ALBANIA VS SWEDEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWEDEN		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,441	1	8,797	- 4,356
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,203	3	1,827	+ 1,376
Stroke	3	1,771	2	8,790	- 7,020
Lung Disease	4	1,275	5	876	+ 398
Lung Cancers	5	1,092	4	1,026	+ 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	895	20	197	+ 698
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	780	6	634	+ 146
Prostate Cancer	8	769	16	311	+ 459
Pancreas Cancer	9	542	18	225	+ 318
Hypertension	10	539	10	425	+ 114
Diabetes Mellitus	11	538	19	208	+ 330
Kidney Disease	12	478	11	399	+ 79
Breast Cancer	13	464	17	229	+ 235
Suicide	14	434	24	125	+ 309
Other Injuries	15	403	26	105	+ 298
Lymphomas	16	398	31	69	+ 329
Falls	17	325	23	125	+ 200
Other Neoplasms	18	304	47	19	+ 285
Parkinson's Disease	19	277	13	369	- 92
Leukemia	20	242	22	131	+ 111
Bladder Cancer	21	223	15	330	- 107
Liver Cancer	22	221	9	434	- 213
Liver Disease	23	212	12	376	- 164
Endocrine Disorders	24	206	29	91	+ 115
Skin Cancers	25	191	32	64	+ 127
Stomach Cancer	26	180	7	493	- 313
Ovary Cancer	27	162	39	39	+ 123
Inflammatory/Heart	28	160	8	465	- 304
Oesophagus Cancer	29	158	34	52	+ 106
Drug Use	30	124	44	25	+ 99
Oral Cancer	31	111	30	90	+ 22
Alcohol	32	105	48	18	+ 87
Uterin Cancer	33	101	38	42	+ 59
Road Traffic Accidents	34	92	14	337	- 245
Congenital Anomalies	35	90	28	102	- 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	85	52	9	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	81	33	57	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	38	67	36	48	+ 19
Skin Disease	39	65	55	6	+ 59
Anemia	40	51	86	0	+ 51
Multiple Sclerosis	41	50	40	39	+ 11
Asthma	42	46	21	193	- 146
Rheumatoid Arthritis	43	38	51	11	+ 27
Epilepsy	44	35	37	44	- 9
Malnutrition	45	34	58	3	+ 32
Drownings	46	34	43	25	+ 8
Violence	47	33	27	103	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	32	35	50	- 18
Fires	49	19	45	20	- 1
Schizophrenia	50	19	83	0	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	51	15	25	106	- 92
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	13	80	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	53	13	66	0	+ 13
Meningitis	54	10	49	14	- 3
Birth Trauma	55	10	41	32	- 22
Tuberculosis	56	7	54	8	- 1
Osteoarthritis	57	7	81	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	58	6	50	12	- 6
Appendicitis	59	5	56	5	+ 0
Poisonings	60	5	53	9	- 4
HIV/AIDS	61	4	42	26	- 22
Hepatitis B	62	3	63	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	59	2	- 1
War	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	60	1	- 1
Tetanus	68	0	57	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	71	0	46	20	- 20
Syphilis	72	0	62	1	- 1
Chlamydia	73	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	61	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Sweden

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.