VENEZUELA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	49,781	1	26,905	+ 22,876
Stroke	2	32,106	3	12,133	+ 19,972
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	21,244	35	572	+ 20,672
Lung Cancers	4	17,506	11	3,900	+ 13,607
Lung Disease	5	16,599	10	5,150	+ 11,450
Hypertension	6	15,343	9	5,195	+ 10,148
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	10,894	19	2,037	+ 8,857
Diabetes Mellitus	8	10,168	4	11,176	- 1,009
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	8,375	7	7,188	+ 1,187
Breast Cancer	10	7,109	15	2,563	+ 4,546
Kidney Disease	11	6,523	8	5,932	+ 591
Other Injuries	12	6,209	21	1,693	+ 4,515
Pancreas Cancer	13	6,200	25	1,082	+ 5,118
Stomach Cancer	14	5,255	17	2,175	+ 3,080
Other Neoplasms	15	5,118	18	2,167	+ 2,950
Lymphomas	16	4,957	23	1,248	+ 3,709
Liver Cancer	17	4,931	26	1,029	+ 3,902
Endocrine Disorders	18	4,322	30	760	+ 3,562
Parkinson's Disease	19	4,320	48	252	+ 4,068
Prostate Cancer	20	4,311	13	2,848	+ 1,462
Leukemia	21	3,449	27	1,007	+ 2,441
Bladder Cancer	22	3,440	45	365	+ 3,075
Liver Disease	23	2,850	16	2,340	+ 509
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,835	33	599	+ 2,236
Falls	25	2,164	28	865	+ 1,299
Suicide	26	2,072	34	585	+ 1,487
Oral Cancer	27	1,714	38	544	+ 1,170
Ovary Cancer	28	1,682	36	563	+ 1,119
Skin Cancers	29	1,660	37	553	+ 1,107
Road Traffic Accidents	30	1,651	5	11,127	- 9,476
Hepatitis C	31	1,256	65	21	+ 1,235
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	1,136	57	80	+ 1,056
Uterin Cancer	33	1,127	47	309	+ 817
Oesophagus Cancer	34	1,048	44	370	+ 679
Anemia	35	857	55	126	+ 732
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	831	22	1,359	- 528
Congenital Anomalies	37	740	14	2,846	- 2,106
Skin Disease	38	738	66	18	+ 720
Epilepsy	39	685	41	411	+ 275
Cervical Cancer	40	591	20	1,986	- 1,395
Malnutrition	41	398	32	629	- 232
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	360	52	180	+ 180
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	354	40	418	- 64
Multiple Sclerosis	44	347	60	51	+ 296
Drug Use	45	335	50	225	+ 110
HIV/AIDS	46	266	6	7,490	- 7,224
Asthma	47	253	46	311	- 58
Osteoarthritis	48	247	72	3	+ 244
Schizophrenia	49	217	69	6	+ 212
Violence	50	209	2	18,132	- 17,923
Low Birth Weight	51	183	12	3,088	- 2,905
Drownings	52	176	43	388	- 212
Tuberculosis	53	172	31	748	- 575
Hepatitis B	54	171	63	30	+ 142
Alcohol	55	142	62	34	+ 108
Fires	56	139	54	144	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	123	53	151	- 27
Poisonings	58	79	58	68	+ 11
Birth Trauma	59	72	24	1,087	- 1,015
Meningitis	60	65	49	251	- 185
Appendicitis	61	25	56	98	- 73
Oral conditions	62	24	86	0	+ 24
Tetanus	63	11	68	8	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	10	74	1	+ 9
Otitis Media	65	8	75	1	+ 7
War	66	3	51	185	- 182
Maternal Conditions	67	3	39	422	- 419
Encephalitis	68	2	61	37	- 35
Syphilis	69	2	67	15	- 13
Leishmaniasis	70	2	73	3	- 1
Measles	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	72	1	29	826	- 826
Pertussis	73	0	64	26	- 25
Leprosy	74	0	71	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	76	1	- 1
Malaria	79	0	42	402	- 402
Ascariasis	80	0	70	5	- 5
Dengue	81	0	59	65	- 65
Trichuriasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Italy

Venezuela

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.