IRELAND VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,780	1	4,762	+ 16,018
Stroke	2	8,546	5	1,770	+ 6,776
Liver Disease	3	4,171	19	279	+ 3,892
Hypertension	4	3,325	29	175	+ 3,151
Lung Cancers	5	1,644	3	1,916	- 272
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,515	6	1,298	+ 217
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,498	7	1,095	+ 402
Other Injuries	8	1,122	30	171	+ 951
Lung Disease	9	1,093	4	1,915	- 822
Suicide	10	862	14	470	+ 393
Breast Cancer	11	861	8	760	+ 101
Stomach Cancer	12	753	17	357	+ 396
Liver Cancer	13	748	18	318	+ 430
Inflammatory/Heart	14	692	26	240	+ 452
Pancreas Cancer	15	621	11	530	+ 90
Diabetes Mellitus	16	591	16	414	+ 178
Oral Cancer	17	545	28	183	+ 363
Kidney Disease	18	446	10	566	- 120
Prostate Cancer	19	429	9	585	- 156
Road Traffic Accidents	20	426	33	153	+ 273
Alcohol	21	339	39	64	+ 275
Lymphomas	22	335	13	513	- 178
Poisonings	23	321	53	14	+ 307
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	318	38	67	+ 251
Cervical Cancer	25	309	35	103	+ 206
Tuberculosis	26	286	50	23	+ 263
Congenital Anomalies	27	277	32	153	+ 124
HIV/AIDS	28	275	57	9	+ 266
Bladder Cancer	29	264	22	256	+ 8
Drownings	30	261	43	57	+ 204
Violence	31	242	47	38	+ 204
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	237	2	3,209	- 2,972
Falls	33	217	25	247	- 30
Leukemia	34	204	20	274	- 70
Ovary Cancer	35	179	21	273	- 94
Skin Cancers	36	175	23	252	- 76
Uterin Cancer	37	156	34	126	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	38	153	15	419	- 265
Low Birth Weight	39	131	44	56	+ 75
Fires	40	102	48	30	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	99	46	50	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	42	94	27	218	- 123
Drug Use	43	85	31	167	- 81
Epilepsy	44	67	36	85	- 18
Skin Disease	45	65	42	58	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	46	58	24	249	- 191
Birth Trauma	47	54	56	10	+ 44
Asthma	48	38	41	58	- 20
Meningitis	49	24	58	7	+ 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	18	54	14	+ 4
Appendicitis	51	14	60	3	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	52	14	37	83	- 69
Oral conditions	53	11	62	2	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	54	10	61	3	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	55	9	12	530	- 521
Osteoarthritis	56	8	51	20	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	8	40	59	- 51
Hepatitis B	58	6	59	6	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	5	45	53	- 47
Encephalitis	60	4	66	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	61	4	71	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	64	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	63	2	52	19	- 17
Malnutrition	64	2	63	2	- 0
Schizophrenia	65	1	55	12	- 10
Anemia	66	1	49	29	- 28
War	67	1	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Measles	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Moldova

Ireland

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.