Italy vs South Africa: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Italy
- South Africa
How they compare
Italy currently reports 666,131 Deaths against 487,682 Deaths in South Africa, a difference of 178,449 Deaths.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.4 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 7th and South Africa ranks 10th of 36 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 560,448 Deaths | 308,060 Deaths | 252,388 Deaths | Italy |
| 2000s | 568,108 Deaths | 543,585 Deaths | 24,524 Deaths | Italy |
| 2010s | 617,980 Deaths | 475,084 Deaths | 142,896 Deaths | Italy |
| 2020s | 746,324 Deaths | 487,682 Deaths | 258,642 Deaths | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Italy or South Africa?
- Italy, at 666,131 Deaths against 487,682 Deaths in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Italy and South Africa?
- 178,449 Deaths, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and South Africa?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
- How do Italy and South Africa rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Italy ranks 7th and South Africa ranks 10th of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.