CANADA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	61,799	1	40,063	+ 21,736
Stroke	2	39,857	5	14,159	+ 25,698
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	26,373	2	30,970	- 4,596
Lung Cancers	4	21,733	3	20,937	+ 796
Lung Disease	5	20,606	4	14,212	+ 6,394
Hypertension	6	19,047	22	2,563	+ 16,484
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	13,525	6	9,651	+ 3,874
Diabetes Mellitus	8	12,623	9	5,718	+ 6,905
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	10,397	7	7,431	+ 2,966
Breast Cancer	10	8,825	8	5,910	+ 2,915
Kidney Disease	11	8,098	14	4,578	+ 3,520
Other Injuries	12	7,708	24	2,392	+ 5,315
Pancreas Cancer	13	7,696	11	5,057	+ 2,639
Stomach Cancer	14	6,524	26	2,177	+ 4,347
Other Neoplasms	15	6,353	31	1,679	+ 4,675
Lymphomas	16	6,154	10	5,146	+ 1,007
Liver Cancer	17	6,122	20	3,113	+ 3,009
Endocrine Disorders	18	5,365	19	3,233	+ 2,132
Parkinson's Disease	19	5,363	18	3,359	+ 2,004
Prostate Cancer	20	5,351	13	4,711	+ 640
Leukemia	21	4,282	21	3,098	+ 1,183
Bladder Cancer	22	4,270	23	2,521	+ 1,750
Liver Disease	23	3,538	17	3,624	- 86
Inflammatory/Heart	24	3,520	27	2,060	+ 1,460
Falls	25	2,687	12	4,829	- 2,142
Suicide	26	2,572	15	4,417	- 1,845
Oral Cancer	27	2,127	32	1,592	+ 535
Ovary Cancer	28	2,088	29	1,902	+ 186
Skin Cancers	29	2,061	30	1,756	+ 305
Road Traffic Accidents	30	2,050	28	1,998	+ 52
Hepatitis C	31	1,559	45	363	+ 1,196
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,410	39	636	+ 774
Uterin Cancer	33	1,399	34	1,183	+ 216
Oesophagus Cancer	34	1,301	25	2,230	- 928
Anemia	35	1,064	46	343	+ 721
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,032	36	840	+ 192
Congenital Anomalies	37	918	35	1,081	- 163
Skin Disease	38	916	38	679	+ 237
Epilepsy	39	851	44	384	+ 466
Cervical Cancer	40	734	41	578	+ 156
Malnutrition	41	493	51	192	+ 301
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	446	47	322	+ 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	439	43	442	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	44	431	37	692	- 262
Drug Use	45	416	16	3,686	- 3,270
HIV/AIDS	46	331	53	163	+ 168
Asthma	47	314	49	262	+ 52
Osteoarthritis	48	306	55	139	+ 168
Schizophrenia	49	270	57	118	+ 151
Violence	50	260	40	605	- 345
Low Birth Weight	51	227	42	553	- 326
Drownings	52	219	48	283	- 64
Tuberculosis	53	214	58	97	+ 116
Hepatitis B	54	213	60	66	+ 147
Alcohol	55	176	33	1,491	- 1,315
Fires	56	172	52	192	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	153	54	143	+ 11
Poisonings	58	98	56	121	- 23
Birth Trauma	59	89	50	193	- 104
Meningitis	60	81	59	68	+ 13
Appendicitis	61	31	62	49	- 18
Oral conditions	62	30	61	51	- 21
Tetanus	63	14	71	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	64	13	63	47	- 34
Otitis Media	65	10	66	8	+ 3
War	66	4	65	21	- 17
Maternal Conditions	67	4	64	45	- 41
Encephalitis	68	3	68	3	- 0
Syphilis	69	3	67	5	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	2	77	0	+ 2
Measles	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	72	1	70	1	- 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	1	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

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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.