ERITREA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,962	4	2,154	+ 15,808
Stroke	2	17,948	2	2,564	+ 15,384
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,730	24	310	+ 3,421
Lung Cancers	4	2,095	46	62	+ 2,034
Lung Disease	5	1,789	9	662	+ 1,128
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,294	1	3,277	- 1,983
Stomach Cancer	7	1,007	48	48	+ 959
Inflammatory/Heart	8	949	32	123	+ 826
Liver Cancer	9	886	45	69	+ 816
Hypertension	10	868	8	926	- 57
Kidney Disease	11	814	12	578	+ 236
Liver Disease	12	768	6	1,215	- 447
Parkinson's Disease	13	752	37	85	+ 668
Road Traffic Accidents	14	688	5	1,326	- 638
Bladder Cancer	15	673	51	42	+ 631
Prostate Cancer	16	634	47	54	+ 580
Breast Cancer	17	468	23	311	+ 157
Pancreas Cancer	18	459	58	20	+ 439
Diabetes Mellitus	19	426	7	944	- 519
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	402	35	113	+ 289
Asthma	21	393	22	326	+ 67
Leukemia	22	268	29	144	+ 124
Falls	23	255	26	168	+ 87
Suicide	24	255	21	382	- 127
Low Birth Weight	25	217	16	531	- 314
Other Injuries	26	215	15	540	- 325
Violence	27	209	20	384	- 175
Congenital Anomalies	28	209	18	432	- 223
Endocrine Disorders	29	185	43	71	+ 114
Oral Cancer	30	183	44	71	+ 112
Lymphomas	31	140	28	147	- 6
Skin Cancers	32	130	56	30	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	116	27	147	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	34	105	39	81	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	103	41	77	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	36	98	30	132	- 35
Epilepsy	37	90	38	81	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	38	86	61	18	+ 68
Ovary Cancer	39	81	40	79	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	40	79	67	4	+ 75
Birth Trauma	41	66	11	616	- 550
HIV/AIDS	42	52	25	308	- 255
Drownings	43	52	33	118	- 66
Drug Use	44	51	53	36	+ 15
Fires	45	40	31	132	- 92
Encephalitis	46	40	62	16	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	47	40	66	6	+ 34
Alcohol	48	38	49	45	- 8
Meningitis	49	28	19	404	- 376
Upper Respiratory	50	25	60	18	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	23	64	12	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	19	3	2,292	- 2,273
Poisonings	53	18	34	114	- 96
Tuberculosis	54	17	14	543	- 526
Skin Disease	55	12	50	45	- 32
Appendicitis	56	11	55	31	- 21
Tetanus	57	6	52	37	- 32
Malnutrition	58	5	10	660	- 654
Maternal Conditions	59	4	13	544	- 540
Pertussis	60	3	36	90	- 87
Leishmaniasis	61	2	59	19	- 17
Syphilis	62	2	54	35	- 33
Hepatitis B	63	1	57	28	- 27
War	64	1	71	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	63	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	67	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Albania

Eritrea

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.