MOLDOVA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,859	6	1,042	+ 817
Stroke	2	1,455	2	5,878	- 4,423
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,301	59	4	+ 1,297
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,222	1	14,292	- 13,070
Road Traffic Accidents	5	752	20	293	+ 459
Liver Disease	6	689	3	2,869	- 2,179
Diabetes Mellitus	7	536	16	407	+ 129
Hypertension	8	525	4	2,287	- 1,762
Lung Disease	9	376	9	752	- 376
Malnutrition	10	374	64	1	+ 373
Birth Trauma	11	350	47	37	+ 313
Kidney Disease	12	328	18	307	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	13	308	54	7	+ 301
Tuberculosis	14	308	26	197	+ 112
Other Injuries	15	306	8	772	- 466
Low Birth Weight	16	301	39	90	+ 211
Malaria	17	248	84	0	+ 248
Congenital Anomalies	18	245	27	190	+ 55
Meningitis	19	229	49	17	+ 213
Violence	20	218	31	167	+ 51
Suicide	21	217	10	593	- 377
Asthma	22	185	48	26	+ 159
Breast Cancer	23	177	11	592	- 415
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	176	32	163	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	25	174	28	189	- 15
Falls	26	95	33	149	- 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	83	24	219	- 135
Lymphomas	28	83	22	230	- 147
Leukemia	29	82	34	140	- 58
Cervical Cancer	30	75	25	212	- 137
Fires	31	75	40	70	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	32	70	14	476	- 406
Drownings	33	67	30	179	- 113
Poisonings	34	65	23	220	- 156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	64	7	1,030	- 966
Pertussis	36	51	70	0	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	37	48	55	6	+ 42
Epilepsy	38	46	44	46	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	39	46	38	105	- 59
Ovary Cancer	40	45	35	123	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	44	41	68	- 25
Schistosomiasis	42	41	80	0	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	43	40	46	40	+ 0
Oral Cancer	44	40	17	375	- 335
Liver Cancer	45	39	13	514	- 475
Lung Cancers	46	35	5	1,131	- 1,096
Prostate Cancer	47	31	19	295	- 264
Stomach Cancer	48	27	12	518	- 490
Alcohol	49	26	21	233	- 207
Skin Disease	50	25	45	45	- 19
Bladder Cancer	51	24	29	181	- 158
Tetanus	52	21	72	0	+ 21
Drug Use	53	21	43	59	- 38
Syphilis	54	20	68	0	+ 19
Appendicitis	55	18	51	10	+ 8
Skin Cancers	56	17	36	121	- 104
Hepatitis B	57	16	58	4	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	58	11	15	427	- 416
Leishmaniasis	59	11	82	0	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	60	10	62	2	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	61	10	37	108	- 98
Encephalitis	62	9	60	3	+ 6
Measles	63	7	69	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	7	57	5	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	4	63	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	3	42	65	- 62
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	52	9	- 7
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	61	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
War	71	0	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	1	- 1
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

Eritrea

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.