BELARUS VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,136	1	53,186	- 38,050
Stroke	2	9,761	2	16,393	- 6,632
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,459	3	3,530	+ 2,929
Lung Cancers	4	5,323	4	2,950	+ 2,373
Lung Disease	5	5,047	7	2,208	+ 2,839
Hypertension	6	4,665	31	367	+ 4,297
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,312	5	2,886	+ 426
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,091	30	373	+ 2,719
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,546	15	1,086	+ 1,460
Breast Cancer	10	2,161	12	1,230	+ 931
Kidney Disease	11	1,983	26	480	+ 1,503
Other Injuries	12	1,888	14	1,099	+ 789
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,885	13	1,171	+ 714
Stomach Cancer	14	1,598	10	1,690	- 92
Other Neoplasms	15	1,556	48	52	+ 1,504
Lymphomas	16	1,507	20	672	+ 836
Liver Cancer	17	1,499	32	363	+ 1,136
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,314	43	141	+ 1,173
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,313	21	621	+ 692
Prostate Cancer	20	1,311	17	936	+ 375
Leukemia	21	1,049	23	554	+ 495
Bladder Cancer	22	1,046	35	295	+ 750
Liver Disease	23	866	8	2,078	- 1,211
Inflammatory/Heart	24	862	11	1,361	- 499
Falls	25	658	16	952	- 294
Suicide	26	630	9	2,004	- 1,374
Oral Cancer	27	521	18	901	- 380
Ovary Cancer	28	511	27	429	+ 83
Skin Cancers	29	505	36	272	+ 233
Road Traffic Accidents	30	502	19	722	- 220
Hepatitis C	31	382	62	1	+ 381
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	345	39	239	+ 106
Uterin Cancer	33	343	28	391	- 48
Oesophagus Cancer	34	319	25	493	- 174
Anemia	35	261	83	0	+ 261
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	253	57	13	+ 240
Congenital Anomalies	37	225	41	202	+ 23
Skin Disease	38	224	51	31	+ 194
Epilepsy	39	208	45	116	+ 92
Cervical Cancer	40	180	34	303	- 123
Malnutrition	41	121	53	22	+ 99
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	109	55	15	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	108	40	235	- 128
Multiple Sclerosis	44	105	49	42	+ 63
Drug Use	45	102	29	389	- 287
HIV/AIDS	46	81	42	167	- 86
Asthma	47	77	44	122	- 45
Osteoarthritis	48	75	84	0	+ 75
Schizophrenia	49	66	80	0	+ 66
Violence	50	64	38	255	- 191
Low Birth Weight	51	56	47	64	- 9
Drownings	52	54	24	543	- 490
Tuberculosis	53	52	37	269	- 216
Hepatitis B	54	52	56	14	+ 38
Alcohol	55	43	6	2,761	- 2,718
Fires	56	42	22	620	- 578
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	38	85	0	+ 38
Poisonings	58	24	33	311	- 287
Birth Trauma	59	22	52	25	- 3
Meningitis	60	20	50	36	- 16
Appendicitis	61	8	54	20	- 12
Oral conditions	62	7	86	0	+ 7
Tetanus	63	3	64	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	58	5	- 2
Otitis Media	65	2	66	0	+ 2
War	66	1	59	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	67	1	60	2	- 1
Encephalitis	68	1	46	93	- 92
Syphilis	69	1	63	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	65	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	61	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Italy

Belarus

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.