AUSTRIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,286	1	17,638	- 3,352
Stroke	2	9,213	2	5,208	+ 4,005
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,097	4	4,174	+ 1,922
Lung Cancers	4	5,024	3	4,217	+ 807
Lung Disease	5	4,763	5	4,107	+ 657
Hypertension	6	4,403	6	3,601	+ 802
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,126	7	2,324	+ 802
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,918	9	2,093	+ 824
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,403	13	1,563	+ 840
Breast Cancer	10	2,040	11	1,857	+ 183
Kidney Disease	11	1,872	8	2,247	- 375
Other Injuries	12	1,782	12	1,700	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,779	10	1,901	- 122
Stomach Cancer	14	1,508	24	817	+ 691
Other Neoplasms	15	1,469	25	814	+ 654
Lymphomas	16	1,423	18	1,167	+ 256
Liver Cancer	17	1,415	22	922	+ 493
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,240	20	1,077	+ 163
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,240	19	1,102	+ 137
Prostate Cancer	20	1,237	15	1,501	- 264
Leukemia	21	990	23	878	+ 111
Bladder Cancer	22	987	26	617	+ 370
Liver Disease	23	818	16	1,366	- 548
Inflammatory/Heart	24	814	14	1,515	- 702
Falls	25	621	21	982	- 361
Suicide	26	595	17	1,307	- 713
Oral Cancer	27	492	27	614	- 122
Ovary Cancer	28	483	30	513	- 31
Skin Cancers	29	476	28	585	- 108
Road Traffic Accidents	30	474	31	436	+ 38
Hepatitis C	31	360	41	147	+ 213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	326	33	379	- 53
Uterin Cancer	33	323	35	275	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	34	301	32	406	- 105
Anemia	35	246	44	99	+ 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	239	40	152	+ 86
Congenital Anomalies	37	212	34	327	- 115
Skin Disease	38	212	43	99	+ 112
Epilepsy	39	197	36	222	- 25
Cervical Cancer	40	170	37	205	- 36
Malnutrition	41	114	46	71	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	103	53	35	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	101	42	142	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	44	100	38	170	- 70
Drug Use	45	96	39	161	- 65
HIV/AIDS	46	76	49	41	+ 35
Asthma	47	73	45	81	- 8
Osteoarthritis	48	71	57	22	+ 49
Schizophrenia	49	62	63	4	+ 58
Violence	50	60	47	47	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	51	53	51	40	+ 13
Drownings	52	51	48	42	+ 8
Tuberculosis	53	49	50	41	+ 9
Hepatitis B	54	49	62	8	+ 41
Alcohol	55	41	29	538	- 497
Fires	56	40	52	36	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	35	56	22	+ 13
Poisonings	58	23	60	15	+ 8
Birth Trauma	59	21	54	34	- 13
Meningitis	60	19	58	22	- 3
Appendicitis	61	7	59	15	- 8
Oral conditions	62	7	61	8	- 1
Tetanus	63	3	72	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	55	26	- 23
Otitis Media	65	2	65	1	+ 1
War	66	1	67	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	64	4	- 3
Encephalitis	68	1	68	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	1	66	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Italy

Austria

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.