NEW ZEALAND VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,222	1	5,095	+ 3,127
Stroke	2	5,302	3	2,378	+ 2,924
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,509	2	3,032	+ 477
Lung Cancers	4	2,891	4	1,873	+ 1,018
Lung Disease	5	2,741	5	1,815	+ 927
Hypertension	6	2,534	20	327	+ 2,207
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,799	6	1,495	+ 305
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,679	8	769	+ 911
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,383	7	920	+ 463
Breast Cancer	10	1,174	10	737	+ 437
Kidney Disease	11	1,077	17	432	+ 645
Other Injuries	12	1,025	28	218	+ 807
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,024	14	543	+ 481
Stomach Cancer	14	868	22	323	+ 545
Other Neoplasms	15	845	27	245	+ 600
Lymphomas	16	819	13	608	+ 211
Liver Cancer	17	814	24	288	+ 527
Endocrine Disorders	18	714	21	325	+ 389
Parkinson's Disease	19	713	19	353	+ 360
Prostate Cancer	20	712	9	739	- 27
Leukemia	21	570	18	391	+ 179
Bladder Cancer	22	568	26	267	+ 301
Liver Disease	23	471	32	158	+ 313
Inflammatory/Heart	24	468	23	313	+ 155
Falls	25	357	11	627	- 269
Suicide	26	342	15	528	- 186
Oral Cancer	27	283	31	164	+ 119
Ovary Cancer	28	278	29	207	+ 71
Skin Cancers	29	274	12	612	- 337
Road Traffic Accidents	30	273	16	458	- 185
Hepatitis C	31	207	48	30	+ 178
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	188	35	113	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	33	186	33	145	+ 42
Oesophagus Cancer	34	173	25	279	- 106
Anemia	35	142	51	17	+ 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	137	37	81	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	37	122	30	176	- 53
Skin Disease	38	122	34	118	+ 4
Epilepsy	39	113	43	55	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	40	98	41	61	+ 37
Malnutrition	41	66	55	14	+ 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	59	46	47	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	58	39	70	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	44	57	47	43	+ 14
Drug Use	45	55	40	69	- 14
HIV/AIDS	46	44	57	10	+ 34
Asthma	47	42	36	91	- 49
Osteoarthritis	48	41	49	24	+ 17
Schizophrenia	49	36	60	8	+ 28
Violence	50	35	42	57	- 23
Low Birth Weight	51	30	38	78	- 48
Drownings	52	29	44	54	- 25
Tuberculosis	53	28	52	17	+ 11
Hepatitis B	54	28	56	14	+ 14
Alcohol	55	23	45	51	- 28
Fires	56	23	53	17	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	20	50	22	- 2
Poisonings	58	13	58	9	+ 4
Birth Trauma	59	12	54	15	- 3
Meningitis	60	11	59	9	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	4	62	6	- 2
Oral conditions	62	4	61	8	- 4
Tetanus	63	2	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	2	64	4	- 2
Otitis Media	65	1	67	1	+ 1
War	66	1	68	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	63	5	- 4
Encephalitis	68	0	66	1	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Italy

New Zealand

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.