ROMANIA VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	72,059	1	71,810	+ 249
Stroke	2	29,635	2	49,707	- 20,072
Liver Disease	3	14,464	6	8,920	+ 5,544
Hypertension	4	11,531	3	11,007	+ 524
Lung Cancers	5	5,700	4	10,113	- 4,413
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,253	5	9,357	- 4,104
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	5,193	8	6,835	- 1,642
Other Injuries	8	3,892	19	2,139	+ 1,753
Lung Disease	9	3,791	7	7,359	- 3,568
Suicide	10	2,991	21	1,886	+ 1,104
Breast Cancer	11	2,984	11	3,851	- 866
Stomach Cancer	12	2,610	12	3,457	- 847
Liver Cancer	13	2,592	13	3,114	- 521
Inflammatory/Heart	14	2,400	10	4,433	- 2,033
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,153	14	2,935	- 781
Diabetes Mellitus	16	2,050	18	2,230	- 180
Oral Cancer	17	1,891	17	2,290	- 399
Kidney Disease	18	1,548	9	5,175	- 3,627
Prostate Cancer	19	1,488	16	2,449	- 961
Road Traffic Accidents	20	1,478	20	1,992	- 514
Alcohol	21	1,176	37	409	+ 767
Lymphomas	22	1,160	25	1,385	- 224
Poisonings	23	1,112	39	366	+ 745
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	1,102	33	531	+ 571
Cervical Cancer	25	1,071	22	1,870	- 799
Tuberculosis	26	991	28	1,015	- 24
Congenital Anomalies	27	959	38	367	+ 593
HIV/AIDS	28	953	47	219	+ 734
Bladder Cancer	29	915	23	1,715	- 800
Drownings	30	904	32	596	+ 308
Violence	31	840	44	255	+ 584
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	823	15	2,839	- 2,017
Falls	33	753	24	1,504	- 751
Leukemia	34	706	26	1,342	- 636
Ovary Cancer	35	622	27	1,109	- 487
Skin Cancers	36	608	29	1,003	- 395
Uterin Cancer	37	542	34	522	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	38	531	30	755	- 224
Low Birth Weight	39	454	41	317	+ 137
Fires	40	353	36	421	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	345	35	440	- 96
Other Neoplasms	42	328	43	289	+ 39
Drug Use	43	296	40	346	- 50
Epilepsy	44	231	42	314	- 83
Skin Disease	45	225	53	97	+ 127
Endocrine Disorders	46	202	48	193	+ 10
Birth Trauma	47	186	57	38	+ 148
Asthma	48	133	45	225	- 92
Meningitis	49	84	54	76	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	61	49	143	- 83
Appendicitis	51	50	60	21	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	52	47	55	66	- 19
Oral conditions	53	38	64	2	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	54	36	58	35	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	55	30	31	741	- 710
Osteoarthritis	56	29	86	0	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	27	85	0	+ 27
Hepatitis B	58	22	59	30	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	18	46	223	- 206
Encephalitis	60	13	62	6	+ 7
Otitis Media	61	12	68	1	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	62	12	63	3	+ 10
Hepatitis C	63	8	52	98	- 91
Malnutrition	64	5	50	142	- 136
Schizophrenia	65	4	51	103	- 99
Anemia	66	4	56	59	- 55
War	67	3	65	2	+ 0
Syphilis	68	2	66	1	+ 0
Measles	69	0	61	7	- 7
Pertussis	70	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	73	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Moldova

Romania

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.