MOLDOVA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,243	1	14,292	- 49
Stroke	2	9,859	2	5,878	+ 3,981
Hypertension	3	2,183	4	2,287	- 104
Lung Cancers	4	2,006	5	1,131	+ 875
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,856	6	1,042	+ 814
Liver Disease	6	1,769	3	2,869	- 1,100
Lung Disease	7	1,460	9	752	+ 708
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,356	7	1,030	+ 326
Kidney Disease	9	1,026	18	307	+ 719
Inflammatory/Heart	10	879	14	476	+ 403
Breast Cancer	11	764	11	592	+ 172
Stomach Cancer	12	686	12	518	+ 168
Liver Cancer	13	618	13	514	+ 103
Pancreas Cancer	14	582	15	427	+ 155
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	563	32	163	+ 400
Prostate Cancer	16	486	19	295	+ 191
Oral Cancer	17	454	17	375	+ 79
Diabetes Mellitus	18	442	16	407	+ 36
Other Injuries	19	424	8	772	- 348
Road Traffic Accidents	20	395	20	293	+ 102
Suicide	21	374	10	593	- 219
Cervical Cancer	22	371	25	212	+ 158
Bladder Cancer	23	340	29	181	+ 159
Falls	24	298	33	149	+ 149
Lymphomas	25	275	22	230	+ 44
Leukemia	26	266	34	140	+ 126
Ovary Cancer	27	220	35	123	+ 97
Tuberculosis	28	201	26	197	+ 5
Skin Cancers	29	199	36	121	+ 78
Oesophagus Cancer	30	150	38	105	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	31	147	55	6	+ 141
Drownings	32	118	30	179	- 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	105	24	219	- 113
Uterin Cancer	34	104	37	108	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	87	41	68	+ 19
Fires	36	84	40	70	+ 14
Alcohol	37	81	21	233	- 152
Congenital Anomalies	38	73	27	190	- 118
Poisonings	39	73	23	220	- 148
Drug Use	40	69	43	59	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	41	63	39	90	- 27
Epilepsy	42	62	44	46	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	43	57	42	65	- 8
Violence	44	51	31	167	- 116
Asthma	45	45	48	26	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	44	59	4	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	47	43	28	189	- 146
Endocrine Disorders	48	38	46	40	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	28	50	12	+ 16
Malnutrition	50	28	64	1	+ 27
Schizophrenia	51	20	65	1	+ 20
Hepatitis C	52	20	63	1	+ 18
Skin Disease	53	19	45	45	- 25
Meningitis	54	15	49	17	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	55	13	52	9	+ 4
Anemia	56	12	66	1	+ 11
Birth Trauma	57	8	47	37	- 29
Maternal Conditions	58	7	54	7	- 0
Hepatitis B	59	6	58	4	+ 2
Appendicitis	60	4	51	10	- 6
Measles	61	1	69	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	1	60	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	62	2	- 2
Oral conditions	64	0	53	8	- 7
War	65	0	67	1	- 0
Syphilis	66	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	61	2	- 2
Pertussis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	57	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

Romania

Moldova

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.