SLOVENIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,342	1	3,617	- 275
Stroke	2	2,155	2	1,977	+ 178
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,426	16	375	+ 1,051
Lung Cancers	4	1,175	3	1,261	- 86
Lung Disease	5	1,114	7	675	+ 440
Hypertension	6	1,030	4	881	+ 149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	731	5	743	- 12
Diabetes Mellitus	8	683	18	340	+ 342
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	562	13	412	+ 151
Breast Cancer	10	477	9	484	- 7
Kidney Disease	11	438	28	143	+ 295
Other Injuries	12	417	23	203	+ 214
Pancreas Cancer	13	416	15	409	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	14	353	17	341	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	15	344	34	69	+ 274
Lymphomas	16	333	11	465	- 132
Liver Cancer	17	331	19	285	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	18	290	33	93	+ 198
Parkinson's Disease	19	290	24	196	+ 94
Prostate Cancer	20	289	10	476	- 187
Leukemia	21	232	21	225	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	22	231	22	211	+ 19
Liver Disease	23	191	12	429	- 238
Inflammatory/Heart	24	190	20	239	- 49
Falls	25	145	6	708	- 562
Suicide	26	139	14	411	- 272
Oral Cancer	27	115	27	145	- 30
Ovary Cancer	28	113	29	122	- 10
Skin Cancers	29	111	25	191	- 79
Road Traffic Accidents	30	111	31	105	+ 6
Hepatitis C	31	84	67	0	+ 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	76	26	151	- 75
Uterin Cancer	33	76	30	106	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	34	70	32	93	- 22
Anemia	35	58	60	1	+ 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	56	52	4	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	37	50	38	49	+ 1
Skin Disease	38	50	49	5	+ 44
Epilepsy	39	46	35	62	- 16
Cervical Cancer	40	40	36	60	- 21
Malnutrition	41	27	64	0	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	24	40	30	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	24	37	55	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	44	23	39	35	- 11
Drug Use	45	23	41	24	- 1
HIV/AIDS	46	18	70	0	+ 18
Asthma	47	17	45	16	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	48	17	85	0	+ 17
Schizophrenia	49	15	47	9	+ 5
Violence	50	14	42	19	- 5
Low Birth Weight	51	12	43	17	- 5
Drownings	52	12	44	17	- 5
Tuberculosis	53	12	46	15	- 3
Hepatitis B	54	11	58	1	+ 10
Alcohol	55	10	8	511	- 501
Fires	56	9	48	8	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	8	86	0	+ 8
Poisonings	58	5	51	4	+ 1
Birth Trauma	59	5	57	1	+ 4
Meningitis	60	4	50	5	- 1
Appendicitis	61	2	54	2	- 0
Oral conditions	62	2	53	3	- 1
Tetanus	63	1	59	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	68	0	+ 1
War	66	0	61	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	56	1	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	55	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

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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.