SOMALIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,736	7	7,233	+ 13,504
Stroke	2	13,374	6	8,595	+ 4,778
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,849	32	647	+ 8,202
Lung Cancers	4	7,292	54	233	+ 7,059
Lung Disease	5	6,914	19	2,442	+ 4,472
Hypertension	6	6,391	18	2,643	+ 3,748
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,538	38	546	+ 3,992
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,235	16	2,888	+ 1,348
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,489	1	21,712	- 18,223
Breast Cancer	10	2,961	26	1,232	+ 1,730
Kidney Disease	11	2,717	21	2,051	+ 666
Other Injuries	12	2,586	14	3,602	- 1,015
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,582	62	108	+ 2,475
Stomach Cancer	14	2,189	49	310	+ 1,879
Other Neoplasms	15	2,132	70	12	+ 2,119
Lymphomas	16	2,065	34	605	+ 1,460
Liver Cancer	17	2,054	53	256	+ 1,798
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,800	44	406	+ 1,394
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,799	56	184	+ 1,616
Prostate Cancer	20	1,796	52	285	+ 1,510
Leukemia	21	1,437	35	562	+ 875
Bladder Cancer	22	1,433	61	149	+ 1,284
Liver Disease	23	1,187	13	3,917	- 2,730
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,181	39	521	+ 660
Falls	25	902	37	548	+ 354
Suicide	26	863	27	1,219	- 356
Oral Cancer	27	714	46	328	+ 386
Ovary Cancer	28	701	50	295	+ 406
Skin Cancers	29	692	57	164	+ 528
Road Traffic Accidents	30	688	11	4,231	- 3,543
Hepatitis C	31	523	67	34	+ 489
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	473	41	446	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	33	469	64	78	+ 391
Oesophagus Cancer	34	437	40	516	- 80
Anemia	35	357	83	0	+ 357
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	346	2	15,363	- 15,016
Congenital Anomalies	37	308	15	3,410	- 3,102
Skin Disease	38	307	58	151	+ 156
Epilepsy	39	285	43	419	- 133
Cervical Cancer	40	246	28	883	- 637
Malnutrition	41	166	10	4,825	- 4,659
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	150	66	35	+ 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	147	36	559	- 412
Multiple Sclerosis	44	144	71	8	+ 137
Drug Use	45	140	65	54	+ 85
HIV/AIDS	46	111	33	610	- 499
Asthma	47	105	23	1,878	- 1,773
Osteoarthritis	48	103	85	0	+ 103
Schizophrenia	49	91	81	0	+ 91
Violence	50	87	29	828	- 741
Low Birth Weight	51	76	8	6,250	- 6,174
Drownings	52	73	25	1,272	- 1,198
Tuberculosis	53	72	4	10,261	- 10,190
Hepatitis B	54	71	48	315	- 243
Alcohol	55	59	59	151	- 92
Fires	56	58	30	810	- 753
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	51	84	0	+ 51
Poisonings	58	33	31	758	- 725
Birth Trauma	59	30	5	9,573	- 9,543
Meningitis	60	27	9	5,381	- 5,354
Appendicitis	61	10	55	188	- 177
Oral conditions	62	10	86	0	+ 10
Tetanus	63	5	17	2,648	- 2,644
Upper Respiratory	64	4	47	326	- 321
Otitis Media	65	3	68	32	- 28
War	66	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Maternal Conditions	67	1	12	4,127	- 4,125
Encephalitis	68	1	63	91	- 90
Syphilis	69	1	45	378	- 377
Leishmaniasis	70	1	51	290	- 289
Measles	71	0	3	11,576	- 11,575
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	20	2,054	- 2,054
Leprosy	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	60	150	- 150
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	435	- 435
Malaria	79	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Ascariasis	80	0	69	30	- 30
Dengue	81	0	73	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	72	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.