ALBANIA VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,181	42	26	+ 3,155
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,579	6	634	+ 945
Malaria	3	1,155	70	0	+ 1,155
Low Birth Weight	4	790	25	106	+ 684
Birth Trauma	5	763	41	32	+ 730
Stroke	6	756	2	8,790	- 8,034
Coronary Heart Disease	7	725	1	8,797	- 8,073
Road Traffic Accidents	8	638	14	337	+ 300
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	604	52	9	+ 594
Tuberculosis	10	555	54	8	+ 547
Diabetes Mellitus	11	518	19	208	+ 309
Congenital Anomalies	12	431	28	102	+ 329
Liver Disease	13	345	12	376	- 31
Kidney Disease	14	343	11	399	- 55
Measles	15	313	65	0	+ 313
Hypertension	16	286	10	425	- 140
Maternal Conditions	17	240	59	2	+ 238
Syphilis	18	232	62	1	+ 231
Meningitis	19	220	49	14	+ 206
Lung Disease	20	208	5	876	- 668
Pertussis	21	189	60	1	+ 187
Suicide	22	185	24	125	+ 60
Other Injuries	23	182	26	105	+ 76
Breast Cancer	24	146	17	229	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	25	126	29	91	+ 36
Asthma	26	113	21	193	- 80
Inflammatory/Heart	27	109	8	465	- 356
Cervical Cancer	28	97	36	48	+ 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	96	3	1,827	- 1,731
Drug Use	30	87	44	25	+ 62
Malnutrition	31	83	58	3	+ 81
Falls	32	79	23	125	- 46
Violence	33	77	27	103	- 25
Liver Cancer	34	74	9	434	- 359
Prostate Cancer	35	74	16	311	- 237
Drownings	36	68	43	25	+ 43
Oral Cancer	37	60	30	90	- 30
Epilepsy	38	56	37	44	+ 12
Fires	39	52	45	20	+ 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	49	20	197	- 148
Lung Cancers	41	46	4	1,026	- 980
Tetanus	42	40	57	3	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	38	33	57	- 19
Poisonings	44	36	53	9	+ 27
Lymphomas	45	33	31	69	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	46	30	13	369	- 338
Trypanosomiasis	47	29	71	0	+ 29
Skin Cancers	48	28	32	64	- 36
Stomach Cancer	49	27	7	493	- 466
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	25	35	50	- 26
Skin Disease	51	22	55	6	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	52	22	39	39	- 17
Alcohol	53	21	48	18	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	54	20	34	52	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	55	20	18	225	- 205
Bladder Cancer	56	15	15	330	- 315
Encephalitis	57	13	46	20	- 6
Uterin Cancer	58	13	38	42	- 29
Appendicitis	59	10	56	5	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	60	7	72	0	+ 7
Leukemia	61	6	22	131	- 125
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	51	11	- 5
Other Neoplasms	63	5	47	19	- 14
Diphtheria	64	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	65	5	63	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	50	12	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	40	39	- 36
Chlamydia	68	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	75	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	61	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Equ. Guinea

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.