MOLDOVA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,606	1	14,292	- 10,686
War	2	2,298	67	1	+ 2,298
Stroke	3	1,710	2	5,878	- 4,168
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,314	6	1,042	+ 272
Low Birth Weight	5	1,133	39	90	+ 1,043
Birth Trauma	6	962	47	37	+ 925
Tuberculosis	7	883	26	197	+ 686
Hypertension	8	717	4	2,287	- 1,570
Maternal Conditions	9	700	54	7	+ 693
Kidney Disease	10	591	18	307	+ 284
Road Traffic Accidents	11	541	20	293	+ 248
Diabetes Mellitus	12	516	16	407	+ 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	498	59	4	+ 495
Congenital Anomalies	14	449	27	190	+ 258
Lung Disease	15	417	9	752	- 335
Liver Disease	16	413	3	2,869	- 2,456
Asthma	17	305	48	26	+ 279
Other Injuries	18	291	8	772	- 481
Violence	19	289	31	167	+ 122
Meningitis	20	236	49	17	+ 219
Pertussis	21	189	70	0	+ 189
Breast Cancer	22	163	11	592	- 428
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	158	32	163	- 5
Suicide	24	141	10	593	- 452
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	135	24	219	- 84
Stomach Cancer	26	135	12	518	- 383
Oral Cancer	27	132	17	375	- 243
Endocrine Disorders	28	122	46	40	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	29	118	38	105	+ 13
Tetanus	30	113	72	0	+ 113
Encephalitis	31	107	60	3	+ 104
Lung Cancers	32	97	5	1,131	- 1,034
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	93	41	68	+ 25
Drownings	34	89	30	179	- 90
Epilepsy	35	89	44	46	+ 43
Lymphomas	36	85	22	230	- 145
Falls	37	81	33	149	- 68
Hepatitis B	38	77	58	4	+ 73
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	67	7	1,030	- 963
Liver Cancer	40	59	13	514	- 455
Parkinson's Disease	41	56	55	6	+ 50
Leukemia	42	55	34	140	- 85
Malnutrition	43	53	64	1	+ 52
Cervical Cancer	44	49	25	212	- 164
Inflammatory/Heart	45	47	14	476	- 429
HIV/AIDS	46	42	28	189	- 147
Poisonings	47	34	23	220	- 186
Ovary Cancer	48	33	35	123	- 90
Measles	49	31	69	0	+ 31
Fires	50	31	40	70	- 39
Drug Use	51	29	43	59	- 29
Appendicitis	52	27	51	10	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	53	26	37	108	- 82
Bladder Cancer	54	24	29	181	- 157
Prostate Cancer	55	23	19	295	- 272
Pancreas Cancer	56	21	15	427	- 407
Malaria	57	17	84	0	+ 17
Alcohol	58	13	21	233	- 220
Skin Cancers	59	13	36	121	- 108
Syphilis	60	8	68	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	61	8	45	45	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	52	9	- 2
Other Neoplasms	63	3	42	65	- 62
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	57	5	- 3
Ascariasis	66	2	74	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	61	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	56	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	53	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.