NO MACEDONIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,402	2	4,420	- 1,018
Stroke	2	2,194	1	5,521	- 3,327
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,452	30	71	+ 1,381
Lung Cancers	4	1,196	5	1,055	+ 141
Lung Disease	5	1,134	6	807	+ 328
Hypertension	6	1,048	7	627	+ 421
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	745	8	560	+ 184
Diabetes Mellitus	8	695	4	1,104	- 409
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	572	19	157	+ 416
Breast Cancer	10	486	11	386	+ 100
Kidney Disease	11	446	9	516	- 70
Other Injuries	12	424	17	183	+ 241
Pancreas Cancer	13	424	12	267	+ 157
Stomach Cancer	14	359	10	455	- 96
Other Neoplasms	15	350	40	19	+ 331
Lymphomas	16	339	25	96	+ 243
Liver Cancer	17	337	13	260	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	18	295	44	12	+ 283
Parkinson's Disease	19	295	20	141	+ 155
Prostate Cancer	20	295	14	259	+ 36
Leukemia	21	236	22	114	+ 121
Bladder Cancer	22	235	18	163	+ 73
Liver Disease	23	195	15	218	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	24	194	3	4,249	- 4,056
Falls	25	148	27	78	+ 70
Suicide	26	142	16	196	- 54
Oral Cancer	27	117	29	72	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	28	115	26	93	+ 22
Skin Cancers	29	113	21	126	- 13
Road Traffic Accidents	30	113	24	107	+ 6
Hepatitis C	31	86	67	0	+ 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	78	43	13	+ 65
Uterin Cancer	33	77	23	108	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	34	72	34	45	+ 26
Anemia	35	59	52	3	+ 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	57	56	1	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	37	51	37	29	+ 22
Skin Disease	38	50	57	1	+ 49
Epilepsy	39	47	38	23	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	40	40	31	68	- 27
Malnutrition	41	27	58	1	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	25	60	0	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	24	32	56	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	44	24	39	21	+ 3
Drug Use	45	23	47	9	+ 14
HIV/AIDS	46	18	61	0	+ 18
Asthma	47	17	33	53	- 36
Osteoarthritis	48	17	82	0	+ 17
Schizophrenia	49	15	85	0	+ 15
Violence	50	14	36	31	- 17
Low Birth Weight	51	13	28	73	- 61
Drownings	52	12	41	18	- 6
Tuberculosis	53	12	35	32	- 20
Hepatitis B	54	12	49	7	+ 5
Alcohol	55	10	42	14	- 4
Fires	56	9	46	11	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	8	53	3	+ 6
Poisonings	58	5	45	11	- 6
Birth Trauma	59	5	48	7	- 2
Meningitis	60	4	51	4	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	2	55	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	62	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	65	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	80	0	+ 1
War	66	0	63	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	54	2	- 2
Encephalitis	68	0	59	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	62	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	64	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	50	4	- 4
Leprosy	74	0	81	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

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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.