BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,051	1	9,201	- 3,149
Stroke	2	3,903	2	7,871	- 3,969
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,582	6	1,144	+ 1,439
Lung Cancers	4	2,128	4	2,076	+ 52
Lung Disease	5	2,018	5	1,163	+ 855
Hypertension	6	1,865	11	546	+ 1,319
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,324	7	998	+ 326
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,236	3	2,406	- 1,170
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,018	17	440	+ 578
Breast Cancer	10	864	13	528	+ 336
Kidney Disease	11	793	9	689	+ 104
Other Injuries	12	755	26	157	+ 598
Pancreas Cancer	13	754	15	463	+ 290
Stomach Cancer	14	639	12	532	+ 106
Other Neoplasms	15	622	45	23	+ 599
Lymphomas	16	603	24	184	+ 418
Liver Cancer	17	599	14	480	+ 120
Endocrine Disorders	18	525	39	53	+ 472
Parkinson's Disease	19	525	20	341	+ 184
Prostate Cancer	20	524	18	413	+ 111
Leukemia	21	419	23	186	+ 233
Bladder Cancer	22	418	22	232	+ 186
Liver Disease	23	346	10	613	- 267
Inflammatory/Heart	24	345	8	874	- 529
Falls	25	263	21	267	- 4
Suicide	26	252	19	361	- 109
Oral Cancer	27	208	27	146	+ 62
Ovary Cancer	28	204	25	182	+ 22
Skin Cancers	29	202	28	133	+ 68
Road Traffic Accidents	30	201	16	446	- 245
Hepatitis C	31	153	65	0	+ 153
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	138	43	36	+ 102
Uterin Cancer	33	137	33	92	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	34	127	31	110	+ 17
Anemia	35	104	86	0	+ 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	101	54	8	+ 93
Congenital Anomalies	37	90	35	69	+ 21
Skin Disease	38	90	47	21	+ 69
Epilepsy	39	83	36	60	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	40	72	29	132	- 60
Malnutrition	41	48	57	2	+ 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	44	48	19	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	43	30	121	- 78
Multiple Sclerosis	44	42	46	22	+ 20
Drug Use	45	41	44	25	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	46	32	70	0	+ 32
Asthma	47	31	37	60	- 29
Osteoarthritis	48	30	81	0	+ 30
Schizophrenia	49	26	83	0	+ 26
Violence	50	25	40	49	- 23
Low Birth Weight	51	22	41	48	- 26
Drownings	52	21	42	48	- 26
Tuberculosis	53	21	32	93	- 72
Hepatitis B	54	21	56	3	+ 18
Alcohol	55	17	34	90	- 73
Fires	56	17	38	54	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	15	80	0	+ 15
Poisonings	58	10	50	13	- 4
Birth Trauma	59	9	49	14	- 5
Meningitis	60	8	53	10	- 2
Appendicitis	61	3	52	11	- 8
Oral conditions	62	3	82	0	+ 3
Tetanus	63	1	60	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	68	0	+ 1
War	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	58	2	- 2
Encephalitis	68	0	51	13	- 13
Syphilis	69	0	61	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	55	5	- 5
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	59	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Italy

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.