AUSTRALIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,642	1	21,548	+ 21,094
Stroke	2	27,501	3	10,331	+ 17,170
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	18,198	2	15,588	+ 2,609
Lung Cancers	4	14,996	4	8,769	+ 6,227
Lung Disease	5	14,219	5	8,487	+ 5,731
Hypertension	6	13,142	23	1,631	+ 11,511
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	9,332	6	6,209	+ 3,123
Diabetes Mellitus	8	8,710	7	4,471	+ 4,238
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	7,174	8	4,446	+ 2,728
Breast Cancer	10	6,089	10	3,405	+ 2,684
Kidney Disease	11	5,588	12	3,139	+ 2,448
Other Injuries	12	5,318	22	1,642	+ 3,676
Pancreas Cancer	13	5,310	13	3,118	+ 2,193
Stomach Cancer	14	4,502	27	1,288	+ 3,214
Other Neoplasms	15	4,384	28	1,252	+ 3,132
Lymphomas	16	4,246	15	3,039	+ 1,207
Liver Cancer	17	4,224	20	2,036	+ 2,188
Endocrine Disorders	18	3,702	16	2,328	+ 1,373
Parkinson's Disease	19	3,700	19	2,036	+ 1,664
Prostate Cancer	20	3,692	9	3,766	- 74
Leukemia	21	2,954	18	2,126	+ 828
Bladder Cancer	22	2,946	30	1,187	+ 1,759
Liver Disease	23	2,441	26	1,421	+ 1,020
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,429	24	1,571	+ 858
Falls	25	1,854	14	3,116	- 1,262
Suicide	26	1,775	11	3,150	- 1,375
Oral Cancer	27	1,468	32	972	+ 496
Ovary Cancer	28	1,441	31	1,003	+ 438
Skin Cancers	29	1,422	17	2,319	- 896
Road Traffic Accidents	30	1,414	29	1,245	+ 169
Hepatitis C	31	1,076	48	173	+ 903
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	973	38	379	+ 594
Uterin Cancer	33	965	35	524	+ 441
Oesophagus Cancer	34	898	25	1,494	- 596
Anemia	35	734	49	157	+ 577
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	712	40	296	+ 417
Congenital Anomalies	37	634	33	711	- 77
Skin Disease	38	632	34	594	+ 38
Epilepsy	39	587	41	285	+ 302
Cervical Cancer	40	507	39	342	+ 165
Malnutrition	41	341	51	117	+ 224
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	308	45	229	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	303	42	276	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	44	297	46	188	+ 109
Drug Use	45	287	21	1,783	- 1,496
HIV/AIDS	46	228	57	50	+ 178
Asthma	47	217	36	455	- 239
Osteoarthritis	48	211	52	114	+ 97
Schizophrenia	49	186	54	64	+ 122
Violence	50	179	44	243	- 64
Low Birth Weight	51	157	43	248	- 91
Drownings	52	151	47	177	- 26
Tuberculosis	53	148	56	53	+ 95
Hepatitis B	54	147	58	41	+ 106
Alcohol	55	122	37	380	- 258
Fires	56	119	55	55	+ 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	106	53	71	+ 35
Poisonings	58	68	61	35	+ 33
Birth Trauma	59	62	50	140	- 79
Meningitis	60	56	60	37	+ 19
Appendicitis	61	21	62	26	- 5
Oral conditions	62	21	59	40	- 19
Tetanus	63	9	70	1	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	64	9	64	17	- 8
Otitis Media	65	7	66	6	+ 1
War	66	3	65	8	- 5
Maternal Conditions	67	3	63	20	- 18
Encephalitis	68	2	68	3	- 1
Syphilis	69	2	67	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	69	1	- 1
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	82	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Italy

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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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.