. Uterin Cancer
522
0.22
391
0.36
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
440
0.19
239
0.22
36. Fires
421
0.18
620
0.57
37. Alcohol
409
0.18
2,761
2.54
38. Congenital Anomalies
367
0.16
202
0.19
39. Poisonings
366
0.16
311
0.29
40. Drug Use
346
0.15
389
0.36
41. Low Birth Weight
317
0.14
64
0.06
42. Epilepsy
314
0.13
116
0.11
43. Other Neoplasms
289
0.12
52
0.05
44. Violence
255
0.11
255
0.23
45. Asthma
225
0.10
122
0.11
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
223
0.10
13
0.01
47. HIV/AIDS
219
0.09
167
0.15
48. Endocrine Disorders
193
0.08
141
0.13
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
143
0.06
0
0.00
50. Malnutrition
142
0.06
22
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
18.53
62
2. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
13.60
126
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
17.05
12
4. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
16.14
85
5. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
3.98
138
6. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
10.43
41
7. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
2.31
177
8. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
7.23
40
9. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
6.03
30
10. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
4.83
75
11. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
1.70
112
12. Lymphomas
4.00
119
4.50
99
13. Leukemia
3.90
75
3.67
87
14. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
1.81
99
15. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
3.90
29
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
3.20
63
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.