SIERRA LEONE VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,216	4	4,027	+ 32,189
Stroke	2	14,894	5	3,769	+ 11,125
Liver Disease	3	7,269	13	1,312	+ 5,957
Hypertension	4	5,795	21	623	+ 5,172
Lung Cancers	5	2,865	49	85	+ 2,780
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,640	1	7,420	- 4,779
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,610	39	192	+ 2,418
Other Injuries	8	1,956	16	1,040	+ 916
Lung Disease	9	1,905	20	791	+ 1,114
Suicide	10	1,503	25	521	+ 982
Breast Cancer	11	1,500	23	615	+ 885
Stomach Cancer	12	1,312	36	232	+ 1,080
Liver Cancer	13	1,303	27	400	+ 903
Inflammatory/Heart	14	1,206	32	288	+ 918
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,082	54	62	+ 1,021
Diabetes Mellitus	16	1,031	14	1,190	- 159
Oral Cancer	17	951	50	82	+ 868
Kidney Disease	18	778	15	1,082	- 305
Prostate Cancer	19	748	34	274	+ 474
Road Traffic Accidents	20	743	8	2,581	- 1,839
Alcohol	21	591	55	52	+ 539
Lymphomas	22	583	42	132	+ 451
Poisonings	23	559	38	218	+ 341
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	554	31	308	+ 246
Cervical Cancer	25	538	35	264	+ 275
Tuberculosis	26	498	10	2,414	- 1,916
Congenital Anomalies	27	482	11	1,532	- 1,050
HIV/AIDS	28	479	9	2,546	- 2,067
Bladder Cancer	29	460	52	78	+ 382
Drownings	30	454	29	366	+ 88
Violence	31	422	22	618	- 196
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	413	28	373	+ 40
Falls	33	378	30	324	+ 55
Leukemia	34	355	59	37	+ 318
Ovary Cancer	35	312	53	77	+ 236
Skin Cancers	36	305	48	86	+ 220
Uterin Cancer	37	273	60	31	+ 242
Oesophagus Cancer	38	267	57	37	+ 230
Low Birth Weight	39	228	7	2,791	- 2,563
Fires	40	177	33	275	- 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	173	43	127	+ 47
Other Neoplasms	42	165	66	10	+ 154
Drug Use	43	149	40	185	- 36
Epilepsy	44	116	37	230	- 114
Skin Disease	45	113	51	81	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	46	102	19	798	- 696
Birth Trauma	47	93	6	2,888	- 2,795
Asthma	48	67	24	613	- 546
Meningitis	49	42	12	1,415	- 1,373
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	31	81	0	+ 31
Appendicitis	51	25	61	27	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	52	24	65	10	+ 13
Oral conditions	53	19	82	0	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	54	18	18	880	- 862
Parkinson's Disease	55	15	44	117	- 101
Osteoarthritis	56	15	80	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	14	68	7	+ 7
Hepatitis B	58	11	47	92	- 81
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	9	3	5,275	- 5,266
Encephalitis	60	6	56	50	- 44
Otitis Media	61	6	71	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	6	64	10	- 4
Hepatitis C	63	4	63	13	- 10
Malnutrition	64	3	17	924	- 921
Schizophrenia	65	2	84	0	+ 2
Anemia	66	2	85	0	+ 2
War	67	1	67	8	- 7
Syphilis	68	1	41	180	- 179
Measles	69	0	58	37	- 37
Pertussis	70	0	26	469	- 469
Diphtheria	71	0	69	4	- 4
Tetanus	72	0	45	103	- 103
Chlamydia	73	0	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	74	0	62	15	- 15
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	46	101	- 101
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Moldova

Sierra Leone

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.