SOUTH KOREA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SOUTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	82,965	1	28,043	+ 54,923
Stroke	2	53,507	3	25,596	+ 27,911
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	35,406	6	12,145	+ 23,261
Lung Cancers	4	29,176	4	20,293	+ 8,883
Lung Disease	5	27,664	11	8,526	+ 19,138
Hypertension	6	25,570	17	3,711	+ 21,859
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	18,157	8	10,180	+ 7,976
Diabetes Mellitus	8	16,946	13	6,812	+ 10,134
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	13,958	2	26,650	- 12,692
Breast Cancer	10	11,847	21	2,880	+ 8,967
Kidney Disease	11	10,872	9	10,107	+ 764
Other Injuries	12	10,347	18	3,634	+ 6,714
Pancreas Cancer	13	10,332	12	6,994	+ 3,339
Stomach Cancer	14	8,759	10	8,625	+ 134
Other Neoplasms	15	8,529	26	1,807	+ 6,723
Lymphomas	16	8,261	19	3,477	+ 4,784
Liver Cancer	17	8,218	7	11,589	- 3,371
Endocrine Disorders	18	7,202	25	1,891	+ 5,312
Parkinson's Disease	19	7,200	16	3,951	+ 3,249
Prostate Cancer	20	7,184	22	2,316	+ 4,868
Leukemia	21	5,748	23	2,140	+ 3,608
Bladder Cancer	22	5,733	27	1,768	+ 3,965
Liver Disease	23	4,749	14	6,348	- 1,599
Inflammatory/Heart	24	4,725	31	1,325	+ 3,400
Falls	25	3,607	20	2,934	+ 673
Suicide	26	3,453	5	14,636	- 11,183
Oral Cancer	27	2,856	29	1,457	+ 1,399
Ovary Cancer	28	2,803	30	1,330	+ 1,474
Skin Cancers	29	2,767	37	585	+ 2,182
Road Traffic Accidents	30	2,751	15	4,399	- 1,647
Hepatitis C	31	2,093	49	168	+ 1,926
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,893	48	224	+ 1,669
Uterin Cancer	33	1,878	43	420	+ 1,458
Oesophagus Cancer	34	1,747	28	1,733	+ 15
Anemia	35	1,429	46	329	+ 1,100
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,386	35	929	+ 457
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,233	41	518	+ 715
Skin Disease	38	1,230	36	704	+ 526
Epilepsy	39	1,142	40	524	+ 617
Cervical Cancer	40	986	34	1,065	- 79
Malnutrition	41	663	53	88	+ 574
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	599	51	150	+ 449
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	589	38	540	+ 50
Multiple Sclerosis	44	578	66	11	+ 567
Drug Use	45	559	50	154	+ 405
HIV/AIDS	46	444	55	84	+ 360
Asthma	47	422	32	1,150	- 729
Osteoarthritis	48	411	60	41	+ 370
Schizophrenia	49	362	56	77	+ 285
Violence	50	349	44	386	- 37
Low Birth Weight	51	305	45	370	- 65
Drownings	52	294	42	501	- 207
Tuberculosis	53	287	24	1,950	- 1,663
Hepatitis B	54	285	39	526	- 241
Alcohol	55	237	33	1,081	- 844
Fires	56	232	47	263	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	206	59	49	+ 156
Poisonings	58	132	52	115	+ 16
Birth Trauma	59	120	54	88	+ 32
Meningitis	60	109	58	51	+ 58
Appendicitis	61	41	57	54	- 12
Oral conditions	62	40	64	21	+ 19
Tetanus	63	18	69	5	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	64	17	63	26	- 8
Otitis Media	65	14	70	5	+ 9
War	66	5	68	5	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	5	61	34	- 29
Encephalitis	68	4	65	19	- 15
Syphilis	69	4	62	27	- 23
Leishmaniasis	70	3	79	0	+ 3
Measles	71	1	83	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	1	67	6	- 6
Leprosy	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	79	0	71	1	- 1
Ascariasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH KOREA

Italy

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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.