LESOTHO VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,307	5	2,101	+ 4,206
Stroke	2	6,302	3	2,817	+ 3,485
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,310	29	194	+ 1,116
Lung Cancers	4	736	43	51	+ 685
Lung Disease	5	628	9	1,102	- 474
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	454	2	3,214	- 2,760
Stomach Cancer	7	354	60	11	+ 343
Inflammatory/Heart	8	333	23	305	+ 28
Liver Cancer	9	311	39	71	+ 240
Hypertension	10	305	11	990	- 685
Kidney Disease	11	286	10	1,015	- 729
Liver Disease	12	270	14	792	- 522
Parkinson's Disease	13	264	41	55	+ 209
Road Traffic Accidents	14	242	16	678	- 437
Bladder Cancer	15	236	61	10	+ 227
Prostate Cancer	16	223	35	81	+ 142
Breast Cancer	17	164	34	97	+ 67
Pancreas Cancer	18	161	58	12	+ 149
Diabetes Mellitus	19	149	6	2,000	- 1,850
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	141	48	40	+ 102
Asthma	21	138	17	678	- 540
Leukemia	22	94	49	39	+ 55
Falls	23	90	31	128	- 38
Suicide	24	90	7	1,539	- 1,450
Low Birth Weight	25	76	12	957	- 881
Other Injuries	26	76	18	533	- 457
Violence	27	74	13	924	- 850
Congenital Anomalies	28	73	19	389	- 316
Endocrine Disorders	29	65	27	235	- 170
Oral Cancer	30	64	42	52	+ 13
Lymphomas	31	49	36	78	- 29
Skin Cancers	32	46	46	46	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	41	25	279	- 238
Oesophagus Cancer	34	37	37	73	- 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	36	32	126	- 90
Cervical Cancer	36	34	20	372	- 338
Epilepsy	37	32	30	143	- 112
Uterin Cancer	38	30	54	23	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	39	28	53	24	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	40	28	63	6	+ 22
Birth Trauma	41	23	15	717	- 694
HIV/AIDS	42	18	1	4,767	- 4,749
Drownings	43	18	28	200	- 182
Drug Use	44	18	50	32	- 14
Fires	45	14	26	269	- 255
Encephalitis	46	14	57	14	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	47	14	62	9	+ 5
Alcohol	48	13	38	71	- 58
Meningitis	49	10	22	318	- 308
Upper Respiratory	50	9	55	18	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	8	56	18	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	7	4	2,354	- 2,347
Poisonings	53	6	33	111	- 105
Tuberculosis	54	6	8	1,208	- 1,202
Skin Disease	55	4	40	70	- 66
Appendicitis	56	4	52	25	- 21
Tetanus	57	2	47	45	- 43
Malnutrition	58	2	21	357	- 355
Maternal Conditions	59	1	24	292	- 291
Pertussis	60	1	44	51	- 50
Leishmaniasis	61	1	75	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	45	50	- 50
Hepatitis B	63	0	51	27	- 26
War	64	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	59	12	- 12
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	2	- 2
Chlamydia	67	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Albania

Lesotho

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.