ALBANIA VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,134	1	8,797	- 4,664
Stroke	2	3,072	2	8,790	- 5,718
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,721	6	634	+ 2,087
Lung Cancers	4	2,010	4	1,026	+ 983
Lung Disease	5	1,971	5	876	+ 1,095
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,446	20	197	+ 1,249
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,436	3	1,827	- 391
Stomach Cancer	8	1,272	7	493	+ 779
Kidney Disease	9	1,129	11	399	+ 731
Pancreas Cancer	10	934	18	225	+ 709
Liver Cancer	11	741	9	434	+ 307
Other Injuries	12	557	26	105	+ 451
Suicide	13	491	24	125	+ 366
Lymphomas	14	486	31	69	+ 417
Breast Cancer	15	399	17	229	+ 169
Other Neoplasms	16	381	47	19	+ 362
Liver Disease	17	358	12	376	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	18	353	13	369	- 15
Prostate Cancer	19	341	16	311	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	20	311	34	52	+ 259
Endocrine Disorders	21	290	29	91	+ 199
Bladder Cancer	22	251	15	330	- 79
Falls	23	246	23	125	+ 121
Leukemia	24	242	22	131	+ 111
Drownings	25	212	43	25	+ 187
Oral Cancer	26	210	30	90	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	27	208	8	465	- 257
Hypertension	28	168	10	425	- 257
Diabetes Mellitus	29	137	19	208	- 71
Ovary Cancer	30	128	39	39	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	31	115	14	337	- 222
Cervical Cancer	32	96	36	48	+ 48
Uterin Cancer	33	87	38	42	+ 45
Tuberculosis	34	87	54	8	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	74	33	57	+ 17
Skin Disease	36	71	55	6	+ 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	69	52	9	+ 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	66	51	11	+ 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	64	35	50	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	40	62	28	102	- 40
Hepatitis C	41	56	66	0	+ 56
Asthma	42	48	21	193	- 144
Malnutrition	43	48	58	3	+ 46
Skin Cancers	44	46	32	64	- 17
Epilepsy	45	39	37	44	- 5
Hepatitis B	46	36	63	0	+ 35
Schizophrenia	47	27	83	0	+ 27
Fires	48	25	45	20	+ 6
Anemia	49	22	86	0	+ 22
Drug Use	50	18	44	25	- 7
Alcohol	51	15	48	18	- 4
Meningitis	52	8	49	14	- 6
Violence	53	7	27	103	- 96
Poisonings	54	6	53	9	- 3
Low Birth Weight	55	5	25	106	- 101
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	4	80	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	57	4	50	12	- 8
Appendicitis	58	3	56	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	40	39	- 36
Oral conditions	60	3	82	0	+ 3
Birth Trauma	61	3	41	32	- 30
Osteoarthritis	62	2	81	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	63	1	42	26	- 24
Maternal Conditions	64	1	59	2	- 1
Syphilis	65	0	62	1	- 0
War	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	57	3	- 3
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	46	20	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	60	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Japan

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.