Albanians, double chance to die from heart

An Albanian has nearly double chances of dying from cardiovascular diseases than the world's average death.

According to Our World Data's latest data, for every 100 deaths in Albania, 58 are caused by cardiovascular diseases, 19 tumors, 4 diabetes, 3 mental illness, 1 of respiratory infections, 1 of traffic accidents, and 10 of other causes.

cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in Albania. Portal Our World in Data has published the main causes of death for countries around the world. The published data has been processed by the Institute for Health Education and Measurement.

More than 58% of deaths in Albania were due to cardiovascular diseases. From 1990 to 2016 (last year with updated data), the rate of deaths caused by cardiovascular disease has increased by 18%.

Cancer deaths weighed 19.65% in total deaths in Albania in 2016. While according to O data BSH, recently published by the same portal, the cancer of the respiratory device was one of the leading causes of cancer - related deaths.

Skizophrenia, respiratory disease, diabetes, respiratory infections, kidney disease, and liver disease make up about 16% of other deaths.

Murders and suicides weigh about 1%.

As for 2016, deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases worldwide amounted to 32% of total, almost twice as much as in Albania. And cancer - related deaths have the same weight. /Monitor