JAMAICA VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,212	3	1,726	+ 9,486
Stroke	2	4,611	1	2,415	+ 2,196
Liver Disease	3	2,250	21	155	+ 2,096
Hypertension	4	1,794	8	651	+ 1,143
Lung Cancers	5	887	10	472	+ 415
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	817	15	393	+ 424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	808	13	436	+ 372
Other Injuries	8	606	31	91	+ 515
Lung Disease	9	590	11	452	+ 138
Suicide	10	465	35	70	+ 395
Breast Cancer	11	464	14	413	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	12	406	19	231	+ 176
Liver Cancer	13	403	29	101	+ 302
Inflammatory/Heart	14	373	24	133	+ 240
Pancreas Cancer	15	335	27	119	+ 216
Diabetes Mellitus	16	319	2	2,077	- 1,758
Oral Cancer	17	294	39	59	+ 236
Kidney Disease	18	241	6	793	- 552
Prostate Cancer	19	232	5	883	- 652
Road Traffic Accidents	20	230	12	444	- 214
Alcohol	21	183	55	7	+ 175
Lymphomas	22	181	17	251	- 70
Poisonings	23	173	57	2	+ 171
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	171	32	82	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	25	167	16	358	- 191
Tuberculosis	26	154	54	8	+ 147
Congenital Anomalies	27	149	23	139	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	28	148	7	757	- 609
Bladder Cancer	29	142	38	60	+ 83
Drownings	30	141	51	10	+ 130
Violence	31	131	4	1,484	- 1,354
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	128	9	587	- 459
Falls	33	117	33	82	+ 35
Leukemia	34	110	26	129	- 19
Ovary Cancer	35	97	30	97	- 0
Skin Cancers	36	95	52	10	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	37	84	28	106	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	38	83	34	74	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	39	71	18	241	- 170
Fires	40	55	46	16	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	54	44	27	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	42	51	45	19	+ 32
Drug Use	43	46	48	13	+ 33
Epilepsy	44	36	41	46	- 10
Skin Disease	45	35	22	145	- 110
Endocrine Disorders	46	31	20	176	- 145
Birth Trauma	47	29	37	65	- 36
Asthma	48	21	36	65	- 45
Meningitis	49	13	47	16	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	9	81	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	51	8	53	9	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	56	3	+ 4
Oral conditions	53	6	80	0	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	54	6	43	35	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	55	5	25	132	- 128
Osteoarthritis	56	5	82	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	50	11	- 7
Hepatitis B	58	3	59	1	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	3	42	35	- 32
Encephalitis	60	2	49	13	- 11
Otitis Media	61	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	1	40	48	- 47
Schizophrenia	65	1	85	0	+ 1
Anemia	66	1	83	0	+ 1
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	60	1	- 0
Measles	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	63	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.