ALBANIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,698	1	8,797	- 6,099
Violence	2	1,207	27	103	+ 1,105
Stroke	3	1,038	2	8,790	- 7,752
Lung Disease	4	998	5	876	+ 122
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	675	6	634	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	6	487	14	337	+ 149
Kidney Disease	7	428	11	399	+ 30
Hypertension	8	401	10	425	- 24
Stomach Cancer	9	383	7	493	- 110
Lung Cancers	10	329	4	1,026	- 697
Diabetes Mellitus	11	315	19	208	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	274	20	197	+ 77
Breast Cancer	13	230	17	229	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	14	225	16	311	- 86
Other Neoplasms	15	201	47	19	+ 181
Congenital Anomalies	16	186	28	102	+ 83
HIV/AIDS	17	168	42	26	+ 143
Lymphomas	18	163	31	69	+ 94
Liver Disease	19	152	12	376	- 224
Cervical Cancer	20	142	36	48	+ 94
Leukemia	21	138	22	131	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	135	3	1,827	- 1,692
Low Birth Weight	23	131	25	106	+ 25
Liver Cancer	24	129	9	434	- 304
Pancreas Cancer	25	127	18	225	- 98
Suicide	26	123	24	125	- 2
Malnutrition	27	118	58	3	+ 115
Other Injuries	28	100	26	105	- 6
Falls	29	95	23	125	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	30	86	29	91	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	31	83	8	465	- 382
Tuberculosis	32	80	54	8	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	33	70	39	39	+ 31
Skin Disease	34	69	55	6	+ 63
Skin Cancers	35	64	32	64	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	36	52	34	52	+ 1
Oral Cancer	37	51	30	90	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	47	52	9	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	44	33	57	- 13
Drownings	40	43	43	25	+ 18
Birth Trauma	41	41	41	32	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	42	38	15	330	- 292
Epilepsy	43	37	37	44	- 7
Drug Use	44	31	44	25	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	45	27	38	42	- 15
Maternal Conditions	46	25	59	2	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	47	24	13	369	- 345
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	21	80	0	+ 21
War	49	16	64	0	+ 16
Meningitis	50	15	49	14	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	15	51	11	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	13	56	5	+ 8
Chagas disease	53	13	73	0	+ 13
Asthma	54	12	21	193	- 181
Dengue	55	8	76	0	+ 8
Fires	56	8	45	20	- 12
Anemia	57	6	86	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	58	4	81	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	59	4	66	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	40	39	- 35
Poisonings	61	4	53	9	- 5
Hepatitis B	62	3	63	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	35	50	- 48
Encephalitis	64	2	46	20	- 17
Syphilis	65	2	62	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	50	12	- 11
Malaria	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Alcohol	68	1	48	18	- 17
Pertussis	69	1	60	1	- 0
Schizophrenia	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	57	3	- 2
Leprosy	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	61	1	- 0
Oral conditions	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Colombia

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.