ALBANIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,588	1	8,797	- 4,210
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,610	3	1,827	+ 782
Lung Disease	3	1,775	5	876	+ 899
Stroke	4	1,440	2	8,790	- 7,350
Lung Cancers	5	1,413	4	1,026	+ 387
Kidney Disease	6	780	11	399	+ 382
Drug Use	7	676	44	25	+ 651
Hypertension	8	599	10	425	+ 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	562	20	197	+ 365
Diabetes Mellitus	10	558	19	208	+ 350
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	548	6	634	- 86
Suicide	12	482	24	125	+ 357
Breast Cancer	13	442	17	229	+ 213
Endocrine Disorders	14	427	29	91	+ 336
Pancreas Cancer	15	402	18	225	+ 178
Liver Disease	16	394	12	376	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	17	379	14	337	+ 42
Falls	18	367	23	125	+ 242
Lymphomas	19	366	31	69	+ 297
Prostate Cancer	20	324	16	311	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	21	313	13	369	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	22	296	8	465	- 169
Liver Cancer	23	246	9	434	- 188
Leukemia	24	245	22	131	+ 114
Other Injuries	25	236	26	105	+ 131
Bladder Cancer	26	178	15	330	- 151
Violence	27	172	27	103	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	28	162	34	52	+ 110
Other Neoplasms	29	161	47	19	+ 142
Alcohol	30	133	48	18	+ 115
Ovary Cancer	31	133	39	39	+ 93
Skin Cancers	32	130	32	64	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	33	119	7	493	- 374
Congenital Anomalies	34	107	28	102	+ 4
Oral Cancer	35	105	30	90	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	36	91	38	42	+ 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	90	52	9	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	38	63	36	48	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	39	63	25	106	- 43
Malnutrition	40	61	58	3	+ 59
Hepatitis C	41	52	66	0	+ 52
HIV/AIDS	42	51	42	26	+ 26
Skin Disease	43	49	55	6	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	44	46	40	39	+ 7
Drownings	45	37	43	25	+ 12
Asthma	46	35	21	193	- 158
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	33	35	50	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	31	33	57	- 25
Fires	49	29	45	20	+ 9
Epilepsy	50	29	37	44	- 15
Anemia	51	28	86	0	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	22	51	11	+ 11
Poisonings	53	15	53	9	+ 6
Birth Trauma	54	11	41	32	- 21
War	55	11	64	0	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	56	7	59	2	+ 5
Schizophrenia	57	7	83	0	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	6	80	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	6	63	0	+ 5
Meningitis	60	6	49	14	- 8
Osteoarthritis	61	5	81	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	62	5	54	8	- 3
Appendicitis	63	4	56	5	- 1
Oral conditions	64	3	82	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	2	50	12	- 10
Syphilis	66	0	62	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	46	20	- 19
Pertussis	69	0	60	1	- 1
Chagas disease	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	57	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	70	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	61	1	- 1
Measles	80	0	65	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	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

United States

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.