LUXEMBOURG VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,069	1	655	+ 415
Stroke	2	690	4	257	+ 433
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	456	2	298	+ 158
Lung Cancers	4	376	3	260	+ 116
Lung Disease	5	357	5	242	+ 114
Hypertension	6	330	19	54	+ 276
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	234	6	131	+ 103
Diabetes Mellitus	8	218	17	61	+ 157
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	180	8	111	+ 69
Breast Cancer	10	153	7	113	+ 39
Kidney Disease	11	140	9	91	+ 49
Other Injuries	12	133	10	88	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	13	133	11	82	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	14	113	22	51	+ 62
Other Neoplasms	15	110	24	49	+ 61
Lymphomas	16	106	14	64	+ 42
Liver Cancer	17	106	25	49	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	18	93	21	53	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	19	93	16	62	+ 31
Prostate Cancer	20	93	15	64	+ 29
Leukemia	21	74	20	53	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	22	74	26	44	+ 30
Liver Disease	23	61	12	75	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	24	61	23	49	+ 12
Falls	25	46	18	61	- 14
Suicide	26	45	13	69	- 25
Oral Cancer	27	37	33	19	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	28	36	27	35	+ 1
Skin Cancers	29	36	31	22	+ 14
Road Traffic Accidents	30	35	30	25	+ 10
Hepatitis C	31	27	47	4	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	24	34	19	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	33	24	36	16	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	34	23	28	32	- 9
Anemia	35	18	40	8	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	18	42	6	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	37	16	37	10	+ 5
Skin Disease	38	16	44	5	+ 10
Epilepsy	39	15	35	17	- 2
Cervical Cancer	40	13	38	10	+ 3
Malnutrition	41	9	32	19	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	8	53	2	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	8	41	7	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	44	7	46	4	+ 3
Drug Use	45	7	39	9	- 2
HIV/AIDS	46	6	52	2	+ 3
Asthma	47	5	45	5	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	48	5	50	3	+ 3
Schizophrenia	49	5	43	6	- 1
Violence	50	4	48	3	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	51	4	49	3	+ 1
Drownings	52	4	54	2	+ 2
Tuberculosis	53	4	55	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	54	4	60	1	+ 3
Alcohol	55	3	29	25	- 22
Fires	56	3	51	3	+ 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	3	57	1	+ 1
Poisonings	58	2	56	1	+ 0
Birth Trauma	59	2	59	1	+ 1
Meningitis	60	1	58	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	1	62	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	62	1	64	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	61	0	- 0
Otitis Media	65	0	74	0	+ 0
War	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	63	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	65	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

Italy

Luxembourg

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.