ERITREA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,106	4	2,154	+ 7,952
Stroke	2	6,518	2	2,564	+ 3,954
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,313	24	310	+ 4,003
Lung Cancers	4	3,554	46	62	+ 3,492
Lung Disease	5	3,370	9	662	+ 2,708
Hypertension	6	3,115	8	926	+ 2,189
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,212	35	113	+ 2,099
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,064	7	944	+ 1,120
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,700	1	3,277	- 1,576
Breast Cancer	10	1,443	23	311	+ 1,132
Kidney Disease	11	1,324	12	578	+ 747
Other Injuries	12	1,260	15	540	+ 720
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,259	58	20	+ 1,239
Stomach Cancer	14	1,067	48	48	+ 1,019
Other Neoplasms	15	1,039	66	6	+ 1,033
Lymphomas	16	1,006	28	147	+ 860
Liver Cancer	17	1,001	45	69	+ 932
Endocrine Disorders	18	877	43	71	+ 806
Parkinson's Disease	19	877	37	85	+ 792
Prostate Cancer	20	875	47	54	+ 821
Leukemia	21	700	29	144	+ 556
Bladder Cancer	22	698	51	42	+ 656
Liver Disease	23	579	6	1,215	- 636
Inflammatory/Heart	24	576	32	123	+ 453
Falls	25	439	26	168	+ 271
Suicide	26	421	21	382	+ 39
Oral Cancer	27	348	44	71	+ 277
Ovary Cancer	28	341	40	79	+ 262
Skin Cancers	29	337	56	30	+ 307
Road Traffic Accidents	30	335	5	1,326	- 991
Hepatitis C	31	255	65	6	+ 249
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	231	41	77	+ 154
Uterin Cancer	33	229	61	18	+ 211
Oesophagus Cancer	34	213	39	81	+ 132
Anemia	35	174	81	0	+ 174
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	169	3	2,292	- 2,123
Congenital Anomalies	37	150	18	432	- 282
Skin Disease	38	150	50	45	+ 105
Epilepsy	39	139	38	81	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	40	120	30	132	- 12
Malnutrition	41	81	10	660	- 579
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	73	64	12	+ 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	72	27	147	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	44	70	67	4	+ 67
Drug Use	45	68	53	36	+ 32
HIV/AIDS	46	54	25	308	- 253
Asthma	47	51	22	326	- 275
Osteoarthritis	48	50	85	0	+ 50
Schizophrenia	49	44	83	0	+ 44
Violence	50	43	20	384	- 342
Low Birth Weight	51	37	16	531	- 494
Drownings	52	36	33	118	- 82
Tuberculosis	53	35	14	543	- 508
Hepatitis B	54	35	57	28	+ 7
Alcohol	55	29	49	45	- 17
Fires	56	28	31	132	- 104
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	25	84	0	+ 25
Poisonings	58	16	34	114	- 98
Birth Trauma	59	15	11	616	- 602
Meningitis	60	13	19	404	- 391
Appendicitis	61	5	55	31	- 26
Oral conditions	62	5	86	0	+ 5
Tetanus	63	2	52	37	- 35
Upper Respiratory	64	2	60	18	- 16
Otitis Media	65	2	69	2	- 0
War	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	13	544	- 543
Encephalitis	68	0	62	16	- 15
Syphilis	69	0	54	35	- 34
Leishmaniasis	70	0	59	19	- 19
Measles	71	0	63	13	- 12
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	36	90	- 90
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	79	0	17	437	- 437
Ascariasis	80	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Italy

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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.