IRELAND VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,818	1	4,762	+ 10,056
Stroke	2	14,806	5	1,770	+ 13,036
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,077	2	3,209	- 132
Lung Cancers	4	1,729	3	1,916	- 187
Lung Disease	5	1,476	4	1,915	- 439
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,067	6	1,298	- 231
Stomach Cancer	7	831	17	357	+ 474
Inflammatory/Heart	8	783	26	240	+ 543
Liver Cancer	9	731	18	318	+ 413
Hypertension	10	716	29	175	+ 541
Kidney Disease	11	671	10	566	+ 105
Liver Disease	12	633	19	279	+ 354
Parkinson's Disease	13	621	12	530	+ 91
Road Traffic Accidents	14	568	33	153	+ 415
Bladder Cancer	15	555	22	256	+ 300
Prostate Cancer	16	523	9	585	- 62
Breast Cancer	17	386	8	760	- 373
Pancreas Cancer	18	378	11	530	- 152
Diabetes Mellitus	19	351	16	414	- 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	332	7	1,095	- 763
Asthma	21	324	41	58	+ 267
Leukemia	22	221	20	274	- 52
Falls	23	211	25	247	- 36
Suicide	24	210	14	470	- 259
Low Birth Weight	25	179	44	56	+ 123
Other Injuries	26	178	30	171	+ 7
Violence	27	173	47	38	+ 135
Congenital Anomalies	28	173	32	153	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	29	153	24	249	- 96
Oral Cancer	30	151	28	183	- 32
Lymphomas	31	116	13	513	- 397
Skin Cancers	32	107	23	252	- 144
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	96	38	67	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	34	87	15	419	- 332
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	85	46	50	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	36	81	35	103	- 22
Epilepsy	37	74	36	85	- 11
Uterin Cancer	38	71	34	126	- 56
Ovary Cancer	39	66	21	273	- 206
Multiple Sclerosis	40	65	37	83	- 18
Birth Trauma	41	54	56	10	+ 44
HIV/AIDS	42	43	57	9	+ 35
Drownings	43	43	43	57	- 14
Drug Use	44	42	31	167	- 124
Fires	45	33	48	30	+ 3
Encephalitis	46	33	66	0	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	47	33	27	218	- 185
Alcohol	48	31	39	64	- 33
Meningitis	49	23	58	7	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	50	21	64	1	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	19	40	59	- 40
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	16	45	53	- 37
Poisonings	53	15	53	14	+ 1
Tuberculosis	54	14	50	23	- 9
Skin Disease	55	10	42	58	- 48
Appendicitis	56	9	60	3	+ 6
Tetanus	57	5	81	0	+ 5
Malnutrition	58	4	63	2	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	59	3	61	3	+ 0
Pertussis	60	2	67	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	6	- 5
War	64	1	65	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	52	19	- 19
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	49	29	- 29
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Albania

Ireland

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.