MOLDOVA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,662	28	189	+ 2,473
Tuberculosis	2	1,642	26	197	+ 1,445
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,521	6	1,042	+ 479
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,472	1	14,292	- 12,820
Stroke	5	1,338	2	5,878	- 4,540
Malaria	6	1,167	84	0	+ 1,167
Road Traffic Accidents	7	943	20	293	+ 650
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	770	59	4	+ 766
Low Birth Weight	9	757	39	90	+ 667
Diabetes Mellitus	10	620	16	407	+ 213
Birth Trauma	11	589	47	37	+ 552
Hypertension	12	550	4	2,287	- 1,737
Liver Disease	13	549	3	2,869	- 2,319
Congenital Anomalies	14	430	27	190	+ 240
Kidney Disease	15	362	18	307	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	16	341	54	7	+ 334
Lung Disease	17	319	9	752	- 433
Violence	18	318	31	167	+ 152
Suicide	19	206	10	593	- 387
Other Injuries	20	197	8	772	- 575
Pertussis	21	194	70	0	+ 194
Meningitis	22	177	49	17	+ 160
Asthma	23	172	48	26	+ 145
Malnutrition	24	160	64	1	+ 159
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	136	32	163	- 27
Inflammatory/Heart	26	130	14	476	- 346
Endocrine Disorders	27	123	46	40	+ 83
Prostate Cancer	28	117	19	295	- 178
Cervical Cancer	29	116	25	212	- 97
Liver Cancer	30	100	13	514	- 414
Measles	31	94	69	0	+ 94
Breast Cancer	32	94	11	592	- 498
Falls	33	88	33	149	- 62
Syphilis	34	63	68	0	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	62	24	219	- 157
Drownings	36	61	30	179	- 118
Fires	37	53	40	70	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	52	7	1,030	- 978
Stomach Cancer	39	52	12	518	- 466
Epilepsy	40	45	44	46	- 1
Poisonings	41	42	23	220	- 179
Parkinson's Disease	42	41	55	6	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	39	41	68	- 29
Drug Use	44	39	43	59	- 20
Lymphomas	45	36	22	230	- 194
Leukemia	46	34	34	140	- 106
Lung Cancers	47	32	5	1,131	- 1,099
Ovary Cancer	48	29	35	123	- 94
Alcohol	49	27	21	233	- 206
Skin Disease	50	27	45	45	- 18
Schistosomiasis	51	26	80	0	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	52	25	15	427	- 402
Skin Cancers	53	21	36	121	- 99
Oral Cancer	54	19	17	375	- 356
Tetanus	55	14	72	0	+ 14
Encephalitis	56	12	60	3	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	57	11	38	105	- 94
Appendicitis	58	11	51	10	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	9	57	5	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	60	9	37	108	- 99
Bladder Cancer	61	9	29	181	- 173
Hepatitis B	62	9	58	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	4	42	65	- 61
Upper Respiratory	64	4	62	2	+ 2
Trypanosomiasis	65	4	83	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	52	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	67	1	63	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	61	2	- 2
War	72	0	67	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	65	1	- 1
Anemia	82	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	56	6	- 6
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.