SWEDEN VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,983	1	15,136	+ 14,848
Stroke	2	29,960	3	6,035	+ 23,925
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,227	2	10,917	- 4,690
Lung Cancers	4	3,498	5	3,722	- 224
Lung Disease	5	2,987	4	4,344	- 1,357
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,160	7	2,659	- 499
Stomach Cancer	7	1,681	26	612	+ 1,068
Inflammatory/Heart	8	1,584	28	547	+ 1,037
Liver Cancer	9	1,478	22	752	+ 727
Hypertension	10	1,449	10	1,838	- 389
Kidney Disease	11	1,358	12	1,629	- 271
Liver Disease	12	1,282	23	723	+ 558
Parkinson's Disease	13	1,256	19	943	+ 313
Road Traffic Accidents	14	1,149	34	315	+ 834
Bladder Cancer	15	1,124	21	760	+ 364
Prostate Cancer	16	1,059	8	2,622	- 1,563
Breast Cancer	17	782	13	1,582	- 800
Pancreas Cancer	18	766	9	1,849	- 1,083
Diabetes Mellitus	19	711	11	1,834	- 1,124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	671	6	3,049	- 2,378
Asthma	21	656	42	158	+ 498
Leukemia	22	448	20	825	- 378
Falls	23	426	17	1,109	- 683
Suicide	24	426	14	1,479	- 1,054
Low Birth Weight	25	363	51	50	+ 312
Other Injuries	26	359	15	1,374	- 1,014
Violence	27	350	47	113	+ 237
Congenital Anomalies	28	349	35	308	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	29	309	24	702	- 393
Oral Cancer	30	305	31	379	- 74
Lymphomas	31	234	16	1,357	- 1,122
Skin Cancers	32	217	25	650	- 433
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	194	37	277	- 83
Oesophagus Cancer	34	176	29	538	- 362
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	171	48	110	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	36	163	38	228	- 65
Epilepsy	37	150	44	121	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	38	143	33	345	- 202
Ovary Cancer	39	135	27	553	- 418
Multiple Sclerosis	40	132	41	170	- 38
Birth Trauma	41	110	55	34	+ 77
HIV/AIDS	42	87	61	13	+ 75
Drownings	43	87	46	114	- 28
Drug Use	44	86	30	423	- 338
Fires	45	67	49	65	+ 2
Encephalitis	46	67	71	0	+ 67
Other Neoplasms	47	66	18	1,036	- 970
Alcohol	48	63	32	359	- 296
Meningitis	49	47	54	35	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	50	41	58	20	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	38	43	129	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	32	36	289	- 258
Poisonings	53	31	60	18	+ 13
Tuberculosis	54	29	56	24	+ 5
Skin Disease	55	20	39	220	- 200
Appendicitis	56	18	59	18	- 0
Tetanus	57	9	68	0	+ 9
Malnutrition	58	9	45	117	- 108
Maternal Conditions	59	7	64	5	+ 2
Pertussis	60	5	67	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	61	3	75	0	+ 3
Syphilis	62	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	9	- 8
War	64	1	65	2	- 1
Measles	65	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	53	44	- 44
Chlamydia	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	50	63	- 63
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	40	175	- 175
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Albania

Sweden

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.