MOLDOVA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,147	1	14,292	- 10,146
Stroke	2	2,551	2	5,878	- 3,326
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,856	16	407	+ 1,450
Lung Disease	4	981	9	752	+ 229
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	914	6	1,042	- 127
Kidney Disease	6	905	18	307	+ 598
Hypertension	7	514	4	2,287	- 1,773
Liver Disease	8	472	3	2,869	- 2,397
Lung Cancers	9	456	5	1,131	- 675
Road Traffic Accidents	10	443	20	293	+ 149
Suicide	11	426	10	593	- 167
Asthma	12	358	48	26	+ 332
Breast Cancer	13	330	11	592	- 261
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	326	32	163	+ 163
Congenital Anomalies	15	303	27	190	+ 113
Low Birth Weight	16	282	39	90	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	17	276	12	518	- 242
Measles	18	268	69	0	+ 268
Drownings	19	228	30	179	+ 48
Other Injuries	20	221	8	772	- 551
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	205	59	4	+ 202
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	204	7	1,030	- 826
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	196	41	68	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	24	183	19	295	- 112
Ovary Cancer	25	172	35	123	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	150	24	219	- 68
Falls	27	136	33	149	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	28	126	55	6	+ 120
Inflammatory/Heart	29	124	14	476	- 352
Liver Cancer	30	116	13	514	- 398
Endocrine Disorders	31	104	46	40	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	32	101	25	212	- 112
Lymphomas	33	96	22	230	- 134
Violence	34	96	31	167	- 71
Birth Trauma	35	93	47	37	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	36	91	37	108	- 16
Maternal Conditions	37	91	54	7	+ 83
Bladder Cancer	38	82	29	181	- 99
Oral Cancer	39	75	17	375	- 300
Pancreas Cancer	40	64	15	427	- 363
Skin Disease	41	59	45	45	+ 15
Leukemia	42	54	34	140	- 86
Malnutrition	43	49	64	1	+ 48
Meningitis	44	42	49	17	+ 25
Epilepsy	45	40	44	46	- 6
Alcohol	46	37	21	233	- 197
Skin Cancers	47	34	36	121	- 87
Fires	48	31	40	70	- 39
Syphilis	49	30	68	0	+ 30
Tuberculosis	50	30	26	197	- 167
Oesophagus Cancer	51	16	38	105	- 89
Poisonings	52	14	23	220	- 206
Other Neoplasms	53	11	42	65	- 54
Encephalitis	54	10	60	3	+ 7
Drug Use	55	9	43	59	- 49
Appendicitis	56	7	51	10	- 3
Hepatitis B	57	6	58	4	+ 1
Pertussis	58	4	70	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	57	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	52	9	- 6
Dengue	61	2	76	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	63	1	- 1
War	65	0	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	62	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	61	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	28	189	- 189
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	56	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	53	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	65	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
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.