SWITZERLAND VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,115	1	10,713	+ 3,402
Stroke	2	9,103	3	3,918	+ 5,186
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,024	2	7,192	- 1,169
Lung Cancers	4	4,964	4	3,520	+ 1,444
Lung Disease	5	4,706	5	2,902	+ 1,804
Hypertension	6	4,350	6	2,471	+ 1,879
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,089	7	1,995	+ 1,094
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,883	17	1,022	+ 1,861
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,375	8	1,949	+ 425
Breast Cancer	10	2,016	11	1,577	+ 439
Kidney Disease	11	1,850	13	1,261	+ 588
Other Injuries	12	1,760	30	410	+ 1,351
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,758	12	1,486	+ 272
Stomach Cancer	14	1,490	24	614	+ 876
Other Neoplasms	15	1,451	20	681	+ 770
Lymphomas	16	1,405	15	1,131	+ 274
Liver Cancer	17	1,398	19	805	+ 593
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,225	25	593	+ 632
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,225	18	857	+ 368
Prostate Cancer	20	1,222	10	1,579	- 357
Leukemia	21	978	22	671	+ 307
Bladder Cancer	22	975	23	669	+ 306
Liver Disease	23	808	21	677	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	24	804	16	1,027	- 223
Falls	25	614	9	1,919	- 1,306
Suicide	26	587	14	1,249	- 662
Oral Cancer	27	486	26	500	- 14
Ovary Cancer	28	477	29	457	+ 20
Skin Cancers	29	471	27	493	- 22
Road Traffic Accidents	30	468	34	193	+ 275
Hepatitis C	31	356	58	15	+ 341
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	322	48	78	+ 244
Uterin Cancer	33	319	33	224	+ 96
Oesophagus Cancer	34	297	28	491	- 194
Anemia	35	243	44	102	+ 141
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	236	35	186	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	37	210	31	305	- 95
Skin Disease	38	209	40	129	+ 80
Epilepsy	39	194	39	159	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	40	168	42	105	+ 63
Malnutrition	41	113	47	84	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	102	49	68	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	100	41	122	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	44	98	38	160	- 62
Drug Use	45	95	36	176	- 81
HIV/AIDS	46	76	54	29	+ 47
Asthma	47	72	46	95	- 23
Osteoarthritis	48	70	37	170	- 100
Schizophrenia	49	62	45	96	- 35
Violence	50	59	51	42	+ 17
Low Birth Weight	51	52	43	105	- 53
Drownings	52	50	50	49	+ 1
Tuberculosis	53	49	56	21	+ 28
Hepatitis B	54	49	63	5	+ 44
Alcohol	55	40	32	229	- 189
Fires	56	39	55	21	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	35	53	32	+ 3
Poisonings	58	22	60	13	+ 9
Birth Trauma	59	20	52	32	- 12
Meningitis	60	19	57	20	- 1
Appendicitis	61	7	59	15	- 7
Oral conditions	62	7	62	8	- 1
Tetanus	63	3	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	61	11	- 8
Otitis Media	65	2	69	0	+ 2
War	66	1	67	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	64	4	- 3
Encephalitis	68	1	68	1	+ 0
Syphilis	69	1	65	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	80	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	66	1	- 1
Diphtheria	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Italy

Switzerland

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.