MALTA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	748	1	876	- 128
Stroke	2	483	2	291	+ 191
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	319	4	207	+ 112
Lung Cancers	4	263	5	197	+ 66
Lung Disease	5	250	8	127	+ 123
Hypertension	6	231	20	33	+ 197
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	164	7	147	+ 17
Diabetes Mellitus	8	153	6	163	- 10
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	126	3	213	- 87
Breast Cancer	10	107	10	85	+ 22
Kidney Disease	11	98	11	79	+ 19
Other Injuries	12	93	33	16	+ 77
Pancreas Cancer	13	93	9	90	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	14	79	15	50	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	15	77	26	22	+ 55
Lymphomas	16	75	12	53	+ 22
Liver Cancer	17	74	18	34	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	18	65	30	19	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	19	65	16	50	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	20	65	13	53	+ 12
Leukemia	21	52	21	28	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	22	52	19	33	+ 19
Liver Disease	23	43	24	23	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	24	43	27	22	+ 21
Falls	25	33	14	52	- 19
Suicide	26	31	22	27	+ 4
Oral Cancer	27	26	23	25	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	28	25	17	34	- 9
Skin Cancers	29	25	34	14	+ 11
Road Traffic Accidents	30	25	31	18	+ 7
Hepatitis C	31	19	53	1	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	17	49	2	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	33	17	28	21	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	34	16	29	20	- 4
Anemia	35	13	46	3	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	12	55	1	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	37	11	32	17	- 6
Skin Disease	38	11	25	23	- 12
Epilepsy	39	10	43	3	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	40	9	39	4	+ 4
Malnutrition	41	6	60	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	5	51	2	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	5	37	7	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	44	5	45	3	+ 2
Drug Use	45	5	38	7	- 2
HIV/AIDS	46	4	41	4	+ 0
Asthma	47	4	36	8	- 5
Osteoarthritis	48	4	50	2	+ 2
Schizophrenia	49	3	57	1	+ 3
Violence	50	3	40	4	- 1
Low Birth Weight	51	3	35	11	- 9
Drownings	52	3	48	2	+ 0
Tuberculosis	53	3	52	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	54	3	61	0	+ 2
Alcohol	55	2	47	3	- 1
Fires	56	2	62	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	2	42	3	- 2
Poisonings	58	1	58	1	+ 1
Birth Trauma	59	1	44	3	- 2
Meningitis	60	1	56	1	+ 0
Appendicitis	61	0	63	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	62	0	86	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	59	0	- 0
Otitis Media	65	0	82	0	+ 0
War	66	0	54	1	- 1
Maternal Conditions	67	0	64	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	65	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.