PORTUGAL VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,900	1	12,878	+ 16,022
Stroke	2	28,877	2	12,339	+ 16,538
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,002	3	7,191	- 1,189
Lung Cancers	4	3,372	5	4,406	- 1,035
Lung Disease	5	2,879	7	4,286	- 1,407
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,082	4	6,851	- 4,769
Stomach Cancer	7	1,620	10	2,532	- 912
Inflammatory/Heart	8	1,527	26	909	+ 618
Liver Cancer	9	1,425	18	1,270	+ 155
Hypertension	10	1,397	14	1,880	- 483
Kidney Disease	11	1,309	9	2,803	- 1,494
Liver Disease	12	1,235	22	1,126	+ 110
Parkinson's Disease	13	1,211	21	1,139	+ 71
Road Traffic Accidents	14	1,107	27	838	+ 269
Bladder Cancer	15	1,083	20	1,171	- 87
Prostate Cancer	16	1,021	11	2,124	- 1,103
Breast Cancer	17	754	12	1,997	- 1,243
Pancreas Cancer	18	738	15	1,669	- 931
Diabetes Mellitus	19	685	8	3,601	- 2,916
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	647	6	4,389	- 3,742
Asthma	21	633	43	146	+ 486
Leukemia	22	432	24	1,015	- 584
Falls	23	411	23	1,033	- 622
Suicide	24	411	19	1,172	- 761
Low Birth Weight	25	349	52	79	+ 271
Other Injuries	26	346	13	1,937	- 1,591
Violence	27	337	48	96	+ 241
Congenital Anomalies	28	337	40	196	+ 140
Endocrine Disorders	29	298	17	1,547	- 1,249
Oral Cancer	30	294	25	912	- 618
Lymphomas	31	226	16	1,608	- 1,382
Skin Cancers	32	209	30	523	- 314
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	187	37	229	- 42
Oesophagus Cancer	34	169	29	623	- 453
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	165	41	169	- 4
Cervical Cancer	36	157	34	329	- 172
Epilepsy	37	145	31	415	- 270
Uterin Cancer	38	138	32	406	- 268
Ovary Cancer	39	130	33	397	- 268
Multiple Sclerosis	40	127	54	56	+ 71
Birth Trauma	41	106	60	24	+ 82
HIV/AIDS	42	84	35	320	- 236
Drownings	43	83	51	79	+ 4
Drug Use	44	83	44	128	- 46
Fires	45	65	46	108	- 44
Encephalitis	46	64	67	1	+ 63
Other Neoplasms	47	64	28	652	- 588
Alcohol	48	60	45	111	- 51
Meningitis	49	45	56	43	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	50	40	62	15	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	36	47	99	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	31	36	231	- 200
Poisonings	53	29	57	29	+ 0
Tuberculosis	54	28	38	213	- 185
Skin Disease	55	20	39	202	- 183
Appendicitis	56	17	61	21	- 3
Tetanus	57	9	73	0	+ 9
Malnutrition	58	9	53	79	- 70
Maternal Conditions	59	6	63	7	- 1
Pertussis	60	5	72	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	61	3	68	1	+ 2
Syphilis	62	3	64	3	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	2	59	26	- 24
War	64	1	69	1	+ 0
Measles	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	49	87	- 86
Chlamydia	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	42	151	- 151
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Albania

Portugal

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.