ZIMBABWE VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	48,558	3	8,493	+ 40,065
Stroke	2	48,520	5	5,126	+ 43,394
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	10,085	31	768	+ 9,317
Lung Cancers	4	5,665	43	286	+ 5,379
Lung Disease	5	4,838	23	1,163	+ 3,674
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,498	2	10,779	- 7,281
Stomach Cancer	7	2,722	33	559	+ 2,163
Inflammatory/Heart	8	2,566	25	1,047	+ 1,518
Liver Cancer	9	2,394	38	510	+ 1,885
Hypertension	10	2,347	24	1,146	+ 1,201
Kidney Disease	11	2,200	12	2,214	- 14
Liver Disease	12	2,076	17	1,941	+ 135
Parkinson's Disease	13	2,034	46	226	+ 1,809
Road Traffic Accidents	14	1,860	4	6,037	- 4,177
Bladder Cancer	15	1,820	54	125	+ 1,696
Prostate Cancer	16	1,715	32	628	+ 1,087
Breast Cancer	17	1,266	28	839	+ 427
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,240	47	217	+ 1,023
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,151	9	3,344	- 2,193
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,087	40	505	+ 582
Asthma	21	1,063	21	1,531	- 467
Leukemia	22	725	45	244	+ 482
Falls	23	690	41	465	+ 225
Suicide	24	690	13	2,069	- 1,379
Low Birth Weight	25	587	7	4,038	- 3,450
Other Injuries	26	582	20	1,656	- 1,073
Violence	27	566	18	1,916	- 1,350
Congenital Anomalies	28	565	11	2,217	- 1,652
Endocrine Disorders	29	501	34	553	- 52
Oral Cancer	30	494	49	208	+ 287
Lymphomas	31	380	26	960	- 580
Skin Cancers	32	351	44	264	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	314	35	548	- 234
Oesophagus Cancer	34	285	29	801	- 517
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	277	36	542	- 265
Cervical Cancer	36	264	14	2,023	- 1,759
Epilepsy	37	243	39	508	- 264
Uterin Cancer	38	231	50	182	+ 49
Ovary Cancer	39	218	51	173	+ 44
Multiple Sclerosis	40	214	67	14	+ 200
Birth Trauma	41	178	8	3,405	- 3,227
HIV/AIDS	42	141	1	19,988	- 19,847
Drownings	43	140	27	956	- 816
Drug Use	44	139	48	213	- 74
Fires	45	109	30	793	- 684
Encephalitis	46	108	56	117	- 9
Other Neoplasms	47	107	62	37	+ 70
Alcohol	48	102	61	48	+ 53
Meningitis	49	76	22	1,325	- 1,249
Upper Respiratory	50	67	59	65	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	61	64	26	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	51	6	4,595	- 4,543
Poisonings	53	49	37	515	- 466
Tuberculosis	54	47	16	1,999	- 1,953
Skin Disease	55	33	52	173	- 140
Appendicitis	56	29	58	66	- 37
Tetanus	57	15	57	102	- 87
Malnutrition	58	14	10	2,396	- 2,382
Maternal Conditions	59	11	19	1,749	- 1,738
Pertussis	60	8	42	419	- 411
Leishmaniasis	61	5	77	0	+ 5
Syphilis	62	5	55	124	- 120
Hepatitis B	63	3	60	57	- 54
War	64	2	65	26	- 24
Measles	65	1	63	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	14	- 14
Chlamydia	67	1	69	3	- 2
Otitis Media	68	0	68	3	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	72	2	- 2
Malaria	70	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	71	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	72	0	53	172	- 172
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Albania

Zimbabwe

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.