BELGIUM VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,080	1	15,281	+ 3,800
Stroke	2	12,305	3	7,408	+ 4,898
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,143	2	9,416	- 1,273
Lung Cancers	4	6,710	4	6,777	- 67
Lung Disease	5	6,362	5	6,438	- 76
Hypertension	6	5,881	27	740	+ 5,141
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,176	7	3,329	+ 847
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,897	20	1,269	+ 2,628
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,210	6	5,677	- 2,467
Breast Cancer	10	2,725	9	2,587	+ 138
Kidney Disease	11	2,500	8	2,952	- 452
Other Injuries	12	2,380	11	2,006	+ 373
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,376	14	1,809	+ 567
Stomach Cancer	14	2,014	26	863	+ 1,151
Other Neoplasms	15	1,962	12	1,828	+ 134
Lymphomas	16	1,900	16	1,552	+ 348
Liver Cancer	17	1,890	24	976	+ 914
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,656	18	1,432	+ 225
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,656	19	1,378	+ 278
Prostate Cancer	20	1,652	13	1,824	- 172
Leukemia	21	1,322	21	1,199	+ 123
Bladder Cancer	22	1,318	22	1,078	+ 240
Liver Disease	23	1,092	17	1,433	- 341
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,087	23	1,060	+ 26
Falls	25	830	15	1,756	- 926
Suicide	26	794	10	2,111	- 1,317
Oral Cancer	27	657	28	675	- 18
Ovary Cancer	28	645	30	653	- 8
Skin Cancers	29	636	31	522	+ 114
Road Traffic Accidents	30	633	29	666	- 33
Hepatitis C	31	481	52	53	+ 428
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	435	37	293	+ 143
Uterin Cancer	33	432	34	384	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	34	402	25	898	- 496
Anemia	35	329	43	199	+ 130
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	319	33	418	- 99
Congenital Anomalies	37	284	40	282	+ 2
Skin Disease	38	283	35	380	- 97
Epilepsy	39	263	36	348	- 85
Cervical Cancer	40	227	41	243	- 16
Malnutrition	41	152	38	291	- 138
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	138	49	73	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	136	42	213	- 77
Multiple Sclerosis	44	133	45	147	- 14
Drug Use	45	129	39	287	- 159
HIV/AIDS	46	102	57	36	+ 66
Asthma	47	97	46	128	- 31
Osteoarthritis	48	95	51	59	+ 36
Schizophrenia	49	83	56	40	+ 44
Violence	50	80	44	149	- 69
Low Birth Weight	51	70	50	70	+ 1
Drownings	52	68	47	79	- 11
Tuberculosis	53	66	54	46	+ 20
Hepatitis B	54	66	63	17	+ 49
Alcohol	55	54	32	500	- 445
Fires	56	53	48	75	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	47	60	20	+ 27
Poisonings	58	30	55	41	- 11
Birth Trauma	59	28	53	47	- 19
Meningitis	60	25	58	28	- 3
Appendicitis	61	10	62	17	- 7
Oral conditions	62	9	61	19	- 10
Tetanus	63	4	78	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	4	59	22	- 18
Otitis Media	65	3	65	2	+ 1
War	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	64	6	- 5
Encephalitis	68	1	66	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Measles	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Italy

Belgium

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.