FINLAND VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,930	2	9,831	+ 6,099
Stroke	2	15,918	3	4,115	+ 11,803
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,309	1	11,120	- 7,812
Lung Cancers	4	1,858	4	2,312	- 454
Lung Disease	5	1,587	8	1,289	+ 298
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,148	21	436	+ 711
Stomach Cancer	7	893	19	447	+ 446
Inflammatory/Heart	8	842	17	518	+ 324
Liver Cancer	9	785	16	545	+ 240
Hypertension	10	770	5	2,030	- 1,260
Kidney Disease	11	722	26	342	+ 380
Liver Disease	12	681	10	1,068	- 387
Parkinson's Disease	13	667	13	853	- 185
Road Traffic Accidents	14	610	33	215	+ 395
Bladder Cancer	15	597	28	308	+ 289
Prostate Cancer	16	563	11	970	- 408
Breast Cancer	17	415	12	948	- 533
Pancreas Cancer	18	407	9	1,247	- 840
Diabetes Mellitus	19	378	22	418	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	357	6	1,433	- 1,077
Asthma	21	349	40	85	+ 264
Leukemia	22	238	24	371	- 133
Falls	23	226	7	1,325	- 1,099
Suicide	24	226	15	846	- 620
Low Birth Weight	25	193	48	26	+ 166
Other Injuries	26	191	20	437	- 246
Violence	27	186	43	64	+ 121
Congenital Anomalies	28	185	35	192	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	29	164	31	257	- 92
Oral Cancer	30	162	34	207	- 45
Lymphomas	31	125	14	851	- 726
Skin Cancers	32	115	29	297	- 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	103	36	151	- 48
Oesophagus Cancer	34	93	27	320	- 226
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	91	50	19	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	36	87	44	62	+ 24
Epilepsy	37	80	38	104	- 24
Uterin Cancer	38	76	32	225	- 149
Ovary Cancer	39	71	25	344	- 273
Multiple Sclerosis	40	70	42	80	- 10
Birth Trauma	41	59	56	8	+ 51
HIV/AIDS	42	46	59	6	+ 41
Drownings	43	46	37	106	- 60
Drug Use	44	46	30	269	- 224
Fires	45	36	45	62	- 26
Encephalitis	46	35	66	0	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	47	35	23	377	- 342
Alcohol	48	33	18	464	- 431
Meningitis	49	25	55	9	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	50	22	62	2	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	20	41	83	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	17	52	15	+ 2
Poisonings	53	16	49	25	- 9
Tuberculosis	54	15	46	32	- 17
Skin Disease	55	11	47	27	- 16
Appendicitis	56	10	54	10	+ 0
Tetanus	57	5	70	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	58	5	57	7	- 2
Maternal Conditions	59	4	64	2	+ 2
Pertussis	60	2	69	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	61	1	75	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	2	- 1
War	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	60	5	- 4
Chlamydia	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	58	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Albania

Finland

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.