NORWAY VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,600	1	5,321	+ 10,279
Stroke	2	15,588	4	2,475	+ 13,112
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,240	2	4,464	- 1,224
Lung Cancers	4	1,820	5	2,320	- 500
Lung Disease	5	1,554	3	2,723	- 1,169
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,124	6	1,797	- 673
Stomach Cancer	7	875	22	343	+ 531
Inflammatory/Heart	8	824	29	221	+ 603
Liver Cancer	9	769	26	259	+ 510
Hypertension	10	754	28	230	+ 524
Kidney Disease	11	707	14	611	+ 96
Liver Disease	12	667	30	214	+ 453
Parkinson's Disease	13	654	17	554	+ 99
Road Traffic Accidents	14	598	42	114	+ 484
Bladder Cancer	15	585	20	356	+ 229
Prostate Cancer	16	551	8	1,172	- 621
Breast Cancer	17	407	11	698	- 291
Pancreas Cancer	18	398	10	770	- 372
Diabetes Mellitus	19	370	16	560	- 190
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	349	7	1,787	- 1,437
Asthma	21	342	43	85	+ 257
Leukemia	22	233	21	354	- 121
Falls	23	222	9	777	- 556
Suicide	24	222	13	633	- 412
Low Birth Weight	25	189	52	23	+ 165
Other Injuries	26	187	15	583	- 396
Violence	27	182	50	32	+ 150
Congenital Anomalies	28	182	34	136	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	29	161	19	359	- 198
Oral Cancer	30	159	32	168	- 9
Lymphomas	31	122	12	646	- 524
Skin Cancers	32	113	18	407	- 295
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	101	33	160	- 59
Oesophagus Cancer	34	91	27	248	- 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	89	46	61	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	36	85	39	125	- 40
Epilepsy	37	78	40	119	- 41
Uterin Cancer	38	74	36	134	- 60
Ovary Cancer	39	70	24	309	- 239
Multiple Sclerosis	40	69	41	119	- 50
Birth Trauma	41	57	54	17	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	42	45	61	10	+ 35
Drownings	43	45	45	65	- 20
Drug Use	44	45	25	264	- 219
Fires	45	35	48	45	- 10
Encephalitis	46	35	70	0	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	47	34	23	324	- 290
Alcohol	48	33	31	205	- 172
Meningitis	49	24	58	14	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	50	22	60	12	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	20	47	60	- 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	16	37	128	- 111
Poisonings	53	16	57	14	+ 2
Tuberculosis	54	15	56	15	- 0
Skin Disease	55	11	38	128	- 117
Appendicitis	56	9	59	12	- 3
Tetanus	57	5	69	0	+ 4
Malnutrition	58	5	35	135	- 131
Maternal Conditions	59	4	66	1	+ 2
Pertussis	60	2	64	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	67	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	3	- 3
War	64	1	68	1	+ 0
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	55	17	- 17
Chlamydia	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	75	- 75
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Albania

Norway

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.