MAURITANIA VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,185	4	1,636	+ 15,549
Stroke	2	7,067	6	1,307	+ 5,761
Liver Disease	3	3,449	13	586	+ 2,864
Hypertension	4	2,750	22	286	+ 2,464
Lung Cancers	5	1,359	44	60	+ 1,299
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,253	1	2,756	- 1,503
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,238	37	110	+ 1,129
Other Injuries	8	928	19	343	+ 585
Lung Disease	9	904	23	275	+ 629
Suicide	10	713	30	141	+ 572
Breast Cancer	11	712	28	189	+ 523
Stomach Cancer	12	623	32	132	+ 490
Liver Cancer	13	618	21	312	+ 307
Inflammatory/Heart	14	572	36	110	+ 463
Pancreas Cancer	15	514	51	39	+ 475
Diabetes Mellitus	16	489	12	594	- 105
Oral Cancer	17	451	48	45	+ 406
Kidney Disease	18	369	15	555	- 186
Prostate Cancer	19	355	34	118	+ 237
Road Traffic Accidents	20	353	8	1,158	- 806
Alcohol	21	280	58	16	+ 265
Lymphomas	22	277	43	65	+ 212
Poisonings	23	265	42	67	+ 198
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	263	38	83	+ 179
Cervical Cancer	25	255	20	333	- 78
Tuberculosis	26	236	9	717	- 480
Congenital Anomalies	27	229	10	665	- 436
HIV/AIDS	28	227	25	231	- 3
Bladder Cancer	29	218	50	42	+ 176
Drownings	30	216	35	116	+ 99
Violence	31	200	16	491	- 291
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	196	24	251	- 55
Falls	33	180	31	140	+ 39
Leukemia	34	168	55	22	+ 146
Ovary Cancer	35	148	49	43	+ 105
Skin Cancers	36	145	46	50	+ 95
Uterin Cancer	37	129	57	17	+ 112
Oesophagus Cancer	38	127	54	30	+ 97
Low Birth Weight	39	108	2	2,014	- 1,906
Fires	40	84	33	123	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	82	52	34	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	42	78	62	7	+ 71
Drug Use	43	71	40	71	- 0
Epilepsy	44	55	39	75	- 19
Skin Disease	45	54	47	47	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	46	48	27	197	- 149
Birth Trauma	47	44	7	1,204	- 1,160
Asthma	48	32	29	170	- 138
Meningitis	49	20	18	357	- 337
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	14	80	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	51	12	60	9	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	52	11	63	5	+ 6
Oral conditions	53	9	82	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	54	9	11	639	- 630
Parkinson's Disease	55	7	41	69	- 62
Osteoarthritis	56	7	81	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	7	64	4	+ 2
Hepatitis B	58	5	56	22	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	4	3	1,656	- 1,652
Encephalitis	60	3	53	33	- 30
Otitis Media	61	3	72	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	68	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	2	67	3	- 1
Malnutrition	64	1	17	462	- 461
Schizophrenia	65	1	86	0	+ 1
Anemia	66	1	84	0	+ 1
War	67	1	70	2	- 1
Syphilis	68	0	26	204	- 203
Measles	69	0	61	9	- 9
Pertussis	70	0	14	574	- 574
Diphtheria	71	0	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	72	0	45	58	- 58
Chlamydia	73	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	59	14	- 14
Chagas disease	81	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	69	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Moldova

Mauritania

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.