NEW GUINEA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,003	1	6,835	+ 9,168
Stroke	2	10,321	2	5,095	+ 5,227
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,830	33	343	+ 6,487
Lung Cancers	4	5,628	23	622	+ 5,006
Lung Disease	5	5,336	3	4,538	+ 798
Hypertension	6	4,932	13	1,096	+ 3,837
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,502	29	445	+ 3,057
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,269	4	4,533	- 1,264
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,692	6	2,595	+ 97
Breast Cancer	10	2,285	17	764	+ 1,522
Kidney Disease	11	2,097	18	687	+ 1,410
Other Injuries	12	1,996	20	647	+ 1,349
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,993	52	107	+ 1,886
Stomach Cancer	14	1,689	28	447	+ 1,243
Other Neoplasms	15	1,645	60	15	+ 1,630
Lymphomas	16	1,594	32	353	+ 1,241
Liver Cancer	17	1,585	21	644	+ 941
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,389	47	153	+ 1,236
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,389	45	185	+ 1,204
Prostate Cancer	20	1,386	36	285	+ 1,101
Leukemia	21	1,109	38	253	+ 856
Bladder Cancer	22	1,106	54	82	+ 1,023
Liver Disease	23	916	22	624	+ 292
Inflammatory/Heart	24	911	43	229	+ 683
Falls	25	696	26	502	+ 194
Suicide	26	666	37	259	+ 407
Oral Cancer	27	551	25	580	- 29
Ovary Cancer	28	541	46	179	+ 362
Skin Cancers	29	534	31	417	+ 117
Road Traffic Accidents	30	531	12	1,105	- 575
Hepatitis C	31	404	62	8	+ 396
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	365	14	1,072	- 707
Uterin Cancer	33	362	55	81	+ 281
Oesophagus Cancer	34	337	44	199	+ 138
Anemia	35	276	82	0	+ 276
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	267	8	2,295	- 2,028
Congenital Anomalies	37	238	16	951	- 713
Skin Disease	38	237	49	126	+ 111
Epilepsy	39	220	51	111	+ 110
Cervical Cancer	40	190	19	665	- 474
Malnutrition	41	128	48	134	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	116	65	5	+ 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	114	35	302	- 188
Multiple Sclerosis	44	112	66	5	+ 107
Drug Use	45	108	61	13	+ 95
HIV/AIDS	46	86	24	611	- 526
Asthma	47	81	9	1,842	- 1,761
Osteoarthritis	48	79	85	0	+ 79
Schizophrenia	49	70	80	0	+ 70
Violence	50	67	15	969	- 901
Low Birth Weight	51	59	10	1,661	- 1,602
Drownings	52	57	40	240	- 183
Tuberculosis	53	55	5	3,969	- 3,914
Hepatitis B	54	55	58	27	+ 28
Alcohol	55	46	53	93	- 48
Fires	56	45	27	488	- 443
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	40	84	0	+ 40
Poisonings	58	25	50	121	- 96
Birth Trauma	59	23	11	1,504	- 1,481
Meningitis	60	21	34	324	- 303
Appendicitis	61	8	59	20	- 12
Oral conditions	62	8	86	0	+ 8
Tetanus	63	4	56	48	- 44
Upper Respiratory	64	3	68	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	3	71	0	+ 2
War	66	1	69	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	30	421	- 420
Encephalitis	68	1	57	31	- 30
Syphilis	69	1	42	234	- 233
Leishmaniasis	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Measles	71	0	41	238	- 237
Chagas disease	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	39	248	- 248
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Ascariasis	80	0	63	7	- 7
Dengue	81	0	64	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Italy

New Guinea

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.