ESTONIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,902	1	3,009	- 1,107
Stroke	2	1,226	3	1,116	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	812	12	229	+ 582
Lung Cancers	4	669	4	657	+ 12
Lung Disease	5	634	13	229	+ 405
Hypertension	6	586	2	2,700	- 2,114
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	416	5	527	- 111
Diabetes Mellitus	8	388	19	146	+ 242
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	320	6	349	- 29
Breast Cancer	10	272	11	260	+ 12
Kidney Disease	11	249	17	176	+ 73
Other Injuries	12	237	20	141	+ 96
Pancreas Cancer	13	237	10	268	- 32
Stomach Cancer	14	201	9	290	- 89
Other Neoplasms	15	196	23	123	+ 72
Lymphomas	16	189	15	213	- 24
Liver Cancer	17	188	26	107	+ 81
Endocrine Disorders	18	165	33	66	+ 99
Parkinson's Disease	19	165	29	82	+ 83
Prostate Cancer	20	165	8	298	- 134
Leukemia	21	132	22	126	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	22	131	21	126	+ 6
Liver Disease	23	109	7	328	- 220
Inflammatory/Heart	24	108	14	217	- 109
Falls	25	83	24	119	- 36
Suicide	26	79	16	197	- 118
Oral Cancer	27	65	25	110	- 45
Ovary Cancer	28	64	28	87	- 23
Skin Cancers	29	63	30	79	- 15
Road Traffic Accidents	30	63	35	59	+ 4
Hepatitis C	31	48	58	4	+ 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	43	45	22	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	33	43	34	60	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	34	40	27	99	- 58
Anemia	35	33	51	9	+ 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	32	53	8	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	37	28	43	25	+ 3
Skin Disease	38	28	41	29	- 0
Epilepsy	39	26	37	45	- 18
Cervical Cancer	40	23	32	68	- 45
Malnutrition	41	15	79	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	14	46	17	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	14	36	55	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	44	13	48	16	- 3
Drug Use	45	13	31	75	- 62
HIV/AIDS	46	10	39	40	- 30
Asthma	47	10	44	24	- 14
Osteoarthritis	48	9	50	10	- 1
Schizophrenia	49	8	56	6	+ 2
Violence	50	8	42	28	- 20
Low Birth Weight	51	7	55	7	+ 0
Drownings	52	7	40	30	- 23
Tuberculosis	53	7	47	16	- 10
Hepatitis B	54	7	65	0	+ 7
Alcohol	55	5	18	148	- 143
Fires	56	5	38	41	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	5	49	12	- 7
Poisonings	58	3	52	8	- 5
Birth Trauma	59	3	57	5	- 2
Meningitis	60	3	54	7	- 5
Appendicitis	61	1	59	2	- 1
Oral conditions	62	1	60	2	- 1
Tetanus	63	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	65	0	67	0	+ 0
War	66	0	64	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	61	1	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	63	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	62	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	68	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.