MOLDOVA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,395	6	1,042	+ 353
Stroke	2	1,337	2	5,878	- 4,541
Road Traffic Accidents	3	982	20	293	+ 689
Coronary Heart Disease	4	953	1	14,292	- 13,340
Malaria	5	871	84	0	+ 871
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	825	59	4	+ 821
HIV/AIDS	7	747	28	189	+ 558
Liver Disease	8	673	3	2,869	- 2,195
Low Birth Weight	9	579	39	90	+ 489
Birth Trauma	10	499	47	37	+ 462
Diabetes Mellitus	11	491	16	407	+ 84
Congenital Anomalies	12	470	27	190	+ 279
Lung Disease	13	411	9	752	- 341
Hypertension	14	359	4	2,287	- 1,928
Kidney Disease	15	319	18	307	+ 12
Malnutrition	16	309	64	1	+ 308
Other Injuries	17	249	8	772	- 522
Cervical Cancer	18	249	25	212	+ 36
Meningitis	19	224	49	17	+ 207
Stomach Cancer	20	206	12	518	- 312
Maternal Conditions	21	191	54	7	+ 184
Asthma	22	189	48	26	+ 163
Liver Cancer	23	187	13	514	- 328
Suicide	24	186	10	593	- 407
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	174	32	163	+ 11
Tuberculosis	26	165	26	197	- 32
Breast Cancer	27	158	11	592	- 433
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	156	7	1,030	- 874
Violence	29	145	31	167	- 22
Lymphomas	30	119	22	230	- 111
Falls	31	109	33	149	- 40
Prostate Cancer	32	105	19	295	- 191
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	96	24	219	- 123
Inflammatory/Heart	34	92	14	476	- 384
Leukemia	35	84	34	140	- 56
Drownings	36	75	30	179	- 104
Oral Cancer	37	72	17	375	- 303
Fires	38	71	40	70	+ 1
Lung Cancers	39	62	5	1,131	- 1,069
Poisonings	40	58	23	220	- 162
Endocrine Disorders	41	58	46	40	+ 18
Pertussis	42	58	70	0	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	43	56	15	427	- 371
Oesophagus Cancer	44	56	38	105	- 49
Epilepsy	45	51	44	46	+ 5
Syphilis	46	46	68	0	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	47	39	55	6	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	36	41	68	- 32
Alcohol	49	33	21	233	- 200
Skin Cancers	50	30	36	121	- 91
Schistosomiasis	51	29	80	0	+ 29
Skin Disease	52	27	45	45	- 17
Ovary Cancer	53	24	35	123	- 99
Appendicitis	54	19	51	10	+ 9
Hepatitis B	55	18	58	4	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	56	15	37	108	- 92
Upper Respiratory	57	15	62	2	+ 13
Tetanus	58	14	72	0	+ 14
Measles	59	14	69	0	+ 14
Drug Use	60	12	43	59	- 47
Encephalitis	61	10	60	3	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	62	9	29	181	- 172
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	57	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	4	42	65	- 61
Hepatitis C	65	3	63	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	52	9	- 7
Ascariasis	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	61	2	- 1
War	69	1	67	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	56	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	53	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	1	- 1
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

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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.