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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

Compare Italy and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Somalia SOMALIA
  Italy ITALY   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
68.7
74.6
71.6
15
14
13
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
70.7
77.4
73.9
17
12
13
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
73.6
80.3
76.9
11
7
8
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
76.3
82.4
79.4
8
5
6
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
79.3
84.2
81.8
7
6
7
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
80.9
84.9
83.0
7
8
8
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.9
84.9
7
8
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
80.9
84.9
7
8
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
81.2
85.1
7
8
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
81.2
85.2
7
8
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
81.3
85.2
7
8
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
81.3
85.2
7
8
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
81.5
85.3
7
8
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
81.6
85.3
10
9
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
81.7
85.4
11
9
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
81.8
85.5
12
10
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
82.0
85.6
12
10
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
82.3
85.8
12
9
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
82.7
86.1
14
9
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
83.4
86.5
13
9
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
84.2
87.1
15
11
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
85.3
87.7
14
11
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
86.7
88.7
16
14
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
88.4
89.8
22
16
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
90.6
91.5
42
22
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
42.43
169
129.66
67
2. Stroke
25.15
156
150.17
23
3. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
3.67
149
4. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
33.65
7
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.86
135
18.02
82
6. Lung Disease
13.17
152
44.55
22
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
8.09
101
8. Hypertension
10.77
127
50.05
15
9. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
12.27
123
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.21
145
48.19
41
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
1.69
148
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.30
178
155.59
3
13. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
4.92
109
14. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
3.62
148
15. Lymphomas
5.80
52
7.68
12
16. Other Injuries
5.34
127
31.38
1
17. Kidney Disease
5.16
165
31.84
49
18. Other Neoplasms
4.93
15
0.20
162
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
66
3.58
88
20. Suicide
4.33
151
14.66
29
21. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
8.19
6
22. Leukemia
4.17
60
6.38
1
23. Road Traffic Accidents
4.13
162
38.94
28
24. Liver Disease
3.92
171
57.15
7
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
127
3.95
100
26. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
2.40
74
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
139
5.86
70
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.59
164
8.94
20
29. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
2.44
83
30. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
4.64
44
31. Falls
2.13
171
7.93
52
32. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
2.55
50
33. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
23.71
28
34. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
7.97
19
35. Hepatitis C
1.36
4
0.46
21
36. Low Birth Weight
1.13
165
11.34
25
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.07
111
5.27
20
38. Epilepsy
0.87
143
3.50
15
39. Drug Use
0.78
132
0.62
150
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.64
155
128.81
3
41. Anemia
0.62
19
0.00
159
42. Violence
0.60
173
6.81
70
43. HIV/AIDS
0.60
123
6.27
71
44. Skin Disease
0.59
137
1.92
73
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.56
31
0.11
145
46. Drownings
0.46
173
6.47
16
47. Birth Trauma
0.40
163
16.45
1
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.33
180
8.06
22
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.33
84
0.62
33
50. Malnutrition
0.31
124
42.27
1
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Italy ITALY   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97,116
17.89
7,233
4.57
2. Stroke
62,633
11.54
8,595
5.43
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
41,445
7.64
647
0.41
4. Lung Cancers
34,152
6.29
233
0.15
5. Lung Disease
32,382
5.97
2,442
1.54
6. Hypertension
29,931
5.51
2,643
1.67
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,254
3.92
546
0.34
8. Diabetes Mellitus
19,836
3.65
2,888
1.82
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,339
3.01
21,712
13.71
10. Breast Cancer
13,868
2.56
1,232
0.78
11. Kidney Disease
12,726
2.34
2,051
1.29
12. Other Injuries
12,112
2.23
3,602
2.27
13. Pancreas Cancer
12,095
2.23
108
0.07
14. Stomach Cancer
10,252
1.89
310
0.20
15. Other Neoplasms
9,984
1.84
12
0.01
16. Lymphomas
9,670
1.78
605
0.38
17. Liver Cancer
9,620
1.77
256
0.16
18. Endocrine Disorders
8,431
1.55
406
0.26
19. Parkinson's Disease
8,428
1.55
184
0.12
20. Prostate Cancer
8,409
1.55
285
0.18
21. Leukemia
6,728
1.24
562
0.35
22. Bladder Cancer
6,711
1.24
149
0.09
23. Liver Disease
5,559
1.02
3,917
2.47
24. Inflammatory/Heart
5,531
1.02
521
0.33
25. Falls
4,222
0.78
548
0.35
26. Suicide
4,042
0.74
1,219
0.77
27. Oral Cancer
3,343
0.62
328
0.21
28. Ovary Cancer
3,282
0.60
295
0.19
29. Skin Cancers
3,239
0.60
164
0.10
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3,221
0.59
4,231
2.67
31. Hepatitis C
2,451
0.45
34
0.02
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,216
0.41
446
0.28
33. Uterin Cancer
2,198
0.40
78
0.05
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2,045
0.38
516
0.33
35. Anemia
1,672
0.31
0
0.00
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,622
0.30
15,363
9.70
37. Congenital Anomalies
1,443
0.27
3,410
2.15
38. Skin Disease
1,440
0.27
151
0.10
39. Epilepsy
1,337
0.25
419
0.26
40. Cervical Cancer
1,154
0.21
883
0.56
41. Malnutrition
775
0.14
4,825
3.05
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
701
0.13
35
0.02
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
690
0.13
559
0.35
44. Multiple Sclerosis
677
0.12
8
0.01
45. Drug Use
654
0.12
54
0.03
46. HIV/AIDS
520
0.10
610
0.39
47. Asthma
494
0.09
1,878
1.19
48. Osteoarthritis
481
0.09
0
0.00
49. Schizophrenia
424
0.08
0
0.00
50. Violence
409
0.08
828
0.52
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
3.67
149
2. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
33.65
7
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
8.09
101
4. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
12.27
123
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
1.69
148
6. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
4.92
109
7. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
3.62
148
8. Lymphomas
5.80
52
7.68
12
9. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
8.19
6
10. Leukemia
4.17
60
6.38
1
11. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
2.40
74
12. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
2.44
83
13. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
4.64
44
14. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
2.55
50
15. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
23.71
28
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
7.97
19
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.