ALBANIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,950	1	8,797	- 3,848
Stroke	2	3,192	2	8,790	- 5,598
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,112	3	1,827	+ 285
Lung Cancers	4	1,741	4	1,026	+ 714
Lung Disease	5	1,650	5	876	+ 774
Hypertension	6	1,525	10	425	+ 1,100
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,083	20	197	+ 886
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,011	19	208	+ 802
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	833	6	634	+ 199
Breast Cancer	10	707	17	229	+ 477
Kidney Disease	11	649	11	399	+ 250
Other Injuries	12	617	26	105	+ 512
Pancreas Cancer	13	616	18	225	+ 392
Stomach Cancer	14	523	7	493	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	15	509	47	19	+ 489
Lymphomas	16	493	31	69	+ 424
Liver Cancer	17	490	9	434	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	18	430	29	91	+ 339
Parkinson's Disease	19	430	13	369	+ 61
Prostate Cancer	20	429	16	311	+ 118
Leukemia	21	343	22	131	+ 212
Bladder Cancer	22	342	15	330	+ 12
Liver Disease	23	283	12	376	- 93
Inflammatory/Heart	24	282	8	465	- 183
Falls	25	215	23	125	+ 90
Suicide	26	206	24	125	+ 81
Oral Cancer	27	170	30	90	+ 81
Ovary Cancer	28	167	39	39	+ 128
Skin Cancers	29	165	32	64	+ 101
Road Traffic Accidents	30	164	14	337	- 173
Hepatitis C	31	125	66	0	+ 125
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	113	35	50	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	33	112	38	42	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	34	104	34	52	+ 53
Anemia	35	85	86	0	+ 85
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	83	52	9	+ 73
Congenital Anomalies	37	74	28	102	- 29
Skin Disease	38	73	55	6	+ 67
Epilepsy	39	68	37	44	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	40	59	36	48	+ 11
Malnutrition	41	40	58	3	+ 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	36	51	11	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	35	33	57	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	44	34	40	39	- 4
Drug Use	45	33	44	25	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	46	26	42	26	+ 1
Asthma	47	25	21	193	- 167
Osteoarthritis	48	25	81	0	+ 25
Schizophrenia	49	22	83	0	+ 22
Violence	50	21	27	103	- 82
Low Birth Weight	51	18	25	106	- 88
Drownings	52	18	43	25	- 8
Tuberculosis	53	17	54	8	+ 9
Hepatitis B	54	17	63	0	+ 17
Alcohol	55	14	48	18	- 4
Fires	56	14	45	20	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	12	80	0	+ 12
Poisonings	58	8	53	9	- 1
Birth Trauma	59	7	41	32	- 25
Meningitis	60	7	49	14	- 7
Appendicitis	61	2	56	5	- 3
Oral conditions	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	57	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	1	50	12	- 11
Otitis Media	65	1	68	0	+ 1
War	66	0	64	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	59	2	- 2
Encephalitis	68	0	46	20	- 19
Syphilis	69	0	62	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	61	1	- 1
Measles	71	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	60	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	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.