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Croatia
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 Croatia and Italy 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.

Italy
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
Croatia Population Pyramid
3,364,799
Italy Population Pyramid
54,381,674
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   Italy ITALY
  Croatia CROATIA   Italy ITALY
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
63.7
68.5
66.0
37
37
37
 
66.7
71.7
69.1
21
24
21
1970
65.8
72.3
69.0
37
35
37
 
68.7
74.6
71.6
15
14
13
1980
66.4
74.2
70.2
46
37
45
 
70.7
77.4
73.9
17
12
13
1990
68.6
75.9
72.2
48
38
41
 
73.6
80.3
76.9
11
7
8
2000
71.1
78.2
74.7
45
36
37
 
76.3
82.4
79.4
8
5
6
2010
73.3
79.8
76.6
44
38
37
 
79.3
84.2
81.8
7
6
7
2019
75.5
81.6
78.6
45
37
38
 
80.9
84.9
83.0
7
8
8
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   Italy ITALY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.5
81.6
45
37
80.9
84.9
7
8
Age
75.5
81.6
45
37
80.9
84.9
7
8
Age 5
75.9
82.0
46
38
81.2
85.1
7
8
Age 10
76.0
82.0
46
38
81.2
85.2
7
8
Age 15
76.0
82.0
46
38
81.3
85.2
7
8
Age 20
76.1
82.1
47
39
81.3
85.2
7
8
Age 25
76.3
82.1
51
39
81.5
85.3
7
8
Age 30
76.4
82.2
53
39
81.6
85.3
10
9
Age 35
76.6
82.3
55
40
81.7
85.4
11
9
Age 40
76.8
82.4
58
42
81.8
85.5
12
10
Age 45
77.1
82.5
61
43
82.0
85.6
12
10
Age 50
77.6
82.8
63
43
82.3
85.8
12
9
Age 55
78.3
83.2
61
44
82.7
86.1
14
9
Age 60
79.4
83.8
62
44
83.4
86.5
13
9
Age 65
80.9
84.5
63
46
84.2
87.1
15
11
Age 70
82.7
85.5
63
48
85.3
87.7
14
11
Age 75
84.7
86.7
65
53
86.7
88.7
16
14
Age 80
87.0
88.7
75
53
88.4
89.8
22
16
Age 85
90.1
91.2
74
46
90.6
91.5
42
22
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   Italy ITALY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
104.12
101
42.43
169
2. Stroke
52.82
124
25.15
156
3. Lung Cancers
32.33
9
21.68
42
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
22.13
4
11.95
52
5. Prostate Cancer
19.92
66
9.43
135
6. Breast Cancer
19.55
53
16.63
94
7. Lung Disease
17.68
121
13.17
152
8. Diabetes Mellitus
16.50
116
9.21
145
9. Liver Disease
11.97
116
3.92
171
10. Kidney Disease
11.17
138
5.16
165
11. Suicide
11.01
61
4.33
151
12. Hypertension
8.69
136
10.77
127
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.40
164
6.30
178
14. Stomach Cancer
8.24
60
6.00
92
15. Falls
8.06
49
2.13
171
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.99
158
14.86
135
17. Pancreas Cancer
7.92
24
7.40
33
18. Road Traffic Accidents
6.58
142
4.13
162
19. Ovary Cancer
6.29
28
4.29
98
20. Lymphomas
5.84
50
5.80
52
21. Liver Cancer
5.38
93
5.97
76
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.30
79
2.98
139
23. Other Injuries
4.76
136
5.34
127
24. Leukemia
4.76
28
4.17
60
25. Bladder Cancer
4.59
15
3.38
47
26. Oral Cancer
4.18
55
2.31
113
27. Cervical Cancer
3.58
139
1.82
172
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.57
144
2.59
164
29. Uterin Cancer
3.52
35
2.45
82
30. Skin Cancers
3.49
21
2.05
82
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.45
129
3.48
127
32. Alcohol
2.92
37
0.26
165
33. Other Neoplasms
2.51
40
4.93
15
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2.27
96
1.36
134
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.91
114
0.33
180
36. Epilepsy
1.45
104
0.87
143
37. Drownings
1.44
130
0.46
173
38. Drug Use
1.38
75
0.78
132
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.16
105
1.07
111
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
170
4.79
66
41. Schizophrenia
1.02
1
0.30
19
42. Violence
0.89
158
0.60
173
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.78
18
0.56
31
44. Hepatitis C
0.72
9
1.36
4
45. Tuberculosis
0.65
135
0.20
161
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.63
156
0.64
155
47. Asthma
0.61
154
0.26
179
48. Birth Trauma
0.47
154
0.40
163
49. Fires
0.44
150
0.20
175
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
70
0.33
84
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Croatia CROATIA   Italy ITALY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
12,307
27.14
97,116
17.89
2. Stroke
6,275
13.84
62,633
11.54
3. Lung Cancers
2,842
6.27
34,152
6.29
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,189
4.83
21,254
3.92
5. Lung Disease
2,111
4.65
32,382
5.97
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,963
4.33
19,836
3.65
7. Kidney Disease
1,392
3.07
12,726
2.34
8. Hypertension
1,102
2.43
29,931
5.51
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,066
2.35
41,445
7.64
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,021
2.25
16,339
3.01
11. Breast Cancer
1,019
2.25
13,868
2.56
12. Falls
974
2.15
4,222
0.78
13. Liver Disease
924
2.04
5,559
1.02
14. Prostate Cancer
852
1.88
8,409
1.55
15. Stomach Cancer
786
1.73
10,252
1.89
16. Pancreas Cancer
754
1.66
12,095
2.23
17. Suicide
676
1.49
4,042
0.74
18. Lymphomas
556
1.23
9,670
1.78
19. Liver Cancer
501
1.10
9,620
1.77
20. Bladder Cancer
499
1.10
6,711
1.24
21. Inflammatory/Heart
457
1.01
5,531
1.02
22. Leukemia
435
0.96
6,728
1.24
23. Other Injuries
428
0.94
12,112
2.23
24. Parkinson's Disease
423
0.93
8,428
1.55
25. Oral Cancer
338
0.75
3,343
0.62
26. Skin Cancers
332
0.73
3,239
0.60
27. Road Traffic Accidents
328
0.72
3,221
0.59
28. Ovary Cancer
308
0.68
3,282
0.60
29. Other Neoplasms
283
0.62
9,984
1.84
30. Alcohol
219
0.48
277
0.05
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
207
0.46
690
0.13
32. Uterin Cancer
199
0.44
2,198
0.40
33. Oesophagus Cancer
189
0.42
2,045
0.38
34. Cervical Cancer
156
0.34
1,154
0.21
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
137
0.30
2,216
0.41
36. Epilepsy
94
0.21
1,337
0.25
37. Congenital Anomalies
94
0.21
1,443
0.27
38. Drownings
86
0.19
344
0.06
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
82
0.18
1,622
0.30
40. Schizophrenia
79
0.17
424
0.08
41. Asthma
74
0.16
494
0.09
42. Endocrine Disorders
72
0.16
8,431
1.55
43. Drug Use
70
0.15
654
0.12
44. Tuberculosis
61
0.13
336
0.06
45. Multiple Sclerosis
55
0.12
677
0.12
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
47
0.10
701
0.13
47. Hepatitis C
45
0.10
2,451
0.45
48. Violence
45
0.10
409
0.08
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
43
0.09
241
0.04
50. Fires
34
0.07
271
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   Italy ITALY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
32.33
9
21.68
42
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
22.13
4
11.95
52
3. Prostate Cancer
19.92
66
9.43
135
4. Breast Cancer
19.55
53
16.63
94
5. Stomach Cancer
8.24
60
6.00
92
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.92
24
7.40
33
7. Ovary Cancer
6.29
28
4.29
98
8. Lymphomas
5.84
50
5.80
52
9. Liver Cancer
5.38
93
5.97
76
10. Leukemia
4.76
28
4.17
60
11. Bladder Cancer
4.59
15
3.38
47
12. Oral Cancer
4.18
55
2.31
113
13. Cervical Cancer
3.58
139
1.82
172
14. Uterin Cancer
3.52
35
2.45
82
15. Skin Cancers
3.49
21
2.05
82
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.27
96
1.36
134
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.