ALBANIA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,575	42	26	+ 2,549
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,422	6	634	+ 788
Stroke	3	1,187	2	8,790	- 7,603
Malaria	4	1,177	70	0	+ 1,177
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	937	52	9	+ 928
Tuberculosis	6	888	54	8	+ 879
Birth Trauma	7	756	41	32	+ 724
Low Birth Weight	8	726	25	106	+ 619
Liver Disease	9	672	12	376	+ 296
Coronary Heart Disease	10	662	1	8,797	- 8,135
Road Traffic Accidents	11	546	14	337	+ 209
Congenital Anomalies	12	470	28	102	+ 367
Hypertension	13	391	10	425	- 34
Diabetes Mellitus	14	358	19	208	+ 149
Malnutrition	15	344	58	3	+ 341
Meningitis	16	295	49	14	+ 281
Cervical Cancer	17	269	36	48	+ 221
Kidney Disease	18	263	11	399	- 136
Other Injuries	19	258	26	105	+ 153
Suicide	20	195	24	125	+ 70
Lung Disease	21	190	5	876	- 686
Maternal Conditions	22	177	59	2	+ 175
Violence	23	172	27	103	+ 70
Syphilis	24	132	62	1	+ 131
Pertussis	25	111	60	1	+ 110
Asthma	26	111	21	193	- 82
Drownings	27	103	43	25	+ 78
Falls	28	89	23	125	- 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	88	3	1,827	- 1,739
Prostate Cancer	30	84	16	311	- 227
Lymphomas	31	82	31	69	+ 13
Fires	32	82	45	20	+ 62
Inflammatory/Heart	33	75	8	465	- 390
Poisonings	34	68	53	9	+ 59
Breast Cancer	35	55	17	229	- 175
Oesophagus Cancer	36	54	34	52	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	37	53	29	91	- 38
Epilepsy	38	50	37	44	+ 6
Leukemia	39	39	22	131	- 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	37	33	57	- 20
Lung Cancers	41	34	4	1,026	- 993
Stomach Cancer	42	31	7	493	- 462
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	30	20	197	- 167
Tetanus	44	28	57	3	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	28	35	50	- 22
Liver Cancer	46	26	9	434	- 407
Parkinson's Disease	47	24	13	369	- 344
Oral Cancer	48	23	30	90	- 66
Alcohol	49	21	48	18	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	50	20	15	330	- 310
Schistosomiasis	51	19	72	0	+ 19
Skin Disease	52	19	55	6	+ 13
Drug Use	53	18	44	25	- 7
Skin Cancers	54	16	32	64	- 48
Hepatitis B	55	16	63	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	56	13	56	5	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	57	12	39	39	- 27
Leishmaniasis	58	11	61	1	+ 10
Encephalitis	59	10	46	20	- 9
Upper Respiratory	60	10	50	12	- 2
Measles	61	7	65	0	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	62	6	18	225	- 218
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	51	11	- 7
Uterin Cancer	64	4	38	42	- 37
Other Neoplasms	65	3	47	19	- 16
Hepatitis C	66	3	66	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	40	39	- 37
Ascariasis	68	1	75	0	+ 1
War	69	1	64	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	67	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Zambia

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.