UNITED KINGDOM VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	271,824	2	71,728	+ 200,096
Stroke	2	111,790	4	37,626	+ 74,164
Liver Disease	3	54,560	14	7,666	+ 46,894
Hypertension	4	43,498	23	5,208	+ 38,290
Lung Cancers	5	21,504	5	35,715	- 14,211
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	19,816	3	40,540	- 20,724
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	19,590	7	18,446	+ 1,144
Other Injuries	8	14,681	19	5,464	+ 9,217
Lung Disease	9	14,300	6	32,896	- 18,596
Suicide	10	11,282	20	5,325	+ 5,957
Breast Cancer	11	11,258	9	12,718	- 1,460
Stomach Cancer	12	9,847	24	4,999	+ 4,848
Liver Cancer	13	9,779	21	5,237	+ 4,543
Inflammatory/Heart	14	9,054	29	3,126	+ 5,927
Pancreas Cancer	15	8,123	11	8,995	- 872
Diabetes Mellitus	16	7,735	17	5,842	+ 1,892
Oral Cancer	17	7,134	30	3,109	+ 4,025
Kidney Disease	18	5,838	18	5,471	+ 367
Prostate Cancer	19	5,614	8	13,289	- 7,676
Road Traffic Accidents	20	5,576	33	2,169	+ 3,407
Alcohol	21	4,436	39	1,555	+ 2,881
Lymphomas	22	4,377	10	9,350	- 4,973
Poisonings	23	4,194	53	221	+ 3,973
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	4,156	36	2,090	+ 2,066
Cervical Cancer	25	4,041	43	1,099	+ 2,942
Tuberculosis	26	3,740	47	351	+ 3,388
Congenital Anomalies	27	3,619	35	2,127	+ 1,493
HIV/AIDS	28	3,596	55	188	+ 3,408
Bladder Cancer	29	3,450	16	6,133	- 2,683
Drownings	30	3,411	49	301	+ 3,110
Violence	31	3,167	46	868	+ 2,299
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	3,103	1	98,135	- 95,032
Falls	33	2,840	15	7,618	- 4,778
Leukemia	34	2,665	22	5,211	- 2,546
Ovary Cancer	35	2,345	25	4,019	- 1,674
Skin Cancers	36	2,293	27	3,727	- 1,435
Uterin Cancer	37	2,046	32	2,346	- 300
Oesophagus Cancer	38	2,002	12	8,727	- 6,725
Low Birth Weight	39	1,711	40	1,313	+ 397
Fires	40	1,332	48	334	+ 997
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,301	45	876	+ 425
Other Neoplasms	42	1,236	26	3,986	- 2,750
Drug Use	43	1,118	31	2,824	- 1,706
Epilepsy	44	872	42	1,193	- 321
Skin Disease	45	848	34	2,134	- 1,286
Endocrine Disorders	46	763	28	3,297	- 2,533
Birth Trauma	47	702	54	190	+ 512
Asthma	48	500	41	1,302	- 802
Meningitis	49	315	52	232	+ 83
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	229	56	184	+ 45
Appendicitis	51	189	59	105	+ 83
Multiple Sclerosis	52	178	37	1,856	- 1,678
Oral conditions	53	144	61	54	+ 90
Maternal Conditions	54	135	64	47	+ 89
Parkinson's Disease	55	115	13	8,573	- 8,458
Osteoarthritis	56	110	57	167	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	104	44	1,014	- 910
Hepatitis B	58	82	65	40	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	67	38	1,599	- 1,531
Encephalitis	60	49	68	6	+ 43
Otitis Media	61	47	66	16	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	62	47	63	48	- 2
Hepatitis C	63	28	51	267	- 239
Malnutrition	64	20	58	116	- 95
Schizophrenia	65	15	60	101	- 87
Anemia	66	14	50	277	- 263
War	67	10	67	10	+ 0
Syphilis	68	7	62	49	- 42
Measles	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Pertussis	70	0	69	3	- 3
Diphtheria	71	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Moldova

United Kingdom

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.