RWANDA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,572	4	3,605	+ 34,967
Stroke	2	38,542	2	5,060	+ 33,481
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,011	25	657	+ 7,354
Lung Cancers	4	4,500	39	234	+ 4,266
Lung Disease	5	3,843	13	1,555	+ 2,288
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,779	1	5,280	- 2,501
Stomach Cancer	7	2,162	20	780	+ 1,382
Inflammatory/Heart	8	2,038	34	347	+ 1,691
Liver Cancer	9	1,902	23	706	+ 1,195
Hypertension	10	1,864	14	1,357	+ 507
Kidney Disease	11	1,747	15	1,206	+ 542
Liver Disease	12	1,649	8	2,548	- 899
Parkinson's Disease	13	1,616	47	146	+ 1,470
Road Traffic Accidents	14	1,478	3	3,718	- 2,241
Bladder Cancer	15	1,446	62	35	+ 1,411
Prostate Cancer	16	1,362	32	396	+ 966
Breast Cancer	17	1,006	27	600	+ 406
Pancreas Cancer	18	985	43	214	+ 771
Diabetes Mellitus	19	914	11	1,858	- 944
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	864	28	591	+ 273
Asthma	21	845	22	717	+ 127
Leukemia	22	576	35	317	+ 259
Falls	23	548	31	412	+ 136
Suicide	24	548	24	704	- 156
Low Birth Weight	25	466	9	2,193	- 1,726
Other Injuries	26	462	17	944	- 482
Violence	27	450	29	548	- 98
Congenital Anomalies	28	449	12	1,777	- 1,328
Endocrine Disorders	29	398	41	219	+ 178
Oral Cancer	30	393	37	272	+ 121
Lymphomas	31	302	30	450	- 148
Skin Cancers	32	279	50	113	+ 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	249	33	362	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	34	226	44	213	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	220	48	136	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	36	210	18	941	- 731
Epilepsy	37	193	45	191	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	38	184	56	58	+ 126
Ovary Cancer	39	173	53	92	+ 81
Multiple Sclerosis	40	170	66	7	+ 163
Birth Trauma	41	142	10	1,888	- 1,746
HIV/AIDS	42	112	7	2,826	- 2,713
Drownings	43	111	36	285	- 173
Drug Use	44	110	60	45	+ 66
Fires	45	86	38	270	- 183
Encephalitis	46	86	61	39	+ 47
Other Neoplasms	47	85	64	16	+ 69
Alcohol	48	81	49	125	- 45
Meningitis	49	60	19	847	- 787
Upper Respiratory	50	53	57	58	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	49	63	23	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	41	6	3,121	- 3,081
Poisonings	53	39	40	220	- 181
Tuberculosis	54	37	26	625	- 588
Skin Disease	55	26	52	103	- 77
Appendicitis	56	23	54	70	- 47
Tetanus	57	12	58	53	- 41
Malnutrition	58	11	16	1,168	- 1,156
Maternal Conditions	59	9	21	722	- 714
Pertussis	60	6	42	218	- 212
Leishmaniasis	61	4	77	0	+ 4
Syphilis	62	4	46	173	- 169
Hepatitis B	63	2	55	68	- 66
War	64	1	69	3	- 1
Measles	65	1	59	51	- 51
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	12	- 12
Chlamydia	67	1	70	2	- 2
Otitis Media	68	0	68	4	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	71	1	- 1
Malaria	70	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	51	111	- 111
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	5	- 5
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Albania

Rwanda

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.