ALBANIA VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,298	42	26	+ 2,272
Tuberculosis	2	1,417	54	8	+ 1,409
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,313	6	634	+ 679
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,271	1	8,797	- 7,526
Stroke	5	1,155	2	8,790	- 7,635
Malaria	6	1,007	70	0	+ 1,007
Road Traffic Accidents	7	814	14	337	+ 477
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	665	52	9	+ 655
Low Birth Weight	9	654	25	106	+ 547
Diabetes Mellitus	10	535	19	208	+ 326
Birth Trauma	11	508	41	32	+ 476
Hypertension	12	475	10	425	+ 50
Liver Disease	13	474	12	376	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	14	371	28	102	+ 269
Kidney Disease	15	312	11	399	- 86
Maternal Conditions	16	294	59	2	+ 292
Lung Disease	17	276	5	876	- 601
Violence	18	275	27	103	+ 172
Suicide	19	178	24	125	+ 53
Other Injuries	20	170	26	105	+ 64
Pertussis	21	168	60	1	+ 166
Meningitis	22	152	49	14	+ 139
Asthma	23	148	21	193	- 44
Malnutrition	24	138	58	3	+ 136
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	117	3	1,827	- 1,710
Inflammatory/Heart	26	112	8	465	- 353
Endocrine Disorders	27	106	29	91	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	28	101	16	311	- 210
Cervical Cancer	29	100	36	48	+ 52
Liver Cancer	30	86	9	434	- 347
Measles	31	81	65	0	+ 81
Breast Cancer	32	81	17	229	- 149
Falls	33	76	23	125	- 49
Syphilis	34	54	62	1	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	54	33	57	- 3
Drownings	36	53	43	25	+ 28
Fires	37	46	45	20	+ 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	45	20	197	- 152
Stomach Cancer	39	45	7	493	- 448
Epilepsy	40	39	37	44	- 5
Poisonings	41	36	53	9	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	42	35	13	369	- 333
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	34	35	50	- 16
Drug Use	44	33	44	25	+ 8
Lymphomas	45	31	31	69	- 38
Leukemia	46	29	22	131	- 102
Lung Cancers	47	27	4	1,026	- 999
Ovary Cancer	48	25	39	39	- 14
Alcohol	49	23	48	18	+ 5
Skin Disease	50	23	55	6	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	51	23	72	0	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	52	21	18	225	- 203
Skin Cancers	53	18	32	64	- 45
Oral Cancer	54	17	30	90	- 73
Tetanus	55	12	57	3	+ 9
Encephalitis	56	10	46	20	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	57	10	34	52	- 42
Appendicitis	58	9	56	5	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	8	51	11	- 3
Uterin Cancer	60	7	38	42	- 34
Bladder Cancer	61	7	15	330	- 322
Hepatitis B	62	7	63	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	63	4	47	19	- 16
Upper Respiratory	64	3	50	12	- 9
Trypanosomiasis	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	40	39	- 37
Hepatitis C	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
War	72	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	61	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

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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.