COMOROS VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,434	4	349	+ 1,085
Stroke	2	925	3	356	+ 569
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	612	23	46	+ 565
Lung Cancers	4	504	60	1	+ 503
Lung Disease	5	478	17	83	+ 395
Hypertension	6	442	12	115	+ 327
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	314	39	19	+ 295
Diabetes Mellitus	8	293	9	136	+ 157
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	241	1	594	- 353
Breast Cancer	10	205	33	23	+ 182
Kidney Disease	11	188	14	101	+ 87
Other Injuries	12	179	16	90	+ 89
Pancreas Cancer	13	179	82	0	+ 179
Stomach Cancer	14	151	45	11	+ 140
Other Neoplasms	15	147	59	1	+ 146
Lymphomas	16	143	37	19	+ 124
Liver Cancer	17	142	28	29	+ 113
Endocrine Disorders	18	124	36	19	+ 105
Parkinson's Disease	19	124	44	11	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	20	124	27	33	+ 91
Leukemia	21	99	57	3	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	22	99	46	10	+ 89
Liver Disease	23	82	8	160	- 78
Inflammatory/Heart	24	82	31	26	+ 55
Falls	25	62	32	26	+ 36
Suicide	26	60	24	46	+ 14
Oral Cancer	27	49	41	15	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	28	48	56	3	+ 45
Skin Cancers	29	48	42	12	+ 35
Road Traffic Accidents	30	48	6	226	- 179
Hepatitis C	31	36	61	1	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	33	47	10	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	33	32	55	3	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	34	30	26	34	- 3
Anemia	35	25	81	0	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	24	2	363	- 339
Congenital Anomalies	37	21	10	131	- 109
Skin Disease	38	21	48	9	+ 12
Epilepsy	39	20	40	17	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	40	17	13	104	- 87
Malnutrition	41	11	15	96	- 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	10	58	2	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	10	34	21	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	44	10	62	1	+ 9
Drug Use	45	10	49	7	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	46	8	76	0	+ 8
Asthma	47	7	21	49	- 42
Osteoarthritis	48	7	84	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	49	6	83	0	+ 6
Violence	50	6	20	63	- 57
Low Birth Weight	51	5	5	328	- 323
Drownings	52	5	25	35	- 30
Tuberculosis	53	5	19	79	- 74
Hepatitis B	54	5	52	5	- 0
Alcohol	55	4	51	6	- 2
Fires	56	4	30	27	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	4	85	0	+ 4
Poisonings	58	2	35	20	- 18
Birth Trauma	59	2	7	211	- 209
Meningitis	60	2	11	115	- 114
Appendicitis	61	1	50	6	- 5
Oral conditions	62	1	86	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	43	12	- 12
Upper Respiratory	64	0	53	4	- 4
Otitis Media	65	0	64	0	- 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	22	47	- 47
Encephalitis	68	0	54	4	- 4
Syphilis	69	0	38	19	- 19
Leishmaniasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	18	80	- 80
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	65	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	29	29	- 29
Ascariasis	80	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.