ALBANIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,920	1	8,797	- 4,877
Stroke	2	3,756	2	8,790	- 5,034
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,189	3	1,827	+ 362
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,086	6	634	+ 1,452
Lung Cancers	5	1,341	4	1,026	+ 315
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,336	20	197	+ 1,139
Lung Disease	7	1,305	5	876	+ 428
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,096	19	208	+ 888
Kidney Disease	9	853	11	399	+ 455
Stomach Cancer	10	771	7	493	+ 278
Prostate Cancer	11	647	16	311	+ 336
Breast Cancer	12	608	17	229	+ 378
Other Injuries	13	590	26	105	+ 484
Hypertension	14	572	10	425	+ 147
Pancreas Cancer	15	508	18	225	+ 283
Lymphomas	16	489	31	69	+ 421
Endocrine Disorders	17	471	29	91	+ 380
Liver Cancer	18	387	9	434	- 47
Suicide	19	357	24	125	+ 232
Bladder Cancer	20	356	15	330	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	21	347	13	369	- 22
Liver Disease	22	343	12	376	- 33
Falls	23	314	23	125	+ 189
Leukemia	24	309	22	131	+ 178
Oral Cancer	25	278	30	90	+ 188
Inflammatory/Heart	26	277	8	465	- 188
Road Traffic Accidents	27	255	14	337	- 82
Other Neoplasms	28	199	47	19	+ 179
Oesophagus Cancer	29	190	34	52	+ 138
Skin Cancers	30	159	32	64	+ 96
Epilepsy	31	126	37	44	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	32	124	38	42	+ 82
Ovary Cancer	33	121	39	39	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	34	100	36	48	+ 52
HIV/AIDS	35	97	42	26	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	70	52	9	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	70	33	57	+ 13
Tuberculosis	38	65	54	8	+ 56
Skin Disease	39	62	55	6	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	40	60	28	102	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	51	35	50	+ 1
Anemia	42	46	86	0	+ 46
Asthma	43	45	21	193	- 148
Drug Use	44	39	44	25	+ 14
Alcohol	45	34	48	18	+ 15
Fires	46	33	45	20	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	30	51	11	+ 19
Violence	48	29	27	103	- 73
Hepatitis C	49	26	66	0	+ 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	25	80	0	+ 25
Drownings	51	24	43	25	- 1
Low Birth Weight	52	24	25	106	- 82
Malnutrition	53	24	58	3	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	54	17	40	39	- 22
Schizophrenia	55	15	83	0	+ 15
Meningitis	56	13	49	14	- 1
Poisonings	57	9	53	9	- 0
Osteoarthritis	58	9	81	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	59	8	63	0	+ 7
Birth Trauma	60	7	41	32	- 25
Appendicitis	61	6	56	5	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	4	50	12	- 8
Maternal Conditions	63	2	59	2	+ 0
Syphilis	64	1	62	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	0	46	20	- 19
Leishmaniasis	68	0	61	1	- 0
War	69	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	65	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	60	1	- 1
Tetanus	73	0	57	3	- 3
Diphtheria	74	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Portugal

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.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.