GREECE VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,664	1	21,124	- 4,460
Stroke	2	10,747	2	14,077	- 3,330
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	7,112	7	3,940	+ 3,172
Lung Cancers	4	5,860	4	7,355	- 1,495
Lung Disease	5	5,557	5	5,526	+ 30
Hypertension	6	5,136	9	2,922	+ 2,214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,647	8	3,264	+ 383
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,404	20	1,266	+ 2,138
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,804	3	8,282	- 5,479
Breast Cancer	10	2,380	11	2,520	- 141
Kidney Disease	11	2,184	6	4,759	- 2,575
Other Injuries	12	2,078	17	1,453	+ 625
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,075	13	1,904	+ 171
Stomach Cancer	14	1,759	16	1,535	+ 224
Other Neoplasms	15	1,713	25	679	+ 1,035
Lymphomas	16	1,659	19	1,268	+ 391
Liver Cancer	17	1,651	14	1,566	+ 85
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,447	29	526	+ 921
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,446	10	2,646	- 1,200
Prostate Cancer	20	1,443	12	2,023	- 580
Leukemia	21	1,155	18	1,354	- 199
Bladder Cancer	22	1,151	15	1,551	- 399
Liver Disease	23	954	23	809	+ 145
Inflammatory/Heart	24	949	24	725	+ 224
Falls	25	725	21	1,245	- 521
Suicide	26	694	28	533	+ 161
Oral Cancer	27	574	30	440	+ 134
Ovary Cancer	28	563	27	557	+ 6
Skin Cancers	29	556	31	438	+ 118
Road Traffic Accidents	30	553	22	870	- 318
Hepatitis C	31	420	52	38	+ 382
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	380	43	100	+ 280
Uterin Cancer	33	377	33	373	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	34	351	35	246	+ 105
Anemia	35	287	51	47	+ 240
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	278	44	95	+ 183
Congenital Anomalies	37	248	38	174	+ 74
Skin Disease	38	247	47	56	+ 191
Epilepsy	39	229	34	249	- 20
Cervical Cancer	40	198	36	243	- 45
Malnutrition	41	133	66	1	+ 132
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	120	45	67	+ 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	118	26	611	- 492
Multiple Sclerosis	44	116	40	135	- 19
Drug Use	45	112	37	193	- 81
HIV/AIDS	46	89	50	47	+ 42
Asthma	47	85	55	27	+ 57
Osteoarthritis	48	83	85	0	+ 83
Schizophrenia	49	73	54	27	+ 45
Violence	50	70	42	104	- 34
Low Birth Weight	51	61	41	127	- 66
Drownings	52	59	32	435	- 376
Tuberculosis	53	58	46	66	- 9
Hepatitis B	54	57	48	56	+ 1
Alcohol	55	48	49	50	- 3
Fires	56	47	39	146	- 100
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	41	86	0	+ 41
Poisonings	58	26	56	19	+ 7
Birth Trauma	59	24	57	17	+ 7
Meningitis	60	22	53	33	- 11
Appendicitis	61	8	58	9	- 1
Oral conditions	62	8	63	2	+ 7
Tetanus	63	4	62	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	3	59	8	- 4
Otitis Media	65	3	82	0	+ 3
War	66	1	64	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	61	2	- 1
Encephalitis	68	1	67	1	+ 0
Syphilis	69	1	65	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	60	4	- 3
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	70	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

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.