What are people in Romania most likely to die from, at each age?
Life expectancy at birth in Romania is about 73 years for men and 80 for women. But what threatens people most changes with age — and until late middle age it is rarely what people expect. Pick an age group for the full picture.
65–69
Men: Heart attack & coronary heart disease36%Women: High blood pressure & other circulatory disease20%70–74
Men: Heart attack & coronary heart disease47%Women: High blood pressure & other circulatory disease33%75–79
Men: High blood pressure & other circulatory disease63%Women: High blood pressure & other circulatory disease52%80–84
Men: High blood pressure & other circulatory disease79%Women: High blood pressure & other circulatory disease73%Top cause = the most likely cause of death over the next 10 years (on wider screens, with its share of all risk) · 10-year risk = chance of dying from any cause within 10 years, for someone in the middle of the age group.
Cancer screening in Romania
- Breast cancerevery 2 years, ages 50–69 (45–74 in some countries)
- Colorectal cancerevery 2 years, ages 50–74
- Cervical cancerPap smear, ages 25–64 — free in the national screening programme; ask your family doctor
- Lung cancerif you smoke or smoked heavily, ages 50–74 — ask whether it's offered
Based on Romania's national cervical screening programme and European guidelines. Each cancer's page compares the programmes country by country.
Computed by Odainn from official Eurostat mortality statistics for Romania (2023) — how we calculate. Educational, not medical advice.