ALBANIA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,396	1	8,797	- 5,401
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,782	3	1,827	+ 955
Stroke	3	1,906	2	8,790	- 6,884
Lung Cancers	4	1,454	4	1,026	+ 428
Lung Disease	5	1,244	5	876	+ 367
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,114	20	197	+ 917
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	901	6	634	+ 268
Kidney Disease	8	639	11	399	+ 241
Hypertension	9	599	10	425	+ 174
Diabetes Mellitus	10	511	19	208	+ 302
Breast Cancer	11	464	17	229	+ 235
Pancreas Cancer	12	444	18	225	+ 219
Prostate Cancer	13	422	16	311	+ 111
Stomach Cancer	14	381	7	493	- 112
Other Injuries	15	364	26	105	+ 258
Lymphomas	16	351	31	69	+ 282
Bladder Cancer	17	343	15	330	+ 13
Liver Cancer	18	335	9	434	- 99
Inflammatory/Heart	19	328	8	465	- 137
Parkinson's Disease	20	325	13	369	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	21	320	29	91	+ 229
Other Neoplasms	22	312	47	19	+ 293
Liver Disease	23	278	12	376	- 98
Leukemia	24	248	22	131	+ 117
Suicide	25	237	24	125	+ 112
Falls	26	213	23	125	+ 88
Oral Cancer	27	170	30	90	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	28	133	39	39	+ 94
Oesophagus Cancer	29	132	34	52	+ 81
Skin Disease	30	121	55	6	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	31	120	14	337	- 217
Skin Cancers	32	118	32	64	+ 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	106	35	50	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	34	106	38	42	+ 64
Asthma	35	74	21	193	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	70	52	9	+ 61
Anemia	37	60	86	0	+ 60
Congenital Anomalies	38	57	28	102	- 46
Cervical Cancer	39	56	36	48	+ 8
Epilepsy	40	54	37	44	+ 10
Drug Use	41	51	44	25	+ 26
Hepatitis C	42	43	66	0	+ 43
HIV/AIDS	43	35	42	26	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	31	33	57	- 26
Drownings	45	29	43	25	+ 4
Alcohol	46	22	48	18	+ 4
Malnutrition	47	20	58	3	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	19	51	11	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	49	19	40	39	- 20
Tuberculosis	50	18	54	8	+ 9
Violence	51	17	27	103	- 85
Low Birth Weight	52	17	25	106	- 90
Osteoarthritis	53	14	81	0	+ 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	13	80	0	+ 13
Fires	55	12	45	20	- 8
Schizophrenia	56	12	83	0	+ 12
Poisonings	57	11	53	9	+ 2
Hepatitis B	58	11	63	0	+ 10
Meningitis	59	8	49	14	- 5
Birth Trauma	60	7	41	32	- 25
Appendicitis	61	5	56	5	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	3	50	12	- 9
Oral conditions	63	3	82	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	64	1	59	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	62	1	- 0
War	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	46	20	- 19
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	57	3	- 3
Pertussis	73	0	60	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Spain

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.