ITALY VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	118,275	1	97,116	+ 21,159
Diabetes Mellitus	2	75,119	8	19,836	+ 55,283
Stroke	3	72,907	2	62,633	+ 10,273
Kidney Disease	4	34,422	11	12,726	+ 21,696
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	31,692	9	16,339	+ 15,354
Lung Disease	6	25,232	5	32,382	- 7,150
Suicide	7	19,655	26	4,042	+ 15,613
Hypertension	8	16,597	6	29,931	- 13,334
Liver Disease	9	14,513	23	5,559	+ 8,954
Lung Cancers	10	14,037	4	34,152	- 20,115
Drownings	11	10,542	52	344	+ 10,198
Breast Cancer	12	10,394	10	13,868	- 3,475
Asthma	13	9,737	47	494	+ 9,243
Low Birth Weight	14	9,161	51	357	+ 8,804
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	8,399	32	2,216	+ 6,183
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	8,218	36	1,622	+ 6,596
Other Injuries	17	8,146	12	12,112	- 3,967
Congenital Anomalies	18	8,127	37	1,443	+ 6,684
Tuberculosis	19	7,659	53	336	+ 7,323
Stomach Cancer	20	7,186	14	10,252	- 3,066
Birth Trauma	21	6,621	59	140	+ 6,481
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	5,160	7	21,254	- 16,093
Cervical Cancer	23	5,096	40	1,154	+ 3,942
Liver Cancer	24	4,994	17	9,620	- 4,626
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	4,050	43	690	+ 3,360
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	3,990	3	41,445	- 37,454
Falls	27	3,765	25	4,222	- 458
Inflammatory/Heart	28	3,688	24	5,531	- 1,843
Prostate Cancer	29	3,372	20	8,409	- 5,037
Endocrine Disorders	30	3,247	18	8,431	- 5,184
Violence	31	3,224	50	409	+ 2,816
Leukemia	32	3,074	21	6,728	- 3,655
Parkinson's Disease	33	2,857	19	8,428	- 5,570
Maternal Conditions	34	2,244	67	6	+ 2,238
Pancreas Cancer	35	2,219	13	12,095	- 9,876
Lymphomas	36	2,202	16	9,670	- 7,469
Pertussis	37	2,158	73	1	+ 2,157
Oral Cancer	38	2,066	27	3,343	- 1,277
Meningitis	39	1,954	60	128	+ 1,826
Syphilis	40	1,849	69	4	+ 1,845
Uterin Cancer	41	1,753	33	2,198	- 445
Skin Disease	42	1,677	38	1,440	+ 237
Epilepsy	43	1,670	39	1,337	+ 333
Malnutrition	44	1,626	41	775	+ 851
Ovary Cancer	45	1,413	28	3,282	- 1,869
Alcohol	46	1,392	55	277	+ 1,115
Oesophagus Cancer	47	1,336	34	2,045	- 710
Fires	48	1,232	56	271	+ 961
Bladder Cancer	49	955	22	6,711	- 5,755
Poisonings	50	623	58	154	+ 469
Skin Cancers	51	556	29	3,239	- 2,683
Drug Use	52	378	45	654	- 276
Encephalitis	53	364	68	5	+ 360
Appendicitis	54	271	61	49	+ 223
Other Neoplasms	55	228	15	9,984	- 9,756
Measles	56	213	71	1	+ 212
Hepatitis B	57	184	54	334	- 150
Road Traffic Accidents	58	111	30	3,221	- 3,109
Tetanus	59	103	63	22	+ 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	89	42	701	- 612
Dengue	61	85	81	0	+ 85
Multiple Sclerosis	62	84	44	677	- 592
Hepatitis C	63	22	31	2,451	- 2,429
Diphtheria	64	21	76	0	+ 21
Ascariasis	65	20	80	0	+ 20
War	66	8	66	6	+ 2
Chlamydia	67	7	84	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	68	6	64	20	- 15
Otitis Media	69	1	65	16	- 15
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	46	520	- 520
Leishmaniasis	75	0	70	3	- 3
Chagas disease	76	0	72	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	241	- 241
Osteoarthritis	81	0	48	481	- 481
Oral conditions	82	0	62	47	- 47
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	424	- 424
Anemia	85	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Micronesia

Italy

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.