MOLDOVA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,288	28	189	+ 4,098
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,343	6	1,042	+ 1,301
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,950	1	14,292	- 12,343
Stroke	4	1,828	2	5,878	- 4,050
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,798	16	407	+ 1,391
Tuberculosis	6	1,308	26	197	+ 1,111
Violence	7	1,251	31	167	+ 1,084
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	944	59	4	+ 940
Kidney Disease	9	911	18	307	+ 604
Suicide	10	820	10	593	+ 227
Road Traffic Accidents	11	775	20	293	+ 482
Hypertension	12	762	4	2,287	- 1,525
Lung Disease	13	708	9	752	- 43
Liver Disease	14	537	3	2,869	- 2,332
Lung Cancers	15	459	5	1,131	- 672
Low Birth Weight	16	372	39	90	+ 282
Other Injuries	17	358	8	772	- 414
Asthma	18	355	48	26	+ 329
Endocrine Disorders	19	351	46	40	+ 311
Cervical Cancer	20	331	25	212	+ 118
Inflammatory/Heart	21	322	14	476	- 154
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	278	32	163	+ 115
Breast Cancer	23	270	11	592	- 322
Prostate Cancer	24	260	19	295	- 35
Congenital Anomalies	25	259	27	190	+ 69
Meningitis	26	218	49	17	+ 201
Fires	27	215	40	70	+ 145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	214	7	1,030	- 816
Oesophagus Cancer	29	208	38	105	+ 102
Birth Trauma	30	179	47	37	+ 142
Lymphomas	31	168	22	230	- 62
Drownings	32	143	30	179	- 36
Liver Cancer	33	142	13	514	- 372
Malnutrition	34	142	64	1	+ 141
Pancreas Cancer	35	120	15	427	- 308
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	113	24	219	- 106
Epilepsy	37	111	44	46	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	38	101	54	7	+ 94
Stomach Cancer	39	91	12	518	- 426
Leukemia	40	87	34	140	- 53
Oral Cancer	41	84	17	375	- 291
Falls	42	83	33	149	- 66
Pertussis	43	68	70	0	+ 68
Syphilis	44	67	68	0	+ 67
Skin Disease	45	66	45	45	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	46	64	55	6	+ 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	60	41	68	- 8
Skin Cancers	48	59	36	121	- 61
Alcohol	49	59	21	233	- 174
Poisonings	50	58	23	220	- 162
Ovary Cancer	51	57	35	123	- 67
Bladder Cancer	52	49	29	181	- 132
Drug Use	53	46	43	59	- 13
Uterin Cancer	54	31	37	108	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	22	57	5	+ 17
Appendicitis	56	16	51	10	+ 6
Measles	57	16	69	0	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	58	16	42	65	- 49
Encephalitis	59	14	60	3	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	60	13	62	2	+ 11
Hepatitis B	61	8	58	4	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	52	9	- 3
Malaria	63	5	84	0	+ 5
War	64	4	67	1	+ 3
Tetanus	65	2	72	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	66	2	80	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	61	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	63	1	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	53	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	56	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	50	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

South Africa

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.