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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 Belgium 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.

Belgium
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
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%
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
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   Belgium BELGIUM
  Romania ROMANIA   Belgium BELGIUM
       
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
 
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
1970
66.3
70.8
68.5
32
44
40
 
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
1980
66.5
71.8
69.1
44
58
53
 
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
1990
66.6
73.1
69.7
67
71
69
 
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
2000
67.2
74.3
70.7
91
78
86
 
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
2010
69.7
77.2
73.4
91
66
81
 
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
2019
72.0
79.3
75.6
80
57
73
 
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Belgium BELGIUM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
79.3
80
57
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age
72.0
79.3
80
57
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age 5
72.5
79.7
86
66
79.6
83.8
24
27
Age 10
72.5
79.8
86
66
79.6
83.8
25
27
Age 15
72.6
79.8
86
66
79.7
83.8
25
27
Age 20
72.8
79.9
89
67
79.7
83.9
25
27
Age 25
72.9
80.0
93
67
79.9
83.9
26
27
Age 30
73.2
80.1
98
66
80.0
84.0
26
27
Age 35
73.4
80.2
99
66
80.2
84.1
26
27
Age 40
73.7
80.4
100
67
80.4
84.2
26
28
Age 45
74.3
80.7
100
67
80.7
84.4
27
28
Age 50
75.0
81.1
103
68
81.1
84.7
27
28
Age 55
76.2
81.6
99
66
81.5
85.0
29
28
Age 60
77.8
82.4
90
67
82.3
85.6
29
26
Age 65
79.8
83.4
83
64
83.4
86.3
29
23
Age 70
81.9
84.5
81
66
84.8
87.2
28
21
Age 75
84.3
86.0
76
70
86.4
88.2
28
20
Age 80
87.0
88.0
72
76
88.3
89.5
30
24
Age 85
90.2
90.6
63
72
90.6
91.3
49
43
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Belgium BELGIUM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
153.78
46
44.62
167
2. Stroke
104.36
65
21.11
166
3. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
28.49
16
4. Liver Disease
27.34
66
7.38
149
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.33
96
14.69
138
6. Hypertension
22.29
71
1.78
179
7. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
19.18
58
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
11.97
51
9. Lung Disease
16.92
127
20.24
104
10. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
13.32
117
11. Kidney Disease
11.95
136
7.64
153
12. Inflammatory/Heart
11.38
22
3.38
126
13. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
2.23
163
14. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
3.31
144
15. Road Traffic Accidents
8.54
130
5.10
154
16. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
3.89
137
17. Other Injuries
7.73
89
6.43
110
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
7.06
43
19. Suicide
7.33
109
13.93
35
20. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
3.11
81
21. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
4.84
74
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.41
165
22.30
27
23. Diabetes Mellitus
5.39
167
4.21
177
24. Falls
4.62
110
5.68
89
25. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
3.54
39
26. Lymphomas
4.00
119
5.59
61
27. Leukemia
3.90
75
4.44
48
28. Tuberculosis
3.59
93
0.18
165
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
161
2.57
165
30. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
2.14
75
31. Drownings
2.55
88
0.52
168
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
2.39
88
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
3.84
48
34. Low Birth Weight
2.13
144
0.79
170
35. Parkinson's Disease
1.50
167
3.89
104
36. Alcohol
1.46
85
2.78
43
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.42
136
0.65
167
38. Fires
1.33
97
0.46
146
39. Poisonings
1.32
63
0.25
138
40. Epilepsy
1.31
113
1.63
89
41. HIV/AIDS
1.22
114
0.26
139
42. Drug Use
1.21
90
1.97
46
43. Violence
1.08
152
1.19
147
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
113
0.81
129
45. Other Neoplasms
0.76
65
5.38
11
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.60
181
4.82
64
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.54
160
1.14
131
48. Asthma
0.52
160
0.46
166
49. Malnutrition
0.37
120
0.71
108
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.27
21
0.04
58
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Romania ROMANIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
71,810
30.78
15,281
16.50
2. Stroke
49,707
21.31
7,408
8.00
3. Hypertension
11,007
4.72
740
0.80
4. Lung Cancers
10,113
4.33
6,777
7.32
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,357
4.01
5,677
6.13
6. Liver Disease
8,920
3.82
1,433
1.55
7. Lung Disease
7,359
3.15
6,438
6.95
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,835
2.93
3,329
3.59
9. Kidney Disease
5,175
2.22
2,952
3.19
10. Inflammatory/Heart
4,433
1.90
1,060
1.14
11. Breast Cancer
3,851
1.65
2,587
2.79
12. Stomach Cancer
3,457
1.48
863
0.93
13. Liver Cancer
3,114
1.33
976
1.05
14. Pancreas Cancer
2,935
1.26
1,809
1.95
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,839
1.22
9,416
10.17
16. Prostate Cancer
2,449
1.05
1,824
1.97
17. Oral Cancer
2,290
0.98
675
0.73
18. Diabetes Mellitus
2,230
0.96
1,269
1.37
19. Other Injuries
2,139
0.92
2,006
2.17
20. Road Traffic Accidents
1,992
0.85
666
0.72
21. Suicide
1,886
0.81
2,111
2.28
22. Cervical Cancer
1,870
0.80
243
0.26
23. Bladder Cancer
1,715
0.74
1,078
1.16
24. Falls
1,504
0.64
1,756
1.90
25. Lymphomas
1,385
0.59
1,552
1.68
26. Leukemia
1,342
0.58
1,199
1.29
27. Ovary Cancer
1,109
0.48
653
0.71
28. Tuberculosis
1,015
0.44
46
0.05
29. Skin Cancers
1,003
0.43
522
0.56
30. Oesophagus Cancer
755
0.32
898
0.97
31. Parkinson's Disease
741
0.32
1,378
1.49
32. Drownings
596
0.26
79
0.09
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
531
0.23
213
0.23
34. Uterin Cancer
522
0.22
384
0.41
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
440
0.19
293
0.32
36. Fires
421
0.18
75
0.08
37. Alcohol
409
0.18
500
0.54
38. Congenital Anomalies
367
0.16
282
0.30
39. Poisonings
366
0.16
41
0.04
40. Drug Use
346
0.15
287
0.31
41. Low Birth Weight
317
0.14
70
0.08
42. Epilepsy
314
0.13
348
0.38
43. Other Neoplasms
289
0.12
1,828
1.97
44. Violence
255
0.11
149
0.16
45. Asthma
225
0.10
128
0.14
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
223
0.10
418
0.45
47. HIV/AIDS
219
0.09
36
0.04
48. Endocrine Disorders
193
0.08
1,432
1.55
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
143
0.06
20
0.02
50. Malnutrition
142
0.06
291
0.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
28.49
16
2. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
19.18
58
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
11.97
51
4. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
13.32
117
5. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
2.23
163
6. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
3.31
144
7. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
3.89
137
8. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
7.06
43
9. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
3.11
81
10. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
4.84
74
11. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
3.54
39
12. Lymphomas
4.00
119
5.59
61
13. Leukemia
3.90
75
4.44
48
14. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
2.14
75
15. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
2.39
88
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
3.84
48
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.