SPAIN VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	75,317	1	51,684	+ 23,633
Stroke	2	48,574	3	29,004	+ 19,571
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	32,142	2	42,339	- 10,197
Lung Cancers	4	26,486	4	22,131	+ 4,356
Lung Disease	5	25,114	5	18,926	+ 6,187
Hypertension	6	23,213	9	9,115	+ 14,098
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	16,483	6	16,957	- 475
Diabetes Mellitus	8	15,384	10	7,773	+ 7,610
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	12,671	7	13,717	- 1,046
Breast Cancer	10	10,755	11	7,067	+ 3,688
Kidney Disease	11	9,869	8	9,725	+ 145
Other Injuries	12	9,393	15	5,536	+ 3,857
Pancreas Cancer	13	9,380	12	6,752	+ 2,628
Stomach Cancer	14	7,951	14	5,796	+ 2,155
Other Neoplasms	15	7,743	22	4,748	+ 2,995
Lymphomas	16	7,500	16	5,335	+ 2,165
Liver Cancer	17	7,461	18	5,098	+ 2,362
Endocrine Disorders	18	6,538	21	4,863	+ 1,675
Parkinson's Disease	19	6,536	20	4,943	+ 1,593
Prostate Cancer	20	6,522	13	6,420	+ 102
Leukemia	21	5,218	24	3,772	+ 1,446
Bladder Cancer	22	5,204	17	5,222	- 18
Liver Disease	23	4,312	23	4,231	+ 80
Inflammatory/Heart	24	4,289	19	4,984	- 695
Falls	25	3,275	26	3,246	+ 28
Suicide	26	3,135	25	3,609	- 475
Oral Cancer	27	2,593	27	2,583	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	28	2,545	28	2,026	+ 519
Skin Cancers	29	2,512	32	1,803	+ 709
Road Traffic Accidents	30	2,498	31	1,829	+ 669
Hepatitis C	31	1,900	42	652	+ 1,248
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,718	33	1,612	+ 106
Uterin Cancer	33	1,705	34	1,612	+ 93
Oesophagus Cancer	34	1,586	29	2,011	- 425
Anemia	35	1,297	37	914	+ 383
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,258	36	1,064	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,119	38	863	+ 256
Skin Disease	38	1,117	30	1,840	- 724
Epilepsy	39	1,037	40	824	+ 213
Cervical Cancer	40	895	39	855	+ 40
Malnutrition	41	601	47	302	+ 299
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	544	48	294	+ 250
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	535	44	475	+ 60
Multiple Sclerosis	44	525	49	287	+ 238
Drug Use	45	507	41	776	- 269
HIV/AIDS	46	403	43	538	- 135
Asthma	47	383	35	1,133	- 750
Osteoarthritis	48	373	53	212	+ 161
Schizophrenia	49	329	56	181	+ 148
Violence	50	317	51	262	+ 55
Low Birth Weight	51	277	52	253	+ 25
Drownings	52	267	45	446	- 179
Tuberculosis	53	261	50	270	- 10
Hepatitis B	54	259	58	162	+ 97
Alcohol	55	215	46	333	- 119
Fires	56	210	55	185	+ 26
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	187	54	204	- 18
Poisonings	58	119	57	170	- 51
Birth Trauma	59	109	60	113	- 4
Meningitis	60	99	59	129	- 30
Appendicitis	61	38	61	79	- 42
Oral conditions	62	37	63	44	- 7
Tetanus	63	17	72	2	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	64	16	62	47	- 31
Otitis Media	65	12	66	9	+ 3
War	66	5	68	6	- 1
Maternal Conditions	67	5	64	14	- 9
Encephalitis	68	4	70	4	- 0
Syphilis	69	3	67	9	- 6
Leishmaniasis	70	2	65	11	- 8
Measles	71	1	81	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	72	1	71	3	- 3
Pertussis	73	0	73	2	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	69	4	- 4
Diphtheria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

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.