Albanian citizen lives longer than Kosovo, Macedonia's statistics

Based on statistics provided by the Anadolu Agency (AA) for the next year, a citizen of Albania lives longer compared to the other two countries, while Kosovo's citizen has shorter lives.

Macedonia: In 2016, female gender lived 4.4 years more than male sex

According to last year's data from the State Statistics Administration, there are a total of 2,072,490 residents in Macedonia, of whom 16.6 percent are part of the new population (0-14), and 13.1 percent (65 or more) in the old population.

Statistics show that in the year we left the death toll was 20,421, of which the largest rate of 29.3 percent was registered in the Skopje region, and the smallest number of deaths in the eastern region of the country.

Taking into account the average age of death, one person in Macedonia lives 72.5 years. Women live 4.4 years longer than men, even that 74.7 years, against a male who lives 70.3 years.

The highest death age during 2016 was marked in the Pellagonia region, where an average person lives 74.4 years, while in the Pollog region, Skopje and the northeast, the average age of death is 71.1 years.

The most common causes of death in Macedonia are blood circulation diseases, which make up 53.5 percent, then 19 percent neoplasms, and endocrine, nutrients, and metabolic diseases with 5.5 percent, etc.

On the other hand, a total of 23.002 births are registered, including 58.8 percent in urban areas and 41.2 percent in rural areas. According to regions, the majority of the total number of births is Skopje at 36.8 percent, while in the country's eastern region, the smallest number of births by 6.7 percent has been registered.

Albania: Older people year-on-year a growing trend

In January 2017, Albania's population is estimated at 2,876,591. According to official data from Albania's Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), the average age of deaths in Albania annual 2016 is 73.7 years old, while there are visible fluctuations in each district.

Kukes County has an apparent deviation from the average age, thus classifying in the district at the lowest age of 70.7. The opposite is true with Gjirokastra County, where the average age of death is higher than that of 76.7, respectively.

During 2016 the death toll is 21,400, and the number of births is approximately 31,700. In Albania, men average three years less than women.

The average population age for 2016 is 37 years.

According to INSTAT, elderly people in Albania present an increasing trend year-on-year, while the 0-14-year-old age group represents a downward trend, accounting for only 18 percent of the total population.

The 60-79-year-old group on January 1, 2001, represented about 10 percent of the total population, while in January 2017 this age group accounts for about 17 percent. The same phenomenon is noted for the 80 - year - old group, numbering only 1.3 percent of the total population in 2001, and in 2017 2.4 percent.

In 2017, Tirana covers about 30 percent of the total population, continuing to be one of the country's most populated circuits, followed by Fieri (11 percent), Durres (10 percent) and Elbasan (10 percent). Only 3 counties suffered population growth during 2001-2017, Tirana, Durres and Vlora respectively.

Kosovo: The number of births more than double the number of deaths

According to recent data from the Statistics Agency (ASK), the number of Kosovo's population is 1,783,531. As the ASS report says, the total number of deaths in Kosovo for 2016 was 9,246, while the 23.494 births. These data show that compared with Albania and Macedonia, the number of births is more than double the number of deaths.

The average age of deaths reported in 2016 is 69.3 years. Based on the 2016 data, a woman in Kosovo lives for 70.9 years, while a male lives 68.1 years.

Kosovo capital Pristina takes first place with 2,696 cases of death (29.2 percent), second place Prizren with 908 cases (9.8 percent), then Peja with 573 cases of death (6.2 percent), while in northern municipalities such as Gracanica, Zvecani and Leposaviqi have registered the lowest death rate.

There were a total of 188 cases of violent death in Kosovo in 2016, 128 of them cases of fatal death, 41 suicide cases, and 19 cases of murder. 46.3 percent of deaths have occurred in health institutions, 52.5 percent have occurred at home, and 1.2 percent elsewhere.

According to KSF estimates in Kosovo, there is an increase in the number of deaths for the last three years, as the death toll in 2014 was 7,634, in 2015, 8.202, and last year 8,495.