DENMARK VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,515	1	5,341	+ 4,174
Stroke	2	6,137	5	3,662	+ 2,474
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,061	2	5,218	- 1,157
Lung Cancers	4	3,346	4	3,721	- 375
Lung Disease	5	3,173	3	4,387	- 1,214
Hypertension	6	2,933	15	642	+ 2,290
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,082	7	2,147	- 64
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,943	10	1,284	+ 660
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,601	6	2,244	- 643
Breast Cancer	10	1,359	9	1,299	+ 60
Kidney Disease	11	1,247	12	911	+ 336
Other Injuries	12	1,187	30	347	+ 840
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,185	11	1,096	+ 89
Stomach Cancer	14	1,005	23	484	+ 520
Other Neoplasms	15	978	27	378	+ 600
Lymphomas	16	947	13	730	+ 218
Liver Cancer	17	943	25	464	+ 478
Endocrine Disorders	18	826	19	575	+ 251
Parkinson's Disease	19	826	17	600	+ 226
Prostate Cancer	20	824	8	1,480	- 656
Leukemia	21	659	20	558	+ 101
Bladder Cancer	22	657	21	545	+ 112
Liver Disease	23	545	14	692	- 147
Inflammatory/Heart	24	542	31	284	+ 257
Falls	25	414	22	541	- 127
Suicide	26	396	16	617	- 221
Oral Cancer	27	328	28	371	- 43
Ovary Cancer	28	322	29	367	- 46
Skin Cancers	29	317	26	388	- 71
Road Traffic Accidents	30	316	33	213	+ 102
Hepatitis C	31	240	60	9	+ 232
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	217	42	96	+ 121
Uterin Cancer	33	215	35	156	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	34	200	24	477	- 276
Anemia	35	164	46	73	+ 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	159	38	145	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	37	141	36	153	- 12
Skin Disease	38	141	45	79	+ 62
Epilepsy	39	131	40	125	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	40	113	37	153	- 40
Malnutrition	41	76	59	14	+ 62
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	69	43	84	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	68	32	216	- 149
Multiple Sclerosis	44	66	39	132	- 66
Drug Use	45	64	34	197	- 133
HIV/AIDS	46	51	55	23	+ 28
Asthma	47	48	44	82	- 34
Osteoarthritis	48	47	51	25	+ 22
Schizophrenia	49	42	48	57	- 15
Violence	50	40	47	63	- 23
Low Birth Weight	51	35	41	116	- 81
Drownings	52	34	50	37	- 4
Tuberculosis	53	33	57	16	+ 17
Hepatitis B	54	33	61	6	+ 27
Alcohol	55	27	18	598	- 571
Fires	56	27	49	53	- 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	24	53	25	- 1
Poisonings	58	15	62	6	+ 10
Birth Trauma	59	14	56	21	- 7
Meningitis	60	13	52	25	- 12
Appendicitis	61	5	54	23	- 18
Oral conditions	62	5	63	4	+ 1
Tetanus	63	2	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	58	15	- 13
Otitis Media	65	2	65	2	- 0
War	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	64	2	- 2
Encephalitis	68	0	67	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.