LESOTHO VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,845	5	2,101	+ 6,744
Stroke	2	3,637	3	2,817	+ 821
Liver Disease	3	1,775	14	792	+ 983
Hypertension	4	1,415	11	990	+ 425
Lung Cancers	5	700	43	51	+ 649
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	645	2	3,214	- 2,569
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	637	48	40	+ 598
Other Injuries	8	478	18	533	- 55
Lung Disease	9	465	9	1,102	- 637
Suicide	10	367	7	1,539	- 1,172
Breast Cancer	11	366	34	97	+ 269
Stomach Cancer	12	320	60	11	+ 310
Liver Cancer	13	318	39	71	+ 248
Inflammatory/Heart	14	295	23	305	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	15	264	58	12	+ 252
Diabetes Mellitus	16	252	6	2,000	- 1,748
Oral Cancer	17	232	42	52	+ 180
Kidney Disease	18	190	10	1,015	- 825
Prostate Cancer	19	183	35	81	+ 102
Road Traffic Accidents	20	181	16	678	- 497
Alcohol	21	144	38	71	+ 74
Lymphomas	22	142	36	78	+ 65
Poisonings	23	136	33	111	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	135	25	279	- 143
Cervical Cancer	25	131	20	372	- 241
Tuberculosis	26	122	8	1,208	- 1,087
Congenital Anomalies	27	118	19	389	- 272
HIV/AIDS	28	117	1	4,767	- 4,650
Bladder Cancer	29	112	61	10	+ 103
Drownings	30	111	28	200	- 89
Violence	31	103	13	924	- 821
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	101	29	194	- 93
Falls	33	92	31	128	- 35
Leukemia	34	87	49	39	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	35	76	53	24	+ 52
Skin Cancers	36	75	46	46	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	37	67	54	23	+ 43
Oesophagus Cancer	38	65	37	73	- 8
Low Birth Weight	39	56	12	957	- 901
Fires	40	43	26	269	- 225
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	42	32	126	- 83
Other Neoplasms	42	40	62	9	+ 31
Drug Use	43	36	50	32	+ 5
Epilepsy	44	28	30	143	- 115
Skin Disease	45	28	40	70	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	46	25	27	235	- 210
Birth Trauma	47	23	15	717	- 694
Asthma	48	16	17	678	- 662
Meningitis	49	10	22	318	- 308
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	7	85	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	51	6	52	25	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	52	6	63	6	- 0
Oral conditions	53	5	86	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	54	4	24	292	- 288
Parkinson's Disease	55	4	41	55	- 51
Osteoarthritis	56	4	84	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	3	56	18	- 15
Hepatitis B	58	3	51	27	- 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	2	4	2,354	- 2,352
Encephalitis	60	2	57	14	- 12
Otitis Media	61	2	66	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	2	55	18	- 17
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	2	- 2
Malnutrition	64	1	21	357	- 357
Schizophrenia	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Anemia	66	0	83	0	+ 0
War	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	68	0	45	50	- 50
Measles	69	0	59	12	- 12
Pertussis	70	0	44	51	- 51
Diphtheria	71	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	47	45	- 45
Chlamydia	73	0	65	2	- 2
Ascariasis	74	0	67	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Moldova

Lesotho

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.