ITALY VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	68,326	2	62,633	+ 5,692
Coronary Heart Disease	2	53,961	1	97,116	- 43,155
Diabetes Mellitus	3	50,663	8	19,836	+ 30,827
Kidney Disease	4	28,913	11	12,726	+ 16,188
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	23,827	9	16,339	+ 7,489
Prostate Cancer	6	20,415	20	8,409	+ 12,006
Road Traffic Accidents	7	19,790	30	3,221	+ 16,569
Lung Disease	8	19,167	5	32,382	- 13,216
Hypertension	9	19,034	6	29,931	- 10,897
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	17,263	3	41,445	- 24,181
Violence	11	13,424	50	409	+ 13,015
Liver Disease	12	12,641	23	5,559	+ 7,081
Inflammatory/Heart	13	11,427	24	5,531	+ 5,896
Breast Cancer	14	9,234	10	13,868	- 4,634
Stomach Cancer	15	7,948	14	10,252	- 2,304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	7,656	7	21,254	- 13,597
Endocrine Disorders	17	7,319	18	8,431	- 1,112
Lung Cancers	18	6,782	4	34,152	- 27,371
Low Birth Weight	19	6,236	51	357	+ 5,879
Skin Disease	20	5,863	38	1,440	+ 4,423
Other Injuries	21	5,351	12	12,112	- 6,761
Suicide	22	5,223	26	4,042	+ 1,181
Parkinson's Disease	23	5,032	19	8,428	- 3,396
Lymphomas	24	4,747	16	9,670	- 4,923
Cervical Cancer	25	4,302	40	1,154	+ 3,149
Falls	26	3,819	25	4,222	- 403
Asthma	27	3,479	47	494	+ 2,985
Drownings	28	3,383	52	344	+ 3,039
Alcohol	29	3,353	55	277	+ 3,076
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,936	37	1,443	+ 1,493
Pancreas Cancer	31	2,923	13	12,095	- 9,171
Epilepsy	32	2,582	39	1,337	+ 1,245
Malnutrition	33	2,388	41	775	+ 1,612
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,947	43	690	+ 1,257
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,661	36	1,622	+ 39
Leukemia	36	1,604	21	6,728	- 5,124
Liver Cancer	37	1,466	17	9,620	- 8,154
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,428	32	2,216	- 788
Fires	39	1,202	56	271	+ 931
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,138	34	2,045	- 907
Ovary Cancer	41	1,135	28	3,282	- 2,147
Birth Trauma	42	1,122	59	140	+ 982
Oral Cancer	43	1,116	27	3,343	- 2,227
Tuberculosis	44	1,058	53	336	+ 722
Uterin Cancer	45	738	33	2,198	- 1,460
Drug Use	46	695	45	654	+ 41
Maternal Conditions	47	669	67	6	+ 663
Other Neoplasms	48	659	15	9,984	- 9,325
Meningitis	49	530	60	128	+ 402
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	475	42	701	- 227
Appendicitis	51	407	61	49	+ 359
Encephalitis	52	399	68	5	+ 395
Dengue	53	214	81	0	+ 214
Multiple Sclerosis	54	161	44	677	- 515
Poisonings	55	95	58	154	- 59
Tetanus	56	77	63	22	+ 56
Syphilis	57	68	69	4	+ 64
War	58	61	66	6	+ 54
Upper Respiratory	59	46	64	20	+ 26
Hepatitis B	60	21	54	334	- 313
Schistosomiasis	61	19	78	0	+ 19
Chlamydia	62	16	84	0	+ 16
Pertussis	63	11	73	1	+ 10
Ascariasis	64	4	80	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	2	31	2,451	- 2,449
Otitis Media	66	0	65	16	- 16
Diphtheria	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	29	3,239	- 3,239
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	22	6,711	- 6,711
Schizophrenia	73	0	49	424	- 424
Oral conditions	74	0	62	47	- 47
Osteoarthritis	75	0	48	481	- 481
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	57	241	- 241
Measles	77	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	72	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	70	3	- 3
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	46	520	- 520
Trichuriasis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Saint Lucia

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.