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Romania
COUNTRY #1
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ROMANIA VS BULGARIA

Compare Romania and Bulgaria 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.

Bulgaria
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
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%
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Bulgaria Population Pyramid
5,385,444
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
  Romania ROMANIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Romania ROMANIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
       
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
  
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
1970
66.3
70.8
68.5
32
44
40
  
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
1980
66.5
71.8
69.1
44
58
53
  
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
1990
66.6
73.1
69.7
67
71
69
  
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
2000
67.2
74.3
70.7
91
78
86
  
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
2010
69.7
77.2
73.4
91
66
81
  
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
2019
72.0
79.3
75.6
80
57
73
  
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
79.3
80
57
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age
72.0
79.3
80
57
71.6
78.6
82
68
Age 5
72.5
79.7
86
66
72.2
79.1
89
72
Age 10
72.5
79.8
86
66
72.2
79.1
92
72
Age 15
72.6
79.8
86
66
72.3
79.2
93
72
Age 20
72.8
79.9
89
67
72.5
79.3
96
72
Age 25
72.9
80.0
93
67
72.6
79.3
99
73
Age 30
73.2
80.1
98
66
72.9
79.5
100
74
Age 35
73.4
80.2
99
66
73.1
79.6
101
75
Age 40
73.7
80.4
100
67
73.5
79.8
103
75
Age 45
74.3
80.7
100
67
74.0
80.1
105
78
Age 50
75.0
81.1
103
68
74.8
80.5
108
78
Age 55
76.2
81.6
99
66
75.9
81.1
107
76
Age 60
77.8
82.4
90
67
77.4
82.0
103
74
Age 65
79.8
83.4
83
64
79.3
83.0
97
73
Age 70
81.9
84.5
81
66
81.5
84.1
92
77
Age 75
84.3
86.0
76
70
83.9
85.6
88
84
Age 80
87.0
88.0
72
76
86.5
87.5
104
96
Age 85
90.2
90.6
63
72
89.6
90.1
121
125
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
153.78
46
210.78
26
2. Stroke
104.36
65
116.86
50
3. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
23.63
32
4. Liver Disease
27.34
66
15.44
106
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.33
96
10.70
157
6. Hypertension
22.29
71
32.82
39
7. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
17.57
86
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
16.50
18
9. Lung Disease
16.92
127
22.97
89
10. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
14.25
109
11. Kidney Disease
11.95
136
11.77
137
12. Inflammatory/Heart
11.38
22
4.28
100
13. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
6.87
108
14. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
7.80
66
15. Road Traffic Accidents
8.54
130
8.59
129
16. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
4.53
114
17. Other Injuries
7.73
89
4.55
141
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
7.11
42
19. Suicide
7.33
109
6.50
122
20. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
3.32
74
21. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
5.80
39
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.41
165
0.79
182
23. Diabetes Mellitus
5.39
167
8.11
153
24. Falls
4.62
110
2.99
149
25. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
3.82
30
26. Lymphomas
4.00
119
3.82
127
27. Leukemia
3.90
75
3.61
89
28. Tuberculosis
3.59
93
0.95
130
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
161
3.67
141
30. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
2.17
72
31. Drownings
2.55
88
1.55
128
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
4.59
23
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
1.46
129
34. Low Birth Weight
2.13
144
2.58
133
35. Parkinson's Disease
1.50
167
1.44
169
36. Alcohol
1.46
85
0.43
148
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.42
136
1.76
125
38. Fires
1.33
97
0.97
116
39. Poisonings
1.32
63
0.34
120
40. Epilepsy
1.31
113
1.03
133
41. HIV/AIDS
1.22
114
0.31
134
42. Drug Use
1.21
90
0.87
126
43. Violence
1.08
152
1.00
155
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
113
0.36
168
45. Other Neoplasms
0.76
65
0.66
72
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.60
181
1.33
168
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.54
160
0.40
165
48. Asthma
0.52
160
0.20
182
49. Malnutrition
0.37
120
0.02
175
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.27
21
0.03
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Romania ROMANIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
71,810
30.78
36,513
38.86
2. Stroke
49,707
21.31
21,347
22.72
3. Hypertension
11,007
4.72
5,916
6.30
4. Lung Cancers
10,113
4.33
3,288
3.50
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,357
4.01
1,396
1.49
6. Liver Disease
8,920
3.82
1,804
1.92
7. Lung Disease
7,359
3.15
3,993
4.25
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,835
2.93
2,591
2.76
9. Kidney Disease
5,175
2.22
1,855
1.97
10. Inflammatory/Heart
4,433
1.90
409
0.44
11. Breast Cancer
3,851
1.65
1,358
1.45
12. Stomach Cancer
3,457
1.48
1,175
1.25
13. Liver Cancer
3,114
1.33
664
0.71
14. Pancreas Cancer
2,935
1.26
1,063
1.13
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,839
1.22
147
0.16
16. Prostate Cancer
2,449
1.05
1,016
1.08
17. Oral Cancer
2,290
0.98
408
0.43
18. Diabetes Mellitus
2,230
0.96
1,344
1.43
19. Other Injuries
2,139
0.92
437
0.47
20. Road Traffic Accidents
1,992
0.85
647
0.69
21. Suicide
1,886
0.81
681
0.72
22. Cervical Cancer
1,870
0.80
422
0.45
23. Bladder Cancer
1,715
0.74
637
0.68
24. Falls
1,504
0.64
381
0.41
25. Lymphomas
1,385
0.59
499
0.53
26. Leukemia
1,342
0.58
460
0.49
27. Ovary Cancer
1,109
0.48
420
0.45
28. Tuberculosis
1,015
0.44
104
0.11
29. Skin Cancers
1,003
0.43
328
0.35
30. Oesophagus Cancer
755
0.32
195
0.21
31. Parkinson's Disease
741
0.32
284
0.30
32. Drownings
596
0.26
129
0.14
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
531
0.23
276
0.29
34. Uterin Cancer
522
0.22
369
0.39
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
440
0.19
56
0.06
36. Fires
421
0.18
124
0.13
37. Alcohol
409
0.18
44
0.05
38. Congenital Anomalies
367
0.16
160
0.17
39. Poisonings
366
0.16
38
0.04
40. Drug Use
346
0.15
76
0.08
41. Low Birth Weight
317
0.14
116
0.12
42. Epilepsy
314
0.13
93
0.10
43. Other Neoplasms
289
0.12
93
0.10
44. Violence
255
0.11
84
0.09
45. Asthma
225
0.10
28
0.03
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
223
0.10
27
0.03
47. HIV/AIDS
219
0.09
20
0.02
48. Endocrine Disorders
193
0.08
146
0.16
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
143
0.06
6
0.01
50. Malnutrition
142
0.06
1
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Bulgaria BULGARIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
23.63
32
2. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
17.57
86
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
16.50
18
4. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
14.25
109
5. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
6.87
108
6. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
7.80
66
7. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
4.53
114
8. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
7.11
42
9. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
3.32
74
10. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
5.80
39
11. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
3.82
30
12. Lymphomas
4.00
119
3.82
127
13. Leukemia
3.90
75
3.61
89
14. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
2.17
72
15. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
4.59
23
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
1.46
129
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.