ZAMBIA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,889	10	4,432	+ 54,457
Stroke	2	58,843	3	7,948	+ 50,895
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	12,231	29	590	+ 11,641
Lung Cancers	4	6,870	41	226	+ 6,644
Lung Disease	5	5,867	21	1,273	+ 4,594
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	4,242	2	9,517	- 5,274
Stomach Cancer	7	3,301	42	206	+ 3,095
Inflammatory/Heart	8	3,112	33	501	+ 2,610
Liver Cancer	9	2,904	46	177	+ 2,727
Hypertension	10	2,846	13	2,616	+ 230
Kidney Disease	11	2,668	18	1,760	+ 907
Liver Disease	12	2,517	9	4,501	- 1,983
Parkinson's Disease	13	2,467	47	164	+ 2,303
Road Traffic Accidents	14	2,256	11	3,654	- 1,398
Bladder Cancer	15	2,208	50	132	+ 2,076
Prostate Cancer	16	2,080	30	561	+ 1,519
Breast Cancer	17	1,536	35	366	+ 1,170
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,504	62	42	+ 1,461
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,396	14	2,395	- 999
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,319	43	203	+ 1,116
Asthma	21	1,289	26	741	+ 549
Leukemia	22	879	39	261	+ 618
Falls	23	837	28	596	+ 240
Suicide	24	837	20	1,303	- 466
Low Birth Weight	25	712	8	4,857	- 4,145
Other Injuries	26	706	19	1,729	- 1,023
Violence	27	687	23	1,153	- 467
Congenital Anomalies	28	686	12	3,146	- 2,460
Endocrine Disorders	29	608	37	354	+ 254
Oral Cancer	30	599	48	155	+ 444
Lymphomas	31	460	31	548	- 87
Skin Cancers	32	426	54	108	+ 318
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	381	40	246	+ 135
Oesophagus Cancer	34	345	36	359	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	336	45	190	+ 147
Cervical Cancer	36	320	17	1,799	- 1,479
Epilepsy	37	295	38	332	- 37
Uterin Cancer	38	281	64	30	+ 251
Ovary Cancer	39	264	57	82	+ 182
Multiple Sclerosis	40	259	67	13	+ 246
Birth Trauma	41	216	7	5,062	- 4,845
HIV/AIDS	42	171	1	17,234	- 17,063
Drownings	43	170	27	689	- 519
Drug Use	44	168	53	122	+ 46
Fires	45	132	32	546	- 415
Encephalitis	46	131	59	70	+ 61
Other Neoplasms	47	130	65	20	+ 110
Alcohol	48	123	49	140	- 17
Meningitis	49	92	16	1,976	- 1,884
Upper Respiratory	50	82	60	68	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	74	63	30	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	62	5	6,275	- 6,213
Poisonings	53	60	34	456	- 396
Tuberculosis	54	56	6	5,941	- 5,885
Skin Disease	55	40	52	126	- 86
Appendicitis	56	35	56	84	- 48
Tetanus	57	18	44	190	- 171
Malnutrition	58	17	15	2,303	- 2,285
Maternal Conditions	59	13	22	1,188	- 1,175
Pertussis	60	9	25	743	- 733
Leishmaniasis	61	6	58	72	- 67
Syphilis	62	5	24	885	- 879
Hepatitis B	63	3	55	104	- 101
War	64	2	69	6	- 4
Measles	65	1	61	48	- 47
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	18	- 17
Chlamydia	67	1	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	68	0	70	5	- 5
Diphtheria	69	0	73	3	- 3
Malaria	70	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	72	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	72	0	51	128	- 128
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	68	9	- 9
Dengue	76	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 ZAMBIA

Albania

Zambia

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.