JAPAN VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		JAPAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	196,258	1	163,905	+ 32,353
Stroke	2	126,574	2	121,823	+ 4,751
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	83,754	7	56,937	+ 26,817
Lung Cancers	4	69,018	4	79,688	- 10,671
Lung Disease	5	65,441	5	78,169	- 12,729
Hypertension	6	60,487	28	6,673	+ 53,814
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	42,951	6	57,340	- 14,390
Diabetes Mellitus	8	40,086	29	5,433	+ 34,653
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	33,018	3	107,899	- 74,881
Breast Cancer	10	28,026	15	15,805	+ 12,221
Kidney Disease	11	25,717	9	44,779	- 19,062
Other Injuries	12	24,477	12	22,068	+ 2,409
Pancreas Cancer	13	24,441	10	37,027	- 12,586
Stomach Cancer	14	20,719	8	50,433	- 29,714
Other Neoplasms	15	20,177	16	15,120	+ 5,057
Lymphomas	16	19,543	14	19,273	+ 270
Liver Cancer	17	19,441	11	29,384	- 9,943
Endocrine Disorders	18	17,037	21	11,486	+ 5,551
Parkinson's Disease	19	17,031	18	14,007	+ 3,024
Prostate Cancer	20	16,994	19	13,515	+ 3,479
Leukemia	21	13,597	24	9,607	+ 3,990
Bladder Cancer	22	13,561	22	9,936	+ 3,625
Liver Disease	23	11,235	17	14,195	- 2,960
Inflammatory/Heart	24	11,177	27	8,232	+ 2,945
Falls	25	8,533	23	9,736	- 1,203
Suicide	26	8,168	13	19,466	- 11,298
Oral Cancer	27	6,756	26	8,333	- 1,577
Ovary Cancer	28	6,631	30	5,061	+ 1,570
Skin Cancers	29	6,545	44	1,843	+ 4,703
Road Traffic Accidents	30	6,509	31	4,566	+ 1,943
Hepatitis C	31	4,952	41	2,220	+ 2,733
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	4,478	39	2,555	+ 1,923
Uterin Cancer	33	4,442	33	3,461	+ 981
Oesophagus Cancer	34	4,133	20	12,316	- 8,183
Anemia	35	3,380	49	875	+ 2,504
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	3,278	37	2,731	+ 547
Congenital Anomalies	37	2,916	40	2,473	+ 444
Skin Disease	38	2,910	36	2,806	+ 104
Epilepsy	39	2,701	45	1,558	+ 1,142
Cervical Cancer	40	2,331	32	3,799	- 1,468
Malnutrition	41	1,567	43	1,910	- 343
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	1,418	38	2,618	- 1,200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	1,394	35	2,922	- 1,528
Multiple Sclerosis	44	1,367	59	108	+ 1,260
Drug Use	45	1,322	50	732	+ 590
HIV/AIDS	46	1,051	63	48	+ 1,003
Asthma	47	997	42	1,922	- 925
Osteoarthritis	48	972	62	86	+ 886
Schizophrenia	49	857	47	1,052	- 195
Violence	50	826	53	266	+ 560
Low Birth Weight	51	722	55	202	+ 520
Drownings	52	695	25	8,409	- 7,714
Tuberculosis	53	679	34	3,459	- 2,780
Hepatitis B	54	675	46	1,423	- 748
Alcohol	55	560	51	576	- 16
Fires	56	548	48	1,007	- 459
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	487	56	172	+ 315
Poisonings	58	311	54	255	+ 57
Birth Trauma	59	283	61	104	+ 179
Meningitis	60	258	52	308	- 50
Appendicitis	61	98	58	126	- 28
Oral conditions	62	96	60	106	- 10
Tetanus	63	44	67	9	+ 34
Upper Respiratory	64	41	57	159	- 118
Otitis Media	65	32	68	8	+ 25
War	66	12	66	15	- 2
Maternal Conditions	67	12	64	39	- 26
Encephalitis	68	9	69	5	+ 5
Syphilis	69	9	65	16	- 7
Leishmaniasis	70	6	77	0	+ 6
Measles	71	3	75	0	+ 3
Chagas disease	72	2	78	0	+ 2
Pertussis	73	1	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	74	1	73	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAPAN

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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.