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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy
ITALY		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
66.7
71.7
69.1
22
24
21
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
68.7
74.6
71.6
15
14
13
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
70.7
77.4
73.9
17
12
13
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
73.6
80.3
76.9
11
7
8
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
76.6
82.6
79.5
6
4
4
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
77.4
83.5
80.3
16
8
12
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Italy
ITALY		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
77.4
83.5
16
8
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
80.6
85.7
7
8
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
80.6
85.8
7
8
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
80.6
85.8
8
8
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
80.8
85.9
7
8
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
81.0
85.9
7
8
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
81.2
86.0
7
8
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
81.4
86.1
7
7
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
81.6
86.2
8
7
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
81.8
86.3
9
9
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
82.2
86.6
9
9
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
82.7
86.9
10
9
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
83.4
87.3
10
9
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.3
87.9
12
9
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.5
88.6
16
9
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.0
89.6
23
11
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.1
91.0
25
17
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.8
93.1
38
23
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.0
95.8
44
31
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.8
99.2
46
37
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.2
58
48
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy
ITALY		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
51.66
176
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
34.93
163
  
36.89
160
3 Lung Cancers
25.49
40
  
30.98
18
4 Breast Cancer
19.60
53
  
23.62
20
5 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.32
42
  
15.49
33
6 Hypertension
14.03
142
  
3.67
183
7 Diabetes Mellitus
12.36
151
  
5.04
185
8 Lung Disease
11.55
148
  
21.47
98
9 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.74
35
  
17.08
14
10 Road Traffic Accidents
8.37
150
  
4.77
180
11 Stomach Cancer
8.27
72
  
4.81
130
12 Pancreas Cancer
7.37
34
  
6.81
39
13 Liver Cancer
7.15
78
  
3.07
164
14 Other Injuries
6.96
147
  
5.54
170
15 Liver Disease
6.84
130
  
9.48
96
16 Lymphomas
6.75
51
  
7.35
36
17 Other Neoplasms
5.30
23
  
2.95
92
18 Leukemia
5.04
37
  
4.39
63
19 Prostate Cancer
4.90
124
  
8.21
58
20 Kidney Disease
4.89
166
  
3.23
185
21 Influenza & Pneumonia
4.67
186
  
23.69
125
22 Suicide
4.48
148
  
6.90
101
23 Endocrine Disorders
4.29
123
  
3.13
147
24 Bladder Cancer
3.86
40
  
4.27
28
25 Inflammatory/Heart
3.54
135
  
2.97
152
26 Congenital Anomalies
2.80
179
  
3.68
164
27 Ovary Cancer
2.75
61
  
3.96
20
28 Oral Cancer
2.66
100
  
2.39
113
29 Parkinson Disease
2.39
38
  
3.48
8
30 Falls
2.23
144
  
3.51
109
31 Skin Cancers
2.01
51
  
2.74
32
32 Oesophagus Cancer
1.58
135
  
7.62
30
33 Low Birth Weight
1.54
165
  
3.39
144
34 HIV/AIDS
1.44
114
  
0.40
137
35 Uterin Cancer
1.43
70
  
1.53
64
36 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.21
113
  
0.90
140
37 Violence
1.10
161
  
1.14
160
38 Birth Trauma
1.10
147
  
0.64
166
39 Hepatitis C
1.06
32
  
0.23
107
40 Cervical Cancer
1.02
176
  
1.38
161
41 Poisonings
0.67
153
  
2.81
89
42 Anaemia
0.66
133
  
0.15
171
43 Epilepsy
0.63
176
  
1.57
104
44 Drug Use
0.58
67
  
2.14
27
45 Drownings
0.57
182
  
0.35
187
46 Skin Disease
0.53
152
  
1.50
104
47 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.53
185
  
2.54
123
48 Multiple Sclerosis
0.40
45
  
1.33
4
49 Asthma
0.36
188
  
1.09
153
50 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.35
113
  
0.67
68
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Italy
ITALY		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
87,782
18.65
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
64,923
13.79
  
55,919
11.98
3 Lung Cancers
32,773
6.96
  
35,845
7.68
4 Hypertension
26,786
5.69
  
5,191
1.11
5 Lung Disease
21,527
4.57
  
29,069
6.23
6 Diabetes Mellitus
20,567
4.37
  
6,682
1.43
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
20,269
4.31
  
18,951
4.06
8 Alzheimers/Dementia
19,361
4.11
  
29,116
6.24
9 Breast Cancer
13,222
2.81
  
14,343
3.07
10 Stomach Cancer
11,615
2.47
  
6,006
1.29
11 Other Injuries
10,767
2.29
  
6,029
1.29
12 Pancreas Cancer
9,907
2.10
  
7,954
1.70
13 Liver Cancer
9,753
2.07
  
3,470
0.74
14 Lymphomas
8,897
1.89
  
8,744
1.87
15 Kidney Disease
8,744
1.86
  
4,804
1.03
16 Influenza & Pneumonia
8,682
1.84
  
37,348
8.00
17 Prostate Cancer
8,379
1.78
  
11,508
2.46
18 Liver Disease
8,165
1.73
  
7,767
1.66
19 Other Neoplasms
8,026
1.71
  
3,829
0.82
20 Leukemia
6,359
1.35
  
5,077
1.09
21 Bladder Cancer
6,087
1.29
  
5,842
1.25
22 Endocrine Disorders
5,736
1.22
  
3,056
0.65
23 Inflammatory/Heart
5,310
1.13
  
3,014
0.65
24 Road Traffic Accidents
5,285
1.12
  
3,073
0.66
25 Parkinson Disease
4,456
0.95
  
5,348
1.15
26 Suicide
3,637
0.77
  
4,660
1.00
27 Ovary Cancer
3,270
0.69
  
4,366
0.94
28 Oral Cancer
3,042
0.65
  
2,428
0.52
29 Falls
2,993
0.64
  
4,450
0.95
30 Skin Cancers
2,415
0.51
  
2,947
0.63
31 Uterin Cancer
2,025
0.43
  
1,852
0.40
32 Oesophagus Cancer
1,916
0.41
  
8,762
1.88
33 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,896
0.40
  
1,204
0.26
34 Hepatitis C
1,420
0.30
  
189
0.04
35 Congenital Anomalies
1,373
0.29
  
1,950
0.42
36 Anaemia
1,243
0.26
  
260
0.06
37 Cervical Cancer
1,061
0.23
  
1,322
0.28
38 HIV/AIDS
1,037
0.22
  
266
0.06
39 Skin Disease
985
0.21
  
2,188
0.47
40 Peptic Ulcer Disease
906
0.19
  
3,294
0.71
41 Epilepsy
678
0.14
  
1,201
0.26
42 Violence
676
0.14
  
703
0.15
43 Rheumatoid Arthritis
565
0.12
  
905
0.19
44 Asthma
556
0.12
  
1,260
0.27
45 Low Birth Weight
507
0.11
  
1,386
0.30
46 Malnutrition
487
0.10
  
85
0.02
47 Poisonings
456
0.10
  
1,805
0.39
48 Tuberculosis
403
0.09
  
443
0.09
49 Multiple Sclerosis
381
0.08
  
1,206
0.26
50 Drownings
375
0.08
  
233
0.05
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy
ITALY		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
25.49
40
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
19.60
53
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.32
42
  
15.49
33
4 Stomach Cancer
8.27
72
  
4.81
130
5 Pancreas Cancer
7.37
34
  
6.81
39
6 Liver Cancer
7.15
78
  
3.07
164
7 Lymphomas
6.75
51
  
7.35
36
8 Other Neoplasms
5.30
23
  
2.95
92
9 Leukemia
5.04
37
  
4.39
63
10 Prostate Cancer
4.90
124
  
8.21
58
11 Bladder Cancer
3.86
40
  
4.27
28
12 Ovary Cancer
2.75
61
  
3.96
20
13 Oral Cancer
2.66
100
  
2.39
113
14 Skin Cancers
2.01
51
  
2.74
32
15 Oesophagus Cancer
1.58
135
  
7.62
30
16 Uterin Cancer
1.43
70
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
1.02
176
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Italy
ITALY		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
58,126,212
23
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.96
153
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
13.5 %
191
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
66.3 %
79
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
20.2 %
4
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
8.18
190
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.72
51
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.31
178
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
5.51
160
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.07
24
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.06
42
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
46
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.72
131
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
2.06
30
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
-0.05
171
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
98.4
49
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
98.8
54
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
98.0
50
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.8
96
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
80.3
12
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
74.0
9
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$31,000
30
  
$36,600
23
 

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