ALBANIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,701	42	26	+ 3,675
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,022	6	634	+ 1,389
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,683	1	8,797	- 7,114
Stroke	4	1,578	2	8,790	- 7,212
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,552	19	208	+ 1,343
Tuberculosis	6	1,129	54	8	+ 1,121
Violence	7	1,079	27	103	+ 977
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	814	52	9	+ 805
Kidney Disease	9	787	11	399	+ 388
Suicide	10	708	24	125	+ 583
Road Traffic Accidents	11	669	14	337	+ 332
Hypertension	12	657	10	425	+ 232
Lung Disease	13	611	5	876	- 265
Liver Disease	14	463	12	376	+ 87
Lung Cancers	15	396	4	1,026	- 630
Low Birth Weight	16	321	25	106	+ 215
Other Injuries	17	309	26	105	+ 204
Asthma	18	307	21	193	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	19	303	29	91	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	20	286	36	48	+ 238
Inflammatory/Heart	21	278	8	465	- 187
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	240	3	1,827	- 1,587
Breast Cancer	23	233	17	229	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	24	225	16	311	- 86
Congenital Anomalies	25	224	28	102	+ 121
Meningitis	26	188	49	14	+ 174
Fires	27	186	45	20	+ 166
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	184	20	197	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	29	179	34	52	+ 128
Birth Trauma	30	154	41	32	+ 122
Lymphomas	31	145	31	69	+ 76
Drownings	32	124	43	25	+ 98
Liver Cancer	33	123	9	434	- 311
Malnutrition	34	122	58	3	+ 120
Pancreas Cancer	35	103	18	225	- 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	97	33	57	+ 40
Epilepsy	37	96	37	44	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	38	87	59	2	+ 85
Stomach Cancer	39	79	7	493	- 414
Leukemia	40	75	22	131	- 56
Oral Cancer	41	72	30	90	- 17
Falls	42	72	23	125	- 53
Pertussis	43	59	60	1	+ 57
Syphilis	44	58	62	1	+ 57
Skin Disease	45	57	55	6	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	46	55	13	369	- 313
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	52	35	50	+ 2
Skin Cancers	48	51	32	64	- 13
Alcohol	49	51	48	18	+ 32
Poisonings	50	50	53	9	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	51	49	39	39	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	52	43	15	330	- 287
Drug Use	53	40	44	25	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	54	26	38	42	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	19	51	11	+ 8
Appendicitis	56	14	56	5	+ 9
Measles	57	14	65	0	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	58	14	47	19	- 6
Encephalitis	59	12	46	20	- 8
Upper Respiratory	60	11	50	12	- 1
Hepatitis B	61	7	63	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	40	39	- 33
Malaria	63	4	70	0	+ 4
War	64	3	64	0	+ 3
Tetanus	65	2	57	3	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	67	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	61	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

South Africa

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.