CROATIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,611	1	12,307	- 5,696
Stroke	2	4,264	2	6,275	- 2,012
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,821	9	1,066	+ 1,755
Lung Cancers	4	2,325	3	2,842	- 517
Lung Disease	5	2,204	5	2,111	+ 94
Hypertension	6	2,038	8	1,102	+ 936
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,447	4	2,189	- 742
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,350	6	1,963	- 613
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,112	10	1,021	+ 91
Breast Cancer	10	944	11	1,019	- 74
Kidney Disease	11	866	7	1,392	- 526
Other Injuries	12	825	23	428	+ 397
Pancreas Cancer	13	823	16	754	+ 69
Stomach Cancer	14	698	15	786	- 89
Other Neoplasms	15	680	29	283	+ 397
Lymphomas	16	658	18	556	+ 102
Liver Cancer	17	655	19	501	+ 154
Endocrine Disorders	18	574	42	72	+ 501
Parkinson's Disease	19	574	24	423	+ 151
Prostate Cancer	20	572	14	852	- 280
Leukemia	21	458	22	435	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	22	457	20	499	- 42
Liver Disease	23	378	13	924	- 546
Inflammatory/Heart	24	377	21	457	- 80
Falls	25	287	12	974	- 687
Suicide	26	275	17	676	- 401
Oral Cancer	27	228	25	338	- 110
Ovary Cancer	28	223	28	308	- 85
Skin Cancers	29	220	26	332	- 111
Road Traffic Accidents	30	219	27	328	- 109
Hepatitis C	31	167	47	45	+ 122
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	151	35	137	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	33	150	32	199	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	34	139	33	189	- 50
Anemia	35	114	53	16	+ 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	110	39	82	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	37	98	37	94	+ 4
Skin Disease	38	98	58	8	+ 90
Epilepsy	39	91	36	94	- 3
Cervical Cancer	40	79	34	156	- 77
Malnutrition	41	53	70	0	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	48	46	47	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	47	31	207	- 160
Multiple Sclerosis	44	46	45	55	- 9
Drug Use	45	45	43	70	- 26
HIV/AIDS	46	35	59	8	+ 28
Asthma	47	34	41	74	- 40
Osteoarthritis	48	33	84	0	+ 33
Schizophrenia	49	29	40	79	- 50
Violence	50	28	48	45	- 17
Low Birth Weight	51	24	56	10	+ 14
Drownings	52	23	38	86	- 62
Tuberculosis	53	23	44	61	- 39
Hepatitis B	54	23	51	17	+ 6
Alcohol	55	19	30	219	- 200
Fires	56	18	50	34	- 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	16	49	43	- 26
Poisonings	58	10	54	16	- 5
Birth Trauma	59	10	55	11	- 2
Meningitis	60	9	52	16	- 8
Appendicitis	61	3	57	9	- 5
Oral conditions	62	3	64	2	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	2	- 0
Otitis Media	65	1	60	3	- 2
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	61	2	- 2
Encephalitis	68	0	65	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	62	2	- 2
Diphtheria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.