ESTONIA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,380	1	3,009	+ 371
Stroke	2	3,377	3	1,116	+ 2,261
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	702	12	229	+ 473
Lung Cancers	4	394	4	657	- 263
Lung Disease	5	337	13	229	+ 108
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	243	6	349	- 105
Stomach Cancer	7	189	9	290	- 100
Inflammatory/Heart	8	179	14	217	- 38
Liver Cancer	9	167	26	107	+ 59
Hypertension	10	163	2	2,700	- 2,537
Kidney Disease	11	153	17	176	- 23
Liver Disease	12	144	7	328	- 184
Parkinson's Disease	13	142	29	82	+ 60
Road Traffic Accidents	14	130	35	59	+ 70
Bladder Cancer	15	127	21	126	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	16	119	8	298	- 179
Breast Cancer	17	88	11	260	- 172
Pancreas Cancer	18	86	10	268	- 182
Diabetes Mellitus	19	80	19	146	- 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	76	5	527	- 451
Asthma	21	74	44	24	+ 50
Leukemia	22	50	22	126	- 75
Falls	23	48	24	119	- 71
Suicide	24	48	16	197	- 149
Low Birth Weight	25	41	55	7	+ 34
Other Injuries	26	41	20	141	- 101
Violence	27	39	42	28	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	28	39	43	25	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	29	35	33	66	- 31
Oral Cancer	30	34	25	110	- 76
Lymphomas	31	26	15	213	- 186
Skin Cancers	32	24	30	79	- 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	22	36	55	- 33
Oesophagus Cancer	34	20	27	99	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	19	45	22	- 2
Cervical Cancer	36	18	32	68	- 49
Epilepsy	37	17	37	45	- 28
Uterin Cancer	38	16	34	60	- 44
Ovary Cancer	39	15	28	87	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	40	15	48	16	- 1
Birth Trauma	41	12	57	5	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	42	10	39	40	- 30
Drownings	43	10	40	30	- 20
Drug Use	44	10	31	75	- 65
Fires	45	8	38	41	- 33
Encephalitis	46	8	63	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	47	7	23	123	- 116
Alcohol	48	7	18	148	- 141
Meningitis	49	5	54	7	- 2
Upper Respiratory	50	5	66	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	46	17	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	4	53	8	- 5
Poisonings	53	3	52	8	- 5
Tuberculosis	54	3	47	16	- 13
Skin Disease	55	2	41	29	- 26
Appendicitis	56	2	59	2	+ 0
Tetanus	57	1	81	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	58	1	79	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	59	1	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	60	1	83	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	61	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	62	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	65	0	+ 0
War	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	58	4	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	51	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.