CENTRAL AFRICA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,002	7	2,900	+ 6,102
Stroke	2	5,806	5	3,284	+ 2,522
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,842	33	204	+ 3,638
Lung Cancers	4	3,166	55	47	+ 3,119
Lung Disease	5	3,002	18	956	+ 2,046
Hypertension	6	2,774	12	1,252	+ 1,522
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,970	45	116	+ 1,854
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,839	15	1,141	+ 697
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,514	1	5,231	- 3,717
Breast Cancer	10	1,285	26	344	+ 941
Kidney Disease	11	1,180	21	710	+ 469
Other Injuries	12	1,123	23	621	+ 502
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,121	60	37	+ 1,084
Stomach Cancer	14	950	49	65	+ 885
Other Neoplasms	15	925	70	5	+ 921
Lymphomas	16	896	42	119	+ 777
Liver Cancer	17	892	44	117	+ 775
Endocrine Disorders	18	781	25	423	+ 358
Parkinson's Disease	19	781	48	67	+ 714
Prostate Cancer	20	779	38	156	+ 623
Leukemia	21	624	47	88	+ 536
Bladder Cancer	22	622	64	23	+ 599
Liver Disease	23	515	14	1,153	- 638
Inflammatory/Heart	24	513	30	270	+ 243
Falls	25	391	36	181	+ 210
Suicide	26	375	24	585	- 210
Oral Cancer	27	310	46	91	+ 219
Ovary Cancer	28	304	50	64	+ 240
Skin Cancers	29	300	58	43	+ 257
Road Traffic Accidents	30	299	10	1,790	- 1,491
Hepatitis C	31	227	69	6	+ 222
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	205	35	194	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	33	204	65	20	+ 184
Oesophagus Cancer	34	190	53	48	+ 141
Anemia	35	155	84	0	+ 155
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	150	3	4,684	- 4,533
Congenital Anomalies	37	134	19	776	- 642
Skin Disease	38	133	54	48	+ 85
Epilepsy	39	124	43	119	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	40	107	32	230	- 123
Malnutrition	41	72	22	691	- 619
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	65	66	15	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	64	27	317	- 253
Multiple Sclerosis	44	63	72	4	+ 59
Drug Use	45	61	57	44	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	46	48	4	3,753	- 3,704
Asthma	47	46	20	761	- 715
Osteoarthritis	48	45	81	0	+ 45
Schizophrenia	49	39	86	0	+ 39
Violence	50	38	17	1,009	- 971
Low Birth Weight	51	33	8	2,228	- 2,195
Drownings	52	32	34	202	- 170
Tuberculosis	53	31	2	4,704	- 4,673
Hepatitis B	54	31	61	33	- 2
Alcohol	55	26	52	62	- 36
Fires	56	25	39	142	- 117
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	22	80	0	+ 22
Poisonings	58	14	40	134	- 120
Birth Trauma	59	13	9	2,192	- 2,179
Meningitis	60	12	16	1,015	- 1,003
Appendicitis	61	4	51	62	- 57
Oral conditions	62	4	82	0	+ 4
Tetanus	63	2	29	280	- 278
Upper Respiratory	64	2	63	24	- 23
Otitis Media	65	1	68	6	- 5
War	66	1	28	314	- 313
Maternal Conditions	67	1	13	1,174	- 1,174
Encephalitis	68	0	62	28	- 28
Syphilis	69	0	41	120	- 120
Leishmaniasis	70	0	56	46	- 45
Measles	71	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	31	265	- 265
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	11	- 11
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	59	40	- 40
Schistosomiasis	78	0	37	169	- 169
Malaria	79	0	6	3,279	- 3,279
Ascariasis	80	0	71	5	- 5
Dengue	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	73	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Italy

Central Africa

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.