UNITED KINGDOM VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	109,054	2	71,728	+ 37,326
Stroke	2	70,333	4	37,626	+ 32,706
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	46,539	1	98,135	- 51,596
Lung Cancers	4	38,351	5	35,715	+ 2,636
Lung Disease	5	36,363	6	32,896	+ 3,467
Hypertension	6	33,610	23	5,208	+ 28,402
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	23,866	7	18,446	+ 5,420
Diabetes Mellitus	8	22,274	17	5,842	+ 16,432
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	18,347	3	40,540	- 22,193
Breast Cancer	10	15,573	9	12,718	+ 2,855
Kidney Disease	11	14,290	18	5,471	+ 8,819
Other Injuries	12	13,601	19	5,464	+ 8,137
Pancreas Cancer	13	13,581	11	8,995	+ 4,586
Stomach Cancer	14	11,513	24	4,999	+ 6,514
Other Neoplasms	15	11,211	26	3,986	+ 7,226
Lymphomas	16	10,859	10	9,350	+ 1,509
Liver Cancer	17	10,803	21	5,237	+ 5,566
Endocrine Disorders	18	9,467	28	3,297	+ 6,170
Parkinson's Disease	19	9,464	13	8,573	+ 891
Prostate Cancer	20	9,443	8	13,289	- 3,846
Leukemia	21	7,556	22	5,211	+ 2,345
Bladder Cancer	22	7,535	16	6,133	+ 1,402
Liver Disease	23	6,243	14	7,666	- 1,423
Inflammatory/Heart	24	6,211	29	3,126	+ 3,084
Falls	25	4,741	15	7,618	- 2,877
Suicide	26	4,539	20	5,325	- 786
Oral Cancer	27	3,754	30	3,109	+ 645
Ovary Cancer	28	3,685	25	4,019	- 334
Skin Cancers	29	3,637	27	3,727	- 90
Road Traffic Accidents	30	3,617	33	2,169	+ 1,448
Hepatitis C	31	2,752	51	267	+ 2,485
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	2,488	45	876	+ 1,612
Uterin Cancer	33	2,468	32	2,346	+ 122
Oesophagus Cancer	34	2,297	12	8,727	- 6,430
Anemia	35	1,878	50	277	+ 1,601
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	1,821	38	1,599	+ 222
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,621	35	2,127	- 506
Skin Disease	38	1,617	34	2,134	- 517
Epilepsy	39	1,501	42	1,193	+ 307
Cervical Cancer	40	1,295	43	1,099	+ 196
Malnutrition	41	871	58	116	+ 755
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	788	44	1,014	- 226
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	775	36	2,090	- 1,315
Multiple Sclerosis	44	760	37	1,856	- 1,096
Drug Use	45	734	31	2,824	- 2,090
HIV/AIDS	46	584	55	188	+ 396
Asthma	47	554	41	1,302	- 748
Osteoarthritis	48	540	57	167	+ 373
Schizophrenia	49	476	60	101	+ 375
Violence	50	459	46	868	- 409
Low Birth Weight	51	401	40	1,313	- 912
Drownings	52	386	49	301	+ 85
Tuberculosis	53	377	47	351	+ 26
Hepatitis B	54	375	65	40	+ 335
Alcohol	55	311	39	1,555	- 1,244
Fires	56	304	48	334	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	270	56	184	+ 87
Poisonings	58	173	53	221	- 48
Birth Trauma	59	157	54	190	- 32
Meningitis	60	143	52	232	- 89
Appendicitis	61	54	59	105	- 51
Oral conditions	62	53	61	54	- 1
Tetanus	63	24	72	0	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	64	23	63	48	- 26
Otitis Media	65	18	66	16	+ 2
War	66	7	67	10	- 3
Maternal Conditions	67	7	64	47	- 40
Encephalitis	68	5	68	6	- 1
Syphilis	69	5	62	49	- 44
Leishmaniasis	70	4	70	0	+ 3
Measles	71	2	75	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Pertussis	73	1	69	3	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	83	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

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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.