NETHERLANDS VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		NETHERLANDS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,311	2	17,601	+ 10,710
Stroke	2	18,259	4	9,707	+ 8,552
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	12,082	1	18,148	- 6,066
Lung Cancers	4	9,956	3	10,980	- 1,023
Lung Disease	5	9,440	5	9,567	- 127
Hypertension	6	8,725	29	818	+ 7,907
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	6,196	6	5,829	+ 366
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,783	14	2,386	+ 3,397
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,763	7	4,946	- 183
Breast Cancer	10	4,043	9	3,535	+ 508
Kidney Disease	11	3,710	12	2,530	+ 1,180
Other Injuries	12	3,531	19	1,648	+ 1,883
Pancreas Cancer	13	3,526	11	2,995	+ 531
Stomach Cancer	14	2,989	22	1,361	+ 1,628
Other Neoplasms	15	2,911	18	1,831	+ 1,079
Lymphomas	16	2,819	13	2,511	+ 308
Liver Cancer	17	2,804	24	1,163	+ 1,641
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,458	26	1,055	+ 1,403
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,457	16	2,120	+ 337
Prostate Cancer	20	2,451	10	3,265	- 814
Leukemia	21	1,961	20	1,578	+ 383
Bladder Cancer	22	1,956	21	1,471	+ 485
Liver Disease	23	1,621	28	936	+ 685
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,612	23	1,201	+ 412
Falls	25	1,231	8	4,131	- 2,900
Suicide	26	1,178	17	2,025	- 847
Oral Cancer	27	975	30	768	+ 207
Ovary Cancer	28	957	25	1,067	- 110
Skin Cancers	29	944	27	1,024	- 80
Road Traffic Accidents	30	939	31	681	+ 258
Hepatitis C	31	714	60	20	+ 694
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	646	41	238	+ 408
Uterin Cancer	33	641	34	566	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	34	596	15	2,145	- 1,549
Anemia	35	488	40	249	+ 238
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	473	33	584	- 111
Congenital Anomalies	37	421	35	544	- 123
Skin Disease	38	420	36	295	+ 124
Epilepsy	39	390	38	289	+ 101
Cervical Cancer	40	336	39	266	+ 70
Malnutrition	41	226	63	12	+ 214
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	204	44	214	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	201	47	130	+ 71
Multiple Sclerosis	44	197	37	295	- 97
Drug Use	45	191	42	231	- 40
HIV/AIDS	46	152	55	33	+ 119
Asthma	47	144	46	165	- 21
Osteoarthritis	48	140	43	220	- 80
Schizophrenia	49	124	50	96	+ 28
Violence	50	119	48	107	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	51	104	45	167	- 63
Drownings	52	100	49	98	+ 2
Tuberculosis	53	98	56	29	+ 69
Hepatitis B	54	97	62	14	+ 84
Alcohol	55	81	32	612	- 532
Fires	56	79	53	49	+ 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	70	54	42	+ 28
Poisonings	58	45	61	17	+ 27
Birth Trauma	59	41	52	74	- 33
Meningitis	60	37	51	78	- 41
Appendicitis	61	14	58	26	- 11
Oral conditions	62	14	59	21	- 7
Tetanus	63	6	72	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	6	57	28	- 22
Otitis Media	65	5	64	10	- 5
War	66	2	66	2	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	2	65	8	- 6
Encephalitis	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Syphilis	69	1	69	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Measles	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NETHERLANDS

Italy

Netherlands

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.