IRELAND VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,337	1	4,762	+ 3,575
Stroke	2	5,377	5	1,770	+ 3,607
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,558	2	3,209	+ 349
Lung Cancers	4	2,932	3	1,916	+ 1,016
Lung Disease	5	2,780	4	1,915	+ 864
Hypertension	6	2,569	29	175	+ 2,395
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,824	7	1,095	+ 729
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,703	16	414	+ 1,289
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,403	6	1,298	+ 104
Breast Cancer	10	1,191	8	760	+ 431
Kidney Disease	11	1,092	10	566	+ 526
Other Injuries	12	1,040	30	171	+ 869
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,038	11	530	+ 508
Stomach Cancer	14	880	17	357	+ 523
Other Neoplasms	15	857	27	218	+ 639
Lymphomas	16	830	13	513	+ 317
Liver Cancer	17	826	18	318	+ 508
Endocrine Disorders	18	724	24	249	+ 474
Parkinson's Disease	19	723	12	530	+ 194
Prostate Cancer	20	722	9	585	+ 137
Leukemia	21	578	20	274	+ 304
Bladder Cancer	22	576	22	256	+ 320
Liver Disease	23	477	19	279	+ 198
Inflammatory/Heart	24	475	26	240	+ 235
Falls	25	362	25	247	+ 116
Suicide	26	347	14	470	- 123
Oral Cancer	27	287	28	183	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	28	282	21	273	+ 9
Skin Cancers	29	278	23	252	+ 26
Road Traffic Accidents	30	276	33	153	+ 123
Hepatitis C	31	210	52	19	+ 191
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	190	46	50	+ 140
Uterin Cancer	33	189	34	126	+ 63
Oesophagus Cancer	34	176	15	419	- 243
Anemia	35	144	49	29	+ 115
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	139	45	53	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	37	124	32	153	- 29
Skin Disease	38	124	42	58	+ 66
Epilepsy	39	115	36	85	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	40	99	35	103	- 4
Malnutrition	41	67	63	2	+ 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	60	40	59	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	59	38	67	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	44	58	37	83	- 25
Drug Use	45	56	31	167	- 111
HIV/AIDS	46	45	57	9	+ 36
Asthma	47	42	41	58	- 16
Osteoarthritis	48	41	51	20	+ 22
Schizophrenia	49	36	55	12	+ 25
Violence	50	35	47	38	- 3
Low Birth Weight	51	31	44	56	- 25
Drownings	52	30	43	57	- 28
Tuberculosis	53	29	50	23	+ 6
Hepatitis B	54	29	59	6	+ 23
Alcohol	55	24	39	64	- 40
Fires	56	23	48	30	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	21	54	14	+ 7
Poisonings	58	13	53	14	- 1
Birth Trauma	59	12	56	10	+ 2
Meningitis	60	11	58	7	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	4	60	3	+ 1
Oral conditions	62	4	62	2	+ 2
Tetanus	63	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	64	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	71	0	+ 1
War	66	1	65	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	61	3	- 3
Encephalitis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Italy

Ireland

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.