Blood circulation disease, main cause of Albanian death

According to INSTAT's latest data, more than 21 thousand and 300 deaths were recorded during 2025, suffering a 3.2% drop compared to the previous year. Blood circulation disease remains the main “-killer” in the country, causing over half the total death toll, exactly 52.9%, a level the same as 2017, writes. Tvclean. alPeriscope broadcast.

Within this group, chronic heart disease is the biggest hit by over 42%, followed by conceived and brain vessels. Second place belongs to well-defined symptoms and diseases, where age mortality dominates. Meanwhile, tumors rank as the third most frequent cause of 15.3% deaths. In this group, malignant tumors of the digestive tract, respiratory, and unogjinal tumors bear the main weight of tumor mortality balance.

The data shows that cardiac problems affect more women, reaching 54.5% of their deaths. Women also live longer, since death by old age is more frequent in them. On the other hand, men are most affected by tumoral diseases.

Statistics become alarming when it comes to youth. INSTAT reports that among children and youths up to 19 years of age, heart disease and birth periods are the main causes. While for active age group, between 20 and 44 years of age, lives are cut between traumatic injuries and poisonings, followed again by blood circulation problems.