GABON VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,748	3	1,019	+ 8,729
Stroke	2	4,009	5	896	+ 3,113
Liver Disease	3	1,957	10	416	+ 1,540
Hypertension	4	1,560	11	412	+ 1,148
Lung Cancers	5	771	29	87	+ 684
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	711	4	966	- 255
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	703	37	43	+ 659
Other Injuries	8	526	22	140	+ 387
Lung Disease	9	513	16	215	+ 298
Suicide	10	405	18	183	+ 222
Breast Cancer	11	404	27	92	+ 311
Stomach Cancer	12	353	48	32	+ 321
Liver Cancer	13	351	35	53	+ 298
Inflammatory/Heart	14	325	24	101	+ 223
Pancreas Cancer	15	291	53	21	+ 271
Diabetes Mellitus	16	277	6	643	- 365
Oral Cancer	17	256	34	69	+ 187
Kidney Disease	18	209	12	384	- 174
Prostate Cancer	19	201	32	80	+ 122
Road Traffic Accidents	20	200	8	518	- 318
Alcohol	21	159	56	19	+ 140
Lymphomas	22	157	49	32	+ 125
Poisonings	23	150	50	28	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	149	41	36	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	25	145	26	96	+ 49
Tuberculosis	26	134	1	1,819	- 1,685
Congenital Anomalies	27	130	15	285	- 156
HIV/AIDS	28	129	2	1,128	- 999
Bladder Cancer	29	124	43	35	+ 89
Drownings	30	122	38	42	+ 81
Violence	31	114	17	184	- 70
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	111	19	152	- 40
Falls	33	102	30	84	+ 17
Leukemia	34	96	57	17	+ 79
Ovary Cancer	35	84	51	27	+ 58
Skin Cancers	36	82	46	34	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	37	73	55	19	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	38	72	44	35	+ 37
Low Birth Weight	39	61	9	494	- 433
Fires	40	48	39	39	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	47	54	20	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	42	44	64	5	+ 39
Drug Use	43	40	45	34	+ 6
Epilepsy	44	31	40	37	- 6
Skin Disease	45	30	52	22	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	46	27	25	98	- 71
Birth Trauma	47	25	13	362	- 337
Asthma	48	18	28	90	- 72
Meningitis	49	11	23	113	- 102
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	8	85	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	51	7	61	7	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	52	6	67	2	+ 5
Oral conditions	53	5	84	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	54	5	21	145	- 140
Parkinson's Disease	55	4	36	47	- 43
Osteoarthritis	56	4	86	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	63	6	- 3
Hepatitis B	58	3	62	7	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	2	14	318	- 316
Encephalitis	60	2	60	7	- 5
Otitis Media	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	66	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	68	1	- 0
Malnutrition	64	1	33	78	- 77
Schizophrenia	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Anemia	66	0	82	0	+ 0
War	67	0	65	3	- 2
Syphilis	68	0	47	33	- 32
Measles	69	0	20	146	- 146
Pertussis	70	0	31	81	- 81
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	59	8	- 8
Chlamydia	73	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	58	14	- 14
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	42	35	- 35
Malaria	84	0	7	540	- 540
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.