EQU. GUINEA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,861	7	419	+ 2,442
Stroke	2	1,845	6	437	+ 1,408
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,221	29	55	+ 1,165
Lung Cancers	4	1,006	41	27	+ 979
Lung Disease	5	954	20	120	+ 833
Hypertension	6	882	16	165	+ 717
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	626	40	29	+ 597
Diabetes Mellitus	8	584	11	299	+ 285
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	481	2	913	- 431
Breast Cancer	10	409	24	84	+ 324
Kidney Disease	11	375	14	198	+ 176
Other Injuries	12	357	23	105	+ 252
Pancreas Cancer	13	356	55	11	+ 345
Stomach Cancer	14	302	49	16	+ 286
Other Neoplasms	15	294	63	3	+ 291
Lymphomas	16	285	45	19	+ 266
Liver Cancer	17	283	34	43	+ 240
Endocrine Disorders	18	248	25	73	+ 175
Parkinson's Disease	19	248	46	18	+ 231
Prostate Cancer	20	248	35	43	+ 205
Leukemia	21	198	61	4	+ 194
Bladder Cancer	22	198	56	9	+ 189
Liver Disease	23	164	13	199	- 36
Inflammatory/Heart	24	163	27	63	+ 100
Falls	25	124	32	46	+ 79
Suicide	26	119	22	107	+ 12
Oral Cancer	27	98	37	35	+ 64
Ovary Cancer	28	97	52	13	+ 84
Skin Cancers	29	95	48	16	+ 79
Road Traffic Accidents	30	95	8	368	- 274
Hepatitis C	31	72	69	0	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	65	50	14	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	33	65	58	8	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	34	60	54	12	+ 48
Anemia	35	49	85	0	+ 49
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	48	9	349	- 301
Congenital Anomalies	37	43	12	249	- 207
Skin Disease	38	42	51	13	+ 29
Epilepsy	39	39	38	32	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	40	34	28	56	- 22
Malnutrition	41	23	31	48	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	21	62	4	+ 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	20	43	22	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	44	20	67	1	+ 19
Drug Use	45	19	30	50	- 31
HIV/AIDS	46	15	1	1,838	- 1,823
Asthma	47	15	26	65	- 51
Osteoarthritis	48	14	81	0	+ 14
Schizophrenia	49	12	86	0	+ 12
Violence	50	12	33	45	- 33
Low Birth Weight	51	11	4	457	- 446
Drownings	52	10	36	39	- 29
Tuberculosis	53	10	10	321	- 311
Hepatitis B	54	10	65	3	+ 7
Alcohol	55	8	53	12	- 4
Fires	56	8	39	30	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	7	82	0	+ 7
Poisonings	58	5	44	21	- 17
Birth Trauma	59	4	5	441	- 437
Meningitis	60	4	19	127	- 123
Appendicitis	61	1	59	6	- 4
Oral conditions	62	1	80	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	1	42	23	- 23
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	2	- 1
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	+ 0
War	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	17	139	- 139
Encephalitis	68	0	57	8	- 8
Syphilis	69	0	18	134	- 134
Leishmaniasis	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	15	181	- 181
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	21	109	- 109
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	78	0	60	4	- 4
Malaria	79	0	3	668	- 668
Ascariasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Italy

Equ. Guinea

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.