GERMANY VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		GERMANY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	134,000	1	147,055	- 13,055
Stroke	2	86,421	3	49,794	+ 36,628
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	57,185	2	51,168	+ 6,017
Lung Cancers	4	47,123	4	46,560	+ 563
Lung Disease	5	44,681	5	42,797	+ 1,884
Hypertension	6	41,299	6	26,796	+ 14,503
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	29,326	7	26,026	+ 3,300
Diabetes Mellitus	8	27,370	13	15,560	+ 11,810
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	22,544	9	20,712	+ 1,831
Breast Cancer	10	19,135	10	18,842	+ 293
Kidney Disease	11	17,559	8	22,770	- 5,212
Other Injuries	12	16,712	23	8,248	+ 8,464
Pancreas Cancer	13	16,688	11	17,971	- 1,283
Stomach Cancer	14	14,146	20	9,658	+ 4,489
Other Neoplasms	15	13,776	24	8,161	+ 5,615
Lymphomas	16	13,343	17	12,249	+ 1,094
Liver Cancer	17	13,274	25	8,057	+ 5,217
Endocrine Disorders	18	11,633	18	10,677	+ 955
Parkinson's Disease	19	11,628	16	12,594	- 965
Prostate Cancer	20	11,603	12	16,487	- 4,884
Leukemia	21	9,284	22	8,737	+ 547
Bladder Cancer	22	9,259	28	6,193	+ 3,066
Liver Disease	23	7,671	15	15,194	- 7,523
Inflammatory/Heart	24	7,632	21	8,891	- 1,260
Falls	25	5,826	14	15,325	- 9,499
Suicide	26	5,577	19	10,284	- 4,707
Oral Cancer	27	4,613	29	6,023	- 1,410
Ovary Cancer	28	4,528	30	5,192	- 665
Skin Cancers	29	4,469	31	4,055	+ 414
Road Traffic Accidents	30	4,444	34	3,160	+ 1,284
Hepatitis C	31	3,381	48	507	+ 2,874
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	3,057	33	3,615	- 558
Uterin Cancer	33	3,033	37	2,231	+ 802
Oesophagus Cancer	34	2,822	27	6,212	- 3,390
Anemia	35	2,308	43	994	+ 1,314
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	2,238	32	3,830	- 1,592
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,991	36	2,291	- 300
Skin Disease	38	1,987	42	1,543	+ 444
Epilepsy	39	1,844	35	3,091	- 1,247
Cervical Cancer	40	1,592	39	2,131	- 540
Malnutrition	41	1,070	50	450	+ 620
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	968	47	543	+ 425
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	952	38	2,166	- 1,214
Multiple Sclerosis	44	934	41	1,571	- 637
Drug Use	45	902	40	1,930	- 1,028
HIV/AIDS	46	717	54	345	+ 372
Asthma	47	681	44	924	- 243
Osteoarthritis	48	664	52	364	+ 300
Schizophrenia	49	585	51	391	+ 195
Violence	50	564	46	769	- 205
Low Birth Weight	51	493	45	770	- 277
Drownings	52	474	49	459	+ 16
Tuberculosis	53	464	56	281	+ 183
Hepatitis B	54	461	59	182	+ 279
Alcohol	55	382	26	6,257	- 5,875
Fires	56	374	53	359	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	332	55	292	+ 41
Poisonings	58	212	58	216	- 4
Birth Trauma	59	194	57	239	- 46
Meningitis	60	176	60	168	+ 9
Appendicitis	61	67	62	129	- 62
Oral conditions	62	65	63	62	+ 3
Tetanus	63	30	75	1	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	64	28	61	138	- 111
Otitis Media	65	22	65	16	+ 6
War	66	9	66	10	- 2
Maternal Conditions	67	8	64	38	- 30
Encephalitis	68	6	67	8	- 1
Syphilis	69	6	68	6	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	4	72	1	+ 4
Measles	71	2	70	2	- 0
Chagas disease	72	1	74	1	+ 1
Pertussis	73	1	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	1	84	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	2	- 2
Diphtheria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	73	1	- 1
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GERMANY

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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.