URUGUAY VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,698	1	4,265	+ 5,434
Stroke	2	9,691	2	2,850	+ 6,841
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,014	3	1,899	+ 116
Lung Cancers	4	1,131	5	1,463	- 331
Lung Disease	5	966	4	1,706	- 740
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	699	6	1,370	- 672
Stomach Cancer	7	544	18	480	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	8	512	22	314	+ 198
Liver Cancer	9	478	34	147	+ 331
Hypertension	10	469	15	648	- 180
Kidney Disease	11	439	8	1,040	- 601
Liver Disease	12	415	27	206	+ 209
Parkinson's Disease	13	406	21	320	+ 86
Road Traffic Accidents	14	372	16	512	- 140
Bladder Cancer	15	364	26	276	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	16	343	13	707	- 365
Breast Cancer	17	253	9	848	- 595
Pancreas Cancer	18	248	14	656	- 408
Diabetes Mellitus	19	230	11	747	- 517
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	217	7	1,245	- 1,028
Asthma	21	212	37	127	+ 85
Leukemia	22	145	25	280	- 135
Falls	23	138	47	55	+ 83
Suicide	24	138	12	735	- 598
Low Birth Weight	25	117	42	73	+ 44
Other Injuries	26	116	10	774	- 658
Violence	27	113	23	295	- 182
Congenital Anomalies	28	113	30	170	- 57
Endocrine Disorders	29	100	17	487	- 387
Oral Cancer	30	99	31	167	- 69
Lymphomas	31	76	20	457	- 381
Skin Cancers	32	70	33	149	- 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	63	46	57	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	34	57	24	286	- 229
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	55	50	39	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	36	53	29	172	- 119
Epilepsy	37	49	40	86	- 37
Uterin Cancer	38	46	38	115	- 69
Ovary Cancer	39	44	32	160	- 117
Multiple Sclerosis	40	43	56	13	+ 30
Birth Trauma	41	36	53	22	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	42	28	28	195	- 167
Drownings	43	28	45	65	- 37
Drug Use	44	28	49	41	- 13
Fires	45	22	48	54	- 33
Encephalitis	46	22	64	4	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	47	21	19	464	- 442
Alcohol	48	20	39	104	- 84
Meningitis	49	15	58	10	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	50	13	62	5	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	51	35	- 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	10	35	134	- 124
Poisonings	53	10	55	17	- 7
Tuberculosis	54	9	41	81	- 71
Skin Disease	55	7	36	130	- 123
Appendicitis	56	6	59	9	- 3
Tetanus	57	3	71	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	58	3	43	73	- 70
Maternal Conditions	59	2	60	9	- 7
Pertussis	60	2	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	61	1	78	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	66	3	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	4	- 4
War	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	61	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	44	71	- 71
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Albania

Uruguay

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.