MOLDOVA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,126	1	14,292	- 11,166
Violence	2	1,399	31	167	+ 1,232
Stroke	3	1,203	2	5,878	- 4,675
Lung Disease	4	1,156	9	752	+ 404
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	782	6	1,042	- 260
Road Traffic Accidents	6	564	20	293	+ 270
Kidney Disease	7	496	18	307	+ 189
Hypertension	8	465	4	2,287	- 1,823
Stomach Cancer	9	444	12	518	- 74
Lung Cancers	10	381	5	1,131	- 750
Diabetes Mellitus	11	365	16	407	- 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	317	7	1,030	- 713
Breast Cancer	13	266	11	592	- 326
Prostate Cancer	14	260	19	295	- 35
Other Neoplasms	15	233	42	65	+ 168
Congenital Anomalies	16	215	27	190	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	17	195	28	189	+ 6
Lymphomas	18	189	22	230	- 41
Liver Disease	19	176	3	2,869	- 2,693
Cervical Cancer	20	164	25	212	- 48
Leukemia	21	160	34	140	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	157	32	163	- 7
Low Birth Weight	23	152	39	90	+ 62
Liver Cancer	24	150	13	514	- 364
Pancreas Cancer	25	147	15	427	- 280
Suicide	26	143	10	593	- 451
Malnutrition	27	136	64	1	+ 135
Other Injuries	28	116	8	772	- 656
Falls	29	110	33	149	- 39
Endocrine Disorders	30	99	46	40	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	31	96	14	476	- 380
Tuberculosis	32	92	26	197	- 104
Ovary Cancer	33	81	35	123	- 42
Skin Disease	34	80	45	45	+ 35
Skin Cancers	35	75	36	121	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	36	61	38	105	- 45
Oral Cancer	37	59	17	375	- 317
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	54	59	4	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	51	24	219	- 168
Drownings	40	50	30	179	- 129
Birth Trauma	41	47	47	37	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	42	44	29	181	- 137
Epilepsy	43	43	44	46	- 3
Drug Use	44	36	43	59	- 23
Uterin Cancer	45	31	37	108	- 77
Maternal Conditions	46	29	54	7	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	47	28	55	6	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	24	50	12	+ 12
War	49	19	67	1	+ 18
Meningitis	50	18	49	17	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	18	57	5	+ 12
Appendicitis	52	15	51	10	+ 6
Chagas disease	53	15	81	0	+ 15
Asthma	54	14	48	26	- 12
Dengue	55	10	76	0	+ 10
Fires	56	9	40	70	- 61
Anemia	57	7	66	1	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	58	5	56	6	- 1
Hepatitis C	59	5	63	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	52	9	- 5
Poisonings	61	4	23	220	- 216
Hepatitis B	62	4	58	4	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	3	41	68	- 66
Encephalitis	64	3	60	3	+ 0
Syphilis	65	2	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	62	2	- 1
Malaria	67	2	84	0	+ 2
Alcohol	68	2	21	233	- 232
Pertussis	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	1	65	1	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	61	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	74	1	82	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	53	8	- 7
Ascariasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

Colombia

Moldova

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.