LATVIA VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,152	1	8,099	- 947
Stroke	2	2,941	2	5,893	- 2,951
Liver Disease	3	1,436	15	365	+ 1,071
Hypertension	4	1,144	3	1,194	- 49
Lung Cancers	5	566	4	956	- 391
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	521	9	501	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	515	6	722	- 207
Other Injuries	8	386	16	362	+ 24
Lung Disease	9	376	18	346	+ 30
Suicide	10	297	14	384	- 87
Breast Cancer	11	296	10	472	- 176
Stomach Cancer	12	259	11	470	- 210
Liver Cancer	13	257	26	157	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	14	238	5	921	- 683
Pancreas Cancer	15	214	13	436	- 222
Diabetes Mellitus	16	204	8	529	- 326
Oral Cancer	17	188	22	214	- 26
Kidney Disease	18	154	17	356	- 203
Prostate Cancer	19	148	12	464	- 316
Road Traffic Accidents	20	147	27	154	- 7
Alcohol	21	117	21	227	- 111
Lymphomas	22	115	19	245	- 130
Poisonings	23	110	49	23	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	109	31	142	- 32
Cervical Cancer	25	106	33	128	- 21
Tuberculosis	26	98	40	71	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	27	95	43	46	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	28	95	39	74	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	29	91	20	228	- 137
Drownings	30	90	34	127	- 37
Violence	31	83	37	94	- 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	82	7	664	- 582
Falls	33	75	23	201	- 127
Leukemia	34	70	25	186	- 116
Ovary Cancer	35	62	24	196	- 135
Skin Cancers	36	60	30	144	- 84
Uterin Cancer	37	54	29	148	- 94
Oesophagus Cancer	38	53	32	131	- 78
Low Birth Weight	39	45	56	11	+ 34
Fires	40	35	36	103	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	34	47	41	- 7
Other Neoplasms	42	33	28	153	- 120
Drug Use	43	29	48	41	- 11
Epilepsy	44	23	45	44	- 21
Skin Disease	45	22	38	76	- 54
Endocrine Disorders	46	20	41	59	- 39
Birth Trauma	47	18	55	12	+ 7
Asthma	48	13	46	42	- 28
Meningitis	49	8	52	15	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	6	44	45	- 39
Appendicitis	51	5	59	5	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	52	5	50	20	- 16
Oral conditions	53	4	61	4	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	54	4	60	5	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	55	3	35	125	- 122
Osteoarthritis	56	3	58	7	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	3	51	20	- 17
Hepatitis B	58	2	63	3	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	2	54	14	- 12
Encephalitis	60	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	61	1	66	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	1	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	63	1	42	53	- 52
Malnutrition	64	1	64	2	- 1
Schizophrenia	65	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	66	0	53	14	- 14
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	68	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	1	- 1
Tetanus	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Moldova

Latvia

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.