NAMIBIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,466	5	1,221	+ 3,246
Stroke	2	2,880	4	1,333	+ 1,547
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,906	21	176	+ 1,730
Lung Cancers	4	1,571	35	59	+ 1,512
Lung Disease	5	1,489	10	461	+ 1,028
Hypertension	6	1,376	12	428	+ 949
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	977	36	54	+ 923
Diabetes Mellitus	8	912	7	724	+ 188
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	751	2	1,464	- 713
Breast Cancer	10	638	24	121	+ 517
Kidney Disease	11	585	15	322	+ 264
Other Injuries	12	557	19	207	+ 350
Pancreas Cancer	13	556	53	18	+ 539
Stomach Cancer	14	471	45	33	+ 439
Other Neoplasms	15	459	60	8	+ 451
Lymphomas	16	445	40	46	+ 399
Liver Cancer	17	442	41	45	+ 397
Endocrine Disorders	18	388	33	73	+ 315
Parkinson's Disease	19	388	42	43	+ 344
Prostate Cancer	20	387	31	94	+ 292
Leukemia	21	309	49	24	+ 286
Bladder Cancer	22	309	54	16	+ 293
Liver Disease	23	256	14	336	- 80
Inflammatory/Heart	24	254	22	162	+ 93
Falls	25	194	34	62	+ 132
Suicide	26	186	17	243	- 57
Oral Cancer	27	154	30	100	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	28	151	50	23	+ 128
Skin Cancers	29	149	29	108	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	30	148	6	868	- 720
Hepatitis C	31	113	66	1	+ 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	102	44	33	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	33	101	56	11	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	34	94	52	21	+ 73
Anemia	35	77	83	0	+ 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	75	8	645	- 570
Congenital Anomalies	37	66	16	283	- 217
Skin Disease	38	66	47	31	+ 35
Epilepsy	39	61	38	49	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	40	53	23	133	- 80
Malnutrition	41	36	18	224	- 188
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	32	57	9	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	32	32	76	- 44
Multiple Sclerosis	44	31	64	2	+ 29
Drug Use	45	30	46	32	- 2
HIV/AIDS	46	24	1	2,928	- 2,905
Asthma	47	23	20	200	- 178
Osteoarthritis	48	22	81	0	+ 22
Schizophrenia	49	20	86	0	+ 20
Violence	50	19	11	450	- 431
Low Birth Weight	51	16	9	516	- 500
Drownings	52	16	26	110	- 94
Tuberculosis	53	15	3	1,416	- 1,401
Hepatitis B	54	15	63	4	+ 11
Alcohol	55	13	48	28	- 15
Fires	56	12	28	109	- 96
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	11	82	0	+ 11
Poisonings	58	7	39	46	- 39
Birth Trauma	59	6	13	345	- 338
Meningitis	60	6	27	109	- 103
Appendicitis	61	2	58	9	- 7
Oral conditions	62	2	80	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	62	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	6	- 5
Otitis Media	65	1	70	0	+ 0
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	25	110	- 110
Encephalitis	68	0	59	8	- 8
Syphilis	69	0	43	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	65	2	- 2
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	37	54	- 54
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	79	0	51	22	- 22
Ascariasis	80	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.