BELARUS VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,727	1	53,186	- 15,459
Stroke	2	15,515	2	16,393	- 878
Liver Disease	3	7,572	8	2,078	+ 5,495
Hypertension	4	6,037	31	367	+ 5,670
Lung Cancers	5	2,984	4	2,950	+ 35
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,750	15	1,086	+ 1,664
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,719	5	2,886	- 167
Other Injuries	8	2,038	14	1,099	+ 939
Lung Disease	9	1,985	7	2,208	- 223
Suicide	10	1,566	9	2,004	- 438
Breast Cancer	11	1,563	12	1,230	+ 332
Stomach Cancer	12	1,367	10	1,690	- 323
Liver Cancer	13	1,357	32	363	+ 994
Inflammatory/Heart	14	1,257	11	1,361	- 104
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,127	13	1,171	- 43
Diabetes Mellitus	16	1,073	30	373	+ 701
Oral Cancer	17	990	18	901	+ 89
Kidney Disease	18	810	26	480	+ 330
Prostate Cancer	19	779	17	936	- 157
Road Traffic Accidents	20	774	19	722	+ 52
Alcohol	21	616	6	2,761	- 2,145
Lymphomas	22	608	20	672	- 64
Poisonings	23	582	33	311	+ 271
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	577	40	235	+ 342
Cervical Cancer	25	561	34	303	+ 258
Tuberculosis	26	519	37	269	+ 250
Congenital Anomalies	27	502	41	202	+ 300
HIV/AIDS	28	499	42	167	+ 332
Bladder Cancer	29	479	35	295	+ 183
Drownings	30	473	24	543	- 70
Violence	31	440	38	255	+ 184
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	431	3	3,530	- 3,100
Falls	33	394	16	952	- 558
Leukemia	34	370	23	554	- 184
Ovary Cancer	35	325	27	429	- 103
Skin Cancers	36	318	36	272	+ 47
Uterin Cancer	37	284	28	391	- 107
Oesophagus Cancer	38	278	25	493	- 215
Low Birth Weight	39	237	47	64	+ 173
Fires	40	185	22	620	- 436
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	181	39	239	- 59
Other Neoplasms	42	171	48	52	+ 119
Drug Use	43	155	29	389	- 234
Epilepsy	44	121	45	116	+ 5
Skin Disease	45	118	51	31	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	46	106	43	141	- 35
Birth Trauma	47	97	52	25	+ 72
Asthma	48	69	44	122	- 52
Meningitis	49	44	50	36	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	32	85	0	+ 32
Appendicitis	51	26	54	20	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	52	25	49	42	- 17
Oral conditions	53	20	86	0	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	54	19	60	2	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	55	16	21	621	- 605
Osteoarthritis	56	15	84	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	14	55	15	- 1
Hepatitis B	58	11	56	14	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	9	57	13	- 3
Encephalitis	60	7	46	93	- 86
Otitis Media	61	7	66	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	6	58	5	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	4	62	1	+ 3
Malnutrition	64	3	53	22	- 19
Schizophrenia	65	2	80	0	+ 2
Anemia	66	2	83	0	+ 2
War	67	1	59	3	- 2
Syphilis	68	1	63	1	+ 0
Measles	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Moldova

Belarus

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.