ALBANIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,964	1	8,797	- 4,833
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,443	3	1,827	+ 616
Stroke	3	1,922	2	8,790	- 6,869
Lung Cancers	4	1,758	4	1,026	+ 732
Lung Disease	5	1,670	5	876	+ 794
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,473	6	634	+ 839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	863	20	197	+ 666
Kidney Disease	8	766	11	399	+ 367
Breast Cancer	9	671	17	229	+ 442
Suicide	10	548	24	125	+ 423
Other Injuries	11	520	26	105	+ 415
Other Neoplasms	12	474	47	19	+ 455
Prostate Cancer	13	473	16	311	+ 163
Pancreas Cancer	14	469	18	225	+ 245
Falls	15	455	23	125	+ 330
Lymphomas	16	403	31	69	+ 334
Liver Disease	17	372	12	376	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	18	371	29	91	+ 281
Parkinson's Disease	19	357	13	369	- 11
Diabetes Mellitus	20	329	19	208	+ 121
Leukemia	21	311	22	131	+ 180
Bladder Cancer	22	280	15	330	- 50
Inflammatory/Heart	23	275	8	465	- 190
Liver Cancer	24	253	9	434	- 181
Oesophagus Cancer	25	233	34	52	+ 181
Stomach Cancer	26	224	7	493	- 269
Hypertension	27	192	10	425	- 233
Oral Cancer	28	175	30	90	+ 85
Road Traffic Accidents	29	173	14	337	- 164
Ovary Cancer	30	169	39	39	+ 130
Skin Cancers	31	135	32	64	+ 72
Alcohol	32	130	48	18	+ 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	108	52	9	+ 99
Uterin Cancer	34	100	38	42	+ 58
Skin Disease	35	98	55	6	+ 92
Epilepsy	36	90	37	44	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	76	35	50	+ 26
Malnutrition	38	75	58	3	+ 73
Drug Use	39	75	44	25	+ 49
Congenital Anomalies	40	73	28	102	- 29
Cervical Cancer	41	63	36	48	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	55	33	57	- 2
Anemia	43	52	86	0	+ 52
Violence	44	39	27	103	- 64
Multiple Sclerosis	45	38	40	39	- 1
Asthma	46	33	21	193	- 159
Drownings	47	20	43	25	- 5
Fires	48	19	45	20	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	19	51	11	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	50	18	25	106	- 88
Osteoarthritis	51	15	81	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	52	14	66	0	+ 14
Birth Trauma	53	12	41	32	- 20
Tuberculosis	54	12	54	8	+ 3
Poisonings	55	11	53	9	+ 2
Schizophrenia	56	10	83	0	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	57	9	42	26	- 16
Meningitis	58	7	49	14	- 6
Upper Respiratory	59	6	50	12	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	5	80	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	61	5	82	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	62	4	56	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	4	63	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	64	2	59	2	- 0
Otitis Media	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	46	20	- 19
War	67	0	64	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	62	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	61	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	57	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Belgium

Albania

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.