GAMBIA VS MOLDOVA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOLDOVA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,019	3	1,007	+ 9,013
Stroke	2	4,120	4	802	+ 3,318
Liver Disease	3	2,011	14	323	+ 1,688
Hypertension	4	1,603	22	172	+ 1,431
Lung Cancers	5	793	38	34	+ 759
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	730	1	1,340	- 610
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	722	52	11	+ 711
Other Injuries	8	541	21	194	+ 347
Lung Disease	9	527	19	206	+ 321
Suicide	10	416	25	113	+ 303
Breast Cancer	11	415	40	26	+ 389
Stomach Cancer	12	363	47	14	+ 349
Liver Cancer	13	360	12	377	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	14	334	32	59	+ 275
Pancreas Cancer	15	299	53	6	+ 294
Diabetes Mellitus	16	285	15	290	- 5
Oral Cancer	17	263	71	0	+ 263
Kidney Disease	18	215	16	266	- 50
Prostate Cancer	19	207	43	21	+ 186
Road Traffic Accidents	20	206	6	695	- 490
Alcohol	21	164	50	12	+ 151
Lymphomas	22	161	51	12	+ 150
Poisonings	23	155	36	42	+ 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	153	33	56	+ 97
Cervical Cancer	25	149	23	145	+ 4
Tuberculosis	26	138	10	445	- 307
Congenital Anomalies	27	133	11	383	- 250
HIV/AIDS	28	133	2	1,125	- 992
Bladder Cancer	29	127	56	4	+ 123
Drownings	30	126	30	69	+ 57
Violence	31	117	20	195	- 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	114	28	89	+ 25
Falls	33	105	29	83	+ 22
Leukemia	34	98	59	2	+ 96
Ovary Cancer	35	86	61	2	+ 84
Skin Cancers	36	85	68	0	+ 84
Uterin Cancer	37	75	66	1	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	38	74	54	5	+ 68
Low Birth Weight	39	63	8	662	- 599
Fires	40	49	31	67	- 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	48	41	24	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	42	46	57	3	+ 43
Drug Use	43	41	39	28	+ 13
Epilepsy	44	32	35	43	- 11
Skin Disease	45	31	44	19	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	46	28	17	230	- 202
Birth Trauma	47	26	5	754	- 728
Asthma	48	18	24	134	- 116
Meningitis	49	12	18	229	- 217
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	8	80	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	51	7	55	5	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	58	3	+ 4
Oral conditions	53	5	82	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	54	5	13	345	- 340
Parkinson's Disease	55	4	37	34	- 30
Osteoarthritis	56	4	81	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	62	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	58	3	46	14	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	59	2	9	626	- 623
Encephalitis	60	2	48	14	- 12
Otitis Media	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	2	64	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	1	+ 0
Malnutrition	64	1	26	110	- 109
Schizophrenia	65	1	85	0	+ 1
Anemia	66	1	83	0	+ 1
War	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	68	0	34	55	- 54
Measles	69	0	49	13	- 13
Pertussis	70	0	27	99	- 99
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	45	18	- 18
Chlamydia	73	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	63	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	7	674	- 674
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Moldova

Gambia

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.