MALDIVES VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Moldova MOLDOVA MALDIVES Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 1,544 1 279 + 1,265
Stroke 2 635 2 143 + 492
Liver Disease 3 310 11 24 + 286
Hypertension 4 247 17 16 + 231
Lung Cancers 5 122 7 36 + 86
Influenza and Pneumonia 6 113 8 33 + 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers 7 111 14 21 + 90
Other Injuries 8 83 18 16 + 68
Lung Disease 9 81 3 91 - 10
Suicide 10 64 21 15 + 50
Breast Cancer 11 64 9 28 + 36
Stomach Cancer 12 56 49 1 + 55
Liver Cancer 13 56 10 27 + 29
Inflammatory/Heart 14 51 36 5 + 46
Pancreas Cancer 15 46 40 4 + 42
Diabetes Mellitus 16 44 6 47 - 3
Oral Cancer 17 41 19 15 + 25
Kidney Disease 18 33 4 80 - 47
Prostate Cancer 19 32 26 11 + 20
Road Traffic Accidents 20 32 31 9 + 23
Alcohol 21 25 51 1 + 25
Lymphomas 22 25 34 7 + 17
Poisonings 23 24 55 0 + 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease 24 24 42 4 + 20
Cervical Cancer 25 23 13 22 + 1
Tuberculosis 26 21 27 11 + 10
Congenital Anomalies 27 21 15 19 + 1
HIV/AIDS 28 20 78 0 + 20
Bladder Cancer 29 20 37 5 + 14
Drownings 30 19 23 14 + 6
Violence 31 18 28 10 + 8
Alzheimers & Dementia 32 18 5 47 - 30
Falls 33 16 16 19 - 3
Leukemia 34 15 24 13 + 2
Ovary Cancer 35 13 30 9 + 4
Skin Cancers 36 13 63 0 + 13
Uterin Cancer 37 12 47 2 + 10
Oesophagus Cancer 38 11 59 0 + 11
Low Birth Weight 39 10 20 15 - 5
Fires 40 8 41 4 + 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease 41 7 43 3 + 4
Other Neoplasms 42 7 46 2 + 5
Drug Use 43 6 48 2 + 5
Epilepsy 44 5 38 5 + 0
Skin Disease 45 5 32 8 - 4
Endocrine Disorders 46 4 12 22 - 17
Birth Trauma 47 4 39 5 - 1
Asthma 48 3 29 10 - 7
Meningitis 49 2 50 1 + 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy 50 1 80 0 + 1
Appendicitis 51 1 61 0 + 1
Multiple Sclerosis 52 1 57 0 + 1
Oral conditions 53 1 82 0 + 1
Maternal Conditions 54 1 35 5 - 5
Parkinson's Disease 55 1 25 12 - 11
Osteoarthritis 56 1 81 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 57 1 53 0 + 0
Hepatitis B 58 0 56 0 + 0
Diarrhoeal diseases 59 0 22 14 - 14
Encephalitis 60 0 44 3 - 2
Otitis Media 61 0 69 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 62 0 66 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 63 0 64 0 + 0
Malnutrition 64 0 45 3 - 3
Schizophrenia 65 0 86 0 + 0
Anemia 66 0 85 0 + 0
War 67 0 62 0 - 0
Syphilis 68 0 58 0 - 0
Measles 69 0 60 0 - 0
Pertussis 70 0 52 0 - 0
Diphtheria 71 0 68 0 - 0
Tetanus 72 0 54 0 - 0
Chlamydia 73 0 67 0 - 0
Ascariasis 74 0 65 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 75 0 76 0 - 0
Dengue 76 0 33 8 - 8
Trichuriasis 77 0 77 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 78 0 79 0 - 0
Leprosy 79 0 70 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 80 0 71 0 - 0
Chagas disease 81 0 73 0 - 0
Leishmaniasis 82 0 72 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 83 0 74 0 - 0
Malaria 84 0 75 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 84 0 - 0
Depression 86 0 83 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALDIVES

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020