DENMARK VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,912	1	5,341	+ 11,571
Stroke	2	16,899	5	3,662	+ 13,236
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,512	2	5,218	- 1,705
Lung Cancers	4	1,973	4	3,721	- 1,748
Lung Disease	5	1,685	3	4,387	- 2,702
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,218	6	2,244	- 1,025
Stomach Cancer	7	948	23	484	+ 464
Inflammatory/Heart	8	894	31	284	+ 609
Liver Cancer	9	834	25	464	+ 369
Hypertension	10	817	15	642	+ 175
Kidney Disease	11	766	12	911	- 145
Liver Disease	12	723	14	692	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	13	708	17	600	+ 108
Road Traffic Accidents	14	648	33	213	+ 435
Bladder Cancer	15	634	21	545	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	16	597	8	1,480	- 883
Breast Cancer	17	441	9	1,299	- 858
Pancreas Cancer	18	432	11	1,096	- 664
Diabetes Mellitus	19	401	10	1,284	- 883
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	379	7	2,147	- 1,768
Asthma	21	370	44	82	+ 288
Leukemia	22	253	20	558	- 306
Falls	23	240	22	541	- 300
Suicide	24	240	16	617	- 377
Low Birth Weight	25	205	41	116	+ 88
Other Injuries	26	203	30	347	- 144
Violence	27	197	47	63	+ 134
Congenital Anomalies	28	197	36	153	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	29	174	19	575	- 400
Oral Cancer	30	172	28	371	- 199
Lymphomas	31	132	13	730	- 597
Skin Cancers	32	122	26	388	- 266
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	109	32	216	- 107
Oesophagus Cancer	34	99	24	477	- 377
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	97	42	96	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	36	92	37	153	- 61
Epilepsy	37	85	40	125	- 40
Uterin Cancer	38	81	35	156	- 75
Ovary Cancer	39	76	29	367	- 291
Multiple Sclerosis	40	74	39	132	- 57
Birth Trauma	41	62	56	21	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	42	49	55	23	+ 27
Drownings	43	49	50	37	+ 12
Drug Use	44	48	34	197	- 148
Fires	45	38	49	53	- 15
Encephalitis	46	38	67	1	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	47	37	27	378	- 341
Alcohol	48	35	18	598	- 563
Meningitis	49	26	52	25	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	50	23	58	15	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	21	43	84	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	18	38	145	- 127
Poisonings	53	17	62	6	+ 12
Tuberculosis	54	16	57	16	+ 1
Skin Disease	55	11	45	79	- 67
Appendicitis	56	10	54	23	- 13
Tetanus	57	5	68	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	58	5	59	14	- 9
Maternal Conditions	59	4	64	2	+ 2
Pertussis	60	3	72	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	61	2	78	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	61	6	- 5
War	64	1	66	1	+ 0
Measles	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	60	9	- 8
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	48	57	- 57
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	46	73	- 73
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Albania

Denmark

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.