SAUDI ARABIA VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	145,104	1	39,037	+ 106,067
Stroke	2	59,675	2	16,793	+ 42,882
Liver Disease	3	29,125	7	4,931	+ 24,194
Hypertension	4	23,220	22	834	+ 22,386
Lung Cancers	5	11,479	26	775	+ 10,704
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,578	5	6,132	+ 4,446
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	10,457	14	1,630	+ 8,827
Other Injuries	8	7,837	8	4,004	+ 3,833
Lung Disease	9	7,633	10	2,842	+ 4,791
Suicide	10	6,023	13	2,046	+ 3,977
Breast Cancer	11	6,010	20	908	+ 5,102
Stomach Cancer	12	5,256	36	389	+ 4,868
Liver Cancer	13	5,220	21	845	+ 4,375
Inflammatory/Heart	14	4,833	16	1,342	+ 3,491
Pancreas Cancer	15	4,336	31	526	+ 3,810
Diabetes Mellitus	16	4,129	9	3,890	+ 239
Oral Cancer	17	3,808	34	465	+ 3,344
Kidney Disease	18	3,116	4	9,051	- 5,935
Prostate Cancer	19	2,997	50	148	+ 2,848
Road Traffic Accidents	20	2,976	3	12,317	- 9,341
Alcohol	21	2,368	51	128	+ 2,240
Lymphomas	22	2,337	28	716	+ 1,621
Poisonings	23	2,239	40	279	+ 1,959
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	2,219	41	275	+ 1,943
Cervical Cancer	25	2,157	49	157	+ 2,000
Tuberculosis	26	1,996	27	752	+ 1,244
Congenital Anomalies	27	1,932	12	2,307	- 375
HIV/AIDS	28	1,919	47	192	+ 1,727
Bladder Cancer	29	1,842	46	214	+ 1,628
Drownings	30	1,821	24	821	+ 1,000
Violence	31	1,691	30	646	+ 1,045
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	1,656	11	2,442	- 786
Falls	33	1,516	6	5,340	- 3,824
Leukemia	34	1,422	19	925	+ 498
Ovary Cancer	35	1,252	42	247	+ 1,004
Skin Cancers	36	1,224	55	55	+ 1,169
Uterin Cancer	37	1,092	38	323	+ 769
Oesophagus Cancer	38	1,069	44	229	+ 839
Low Birth Weight	39	913	18	989	- 76
Fires	40	711	23	825	- 115
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	694	39	280	+ 414
Other Neoplasms	42	660	57	40	+ 620
Drug Use	43	597	33	491	+ 106
Epilepsy	44	466	29	694	- 229
Skin Disease	45	453	32	516	- 64
Endocrine Disorders	46	408	15	1,447	- 1,040
Birth Trauma	47	375	37	343	+ 31
Asthma	48	267	17	1,168	- 901
Meningitis	49	168	45	227	- 58
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	122	81	0	+ 122
Appendicitis	51	101	58	35	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	52	95	56	49	+ 46
Oral conditions	53	77	82	0	+ 77
Maternal Conditions	54	72	48	172	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	55	61	25	776	- 715
Osteoarthritis	56	59	80	0	+ 59
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	55	62	9	+ 46
Hepatitis B	58	44	53	57	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	36	35	457	- 421
Encephalitis	60	26	43	234	- 208
Otitis Media	61	25	72	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	62	25	70	1	+ 24
Hepatitis C	63	15	64	7	+ 8
Malnutrition	64	11	52	79	- 69
Schizophrenia	65	8	84	0	+ 8
Anemia	66	7	85	0	+ 7
War	67	5	65	3	+ 2
Syphilis	68	4	59	33	- 29
Measles	69	0	68	1	- 1
Pertussis	70	0	54	56	- 56
Diphtheria	71	0	69	1	- 1
Tetanus	72	0	61	16	- 16
Chlamydia	73	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	63	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	60	25	- 25
Chagas disease	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Moldova

Saudi Arabia

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.