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Italy
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
ITALY VS NORWAY

Compare Italy and Norway health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Norway
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Italy Population Pyramid
54,381,674
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Norway Population Pyramid
6,600,338
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Norway NORWAY
  Italy ITALY   Norway NORWAY
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.7
71.7
69.1
21
24
21
  
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
1970
68.7
74.6
71.6
15
14
13
  
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
1980
70.7
77.4
73.9
17
12
13
  
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
1990
73.6
80.3
76.9
11
7
8
  
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
2000
76.3
82.4
79.4
8
5
6
  
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
2010
79.3
84.2
81.8
7
6
7
  
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
2019
80.9
84.9
83.0
7
8
8
  
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Norway NORWAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.9
84.9
7
8
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age
80.9
84.9
7
8
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age 5
81.2
85.1
7
8
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 10
81.2
85.2
7
8
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 15
81.3
85.2
7
8
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 20
81.3
85.2
7
8
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 25
81.5
85.3
7
8
81.5
84.5
5
16
Age 30
81.6
85.3
10
9
81.7
84.5
4
17
Age 35
81.7
85.4
11
9
81.9
84.6
6
16
Age 40
81.8
85.5
12
10
82.0
84.7
6
18
Age 45
82.0
85.6
12
10
82.2
84.8
7
18
Age 50
82.3
85.8
12
9
82.5
85.0
8
18
Age 55
82.7
86.1
14
9
82.9
85.3
10
21
Age 60
83.4
86.5
13
9
83.5
85.8
11
22
Age 65
84.2
87.1
15
11
84.2
86.3
13
24
Age 70
85.3
87.7
14
11
85.3
87.1
13
25
Age 75
86.7
88.7
16
14
86.6
88.1
19
28
Age 80
88.4
89.8
22
16
88.3
89.4
28
28
Age 85
90.6
91.5
42
22
90.5
91.2
51
49
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Norway NORWAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
42.43
169
40.10
172
2. Stroke
25.15
156
18.16
178
3. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
22.09
40
4. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
12.94
132
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.86
135
28.94
12
6. Lung Disease
13.17
152
21.82
92
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
15.79
21
8. Hypertension
10.77
127
1.54
181
9. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
20.99
58
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.21
145
4.85
170
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
7.20
41
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.30
178
11.78
150
13. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
3.15
152
14. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
2.59
176
15. Lymphomas
5.80
52
5.70
56
16. Other Injuries
5.34
127
4.72
137
17. Kidney Disease
5.16
165
4.28
175
18. Other Neoplasms
4.93
15
2.47
43
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
66
3.19
105
20. Suicide
4.33
151
9.91
71
21. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
6.01
31
22. Leukemia
4.17
60
3.34
107
23. Road Traffic Accidents
4.13
162
1.76
179
24. Liver Disease
3.92
171
2.41
179
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
127
4.23
84
26. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
2.80
62
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
139
2.10
162
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.59
164
2.44
169
29. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
2.29
94
30. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
1.64
151
31. Falls
2.13
171
5.70
88
32. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
3.96
14
33. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
2.52
157
34. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
2.37
94
35. Hepatitis C
1.36
4
0.24
46
36. Low Birth Weight
1.13
165
0.57
179
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.07
111
0.47
158
38. Epilepsy
0.87
143
1.48
100
39. Drug Use
0.78
132
4.45
11
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.64
155
0.92
138
41. Anemia
0.62
19
0.45
28
42. Violence
0.60
173
0.56
175
43. HIV/AIDS
0.60
123
0.15
151
44. Skin Disease
0.59
137
0.85
116
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.56
31
1.29
2
46. Drownings
0.46
173
0.90
152
47. Birth Trauma
0.40
163
0.41
158
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.33
180
1.30
139
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.33
84
0.50
52
50. Malnutrition
0.31
124
0.87
105
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Italy ITALY   Norway NORWAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97,116
17.89
5,321
15.60
2. Stroke
62,633
11.54
2,475
7.26
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
41,445
7.64
4,464
13.09
4. Lung Cancers
34,152
6.29
2,320
6.80
5. Lung Disease
32,382
5.97
2,723
7.98
6. Hypertension
29,931
5.51
230
0.67
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,254
3.92
1,787
5.24
8. Diabetes Mellitus
19,836
3.65
560
1.64
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,339
3.01
1,797
5.27
10. Breast Cancer
13,868
2.56
698
2.05
11. Kidney Disease
12,726
2.34
611
1.79
12. Other Injuries
12,112
2.23
583
1.71
13. Pancreas Cancer
12,095
2.23
770
2.26
14. Stomach Cancer
10,252
1.89
343
1.01
15. Other Neoplasms
9,984
1.84
324
0.95
16. Lymphomas
9,670
1.78
646
1.89
17. Liver Cancer
9,620
1.77
259
0.76
18. Endocrine Disorders
8,431
1.55
359
1.05
19. Parkinson's Disease
8,428
1.55
554
1.62
20. Prostate Cancer
8,409
1.55
1,172
3.44
21. Leukemia
6,728
1.24
354
1.04
22. Bladder Cancer
6,711
1.24
356
1.04
23. Liver Disease
5,559
1.02
214
0.63
24. Inflammatory/Heart
5,531
1.02
221
0.65
25. Falls
4,222
0.78
777
2.28
26. Suicide
4,042
0.74
633
1.86
27. Oral Cancer
3,343
0.62
168
0.49
28. Ovary Cancer
3,282
0.60
309
0.91
29. Skin Cancers
3,239
0.60
407
1.19
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3,221
0.59
114
0.33
31. Hepatitis C
2,451
0.45
17
0.05
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,216
0.41
61
0.18
33. Uterin Cancer
2,198
0.40
134
0.39
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2,045
0.38
248
0.73
35. Anemia
1,672
0.31
75
0.22
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,622
0.30
128
0.38
37. Congenital Anomalies
1,443
0.27
136
0.40
38. Skin Disease
1,440
0.27
128
0.38
39. Epilepsy
1,337
0.25
119
0.35
40. Cervical Cancer
1,154
0.21
125
0.37
41. Malnutrition
775
0.14
135
0.40
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
701
0.13
60
0.18
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
690
0.13
160
0.47
44. Multiple Sclerosis
677
0.12
119
0.35
45. Drug Use
654
0.12
264
0.77
46. HIV/AIDS
520
0.10
10
0.03
47. Asthma
494
0.09
85
0.25
48. Osteoarthritis
481
0.09
27
0.08
49. Schizophrenia
424
0.08
23
0.07
50. Violence
409
0.08
32
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Norway NORWAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
22.09
40
2. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
12.94
132
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
15.79
21
4. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
20.99
58
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
7.20
41
6. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
3.15
152
7. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
2.59
176
8. Lymphomas
5.80
52
5.70
56
9. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
6.01
31
10. Leukemia
4.17
60
3.34
107
11. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
2.80
62
12. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
2.29
94
13. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
1.64
151
14. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
3.96
14
15. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
2.52
157
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
2.37
94
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.