CONGO VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,265	4	2,494	+ 14,770
Stroke	2	17,251	5	2,267	+ 14,984
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,586	25	230	+ 3,355
Lung Cancers	4	2,014	47	54	+ 1,960
Lung Disease	5	1,720	17	541	+ 1,179
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,244	3	2,576	- 1,332
Stomach Cancer	7	968	39	88	+ 880
Inflammatory/Heart	8	912	26	220	+ 693
Liver Cancer	9	851	30	169	+ 682
Hypertension	10	834	12	933	- 98
Kidney Disease	11	782	15	613	+ 169
Liver Disease	12	738	13	931	- 192
Parkinson's Disease	13	723	42	69	+ 654
Road Traffic Accidents	14	661	7	1,598	- 937
Bladder Cancer	15	647	61	15	+ 633
Prostate Cancer	16	610	28	198	+ 412
Breast Cancer	17	450	32	159	+ 292
Pancreas Cancer	18	441	52	42	+ 399
Diabetes Mellitus	19	409	10	1,050	- 640
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	387	38	89	+ 298
Asthma	21	378	23	291	+ 87
Leukemia	22	258	46	57	+ 200
Falls	23	245	33	149	+ 97
Suicide	24	245	19	349	- 103
Low Birth Weight	25	209	9	1,283	- 1,074
Other Injuries	26	207	20	333	- 126
Violence	27	201	18	539	- 337
Congenital Anomalies	28	201	14	729	- 528
Endocrine Disorders	29	178	27	208	- 30
Oral Cancer	30	176	54	33	+ 143
Lymphomas	31	135	45	61	+ 74
Skin Cancers	32	125	53	36	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	112	35	105	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	34	101	57	19	+ 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	99	43	67	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	36	94	29	196	- 102
Epilepsy	37	87	40	76	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	38	82	60	15	+ 68
Ovary Cancer	39	77	48	49	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	40	76	66	4	+ 72
Birth Trauma	41	63	11	997	- 934
HIV/AIDS	42	50	1	4,509	- 4,459
Drownings	43	50	36	104	- 54
Drug Use	44	49	44	65	- 16
Fires	45	39	37	90	- 52
Encephalitis	46	38	56	20	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	47	38	63	8	+ 31
Alcohol	48	36	49	46	- 10
Meningitis	49	27	22	299	- 272
Upper Respiratory	50	24	64	7	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	22	59	15	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	18	8	1,304	- 1,286
Poisonings	53	18	41	71	- 53
Tuberculosis	54	17	2	2,781	- 2,764
Skin Disease	55	12	50	46	- 34
Appendicitis	56	10	58	18	- 8
Tetanus	57	5	55	23	- 18
Malnutrition	58	5	24	272	- 267
Maternal Conditions	59	4	16	578	- 574
Pertussis	60	3	21	329	- 326
Leishmaniasis	61	2	78	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	34	107	- 105
Hepatitis B	63	1	62	14	- 14
War	64	1	72	1	+ 0
Measles	65	0	31	159	- 159
Hepatitis C	66	0	67	2	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	2	- 2
Malaria	70	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	65	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	72	0	51	45	- 45
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Albania

Congo

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.