IRELAND VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,213	1	4,762	- 549
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,048	2	3,209	- 162
Stroke	3	2,020	5	1,770	+ 250
Lung Cancers	4	1,714	3	1,916	- 202
Lung Disease	5	1,659	4	1,915	- 256
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,214	7	1,095	+ 119
Diabetes Mellitus	7	874	16	414	+ 461
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	869	6	1,298	- 429
Prostate Cancer	9	736	9	585	+ 151
Breast Cancer	10	666	8	760	- 94
Suicide	11	616	14	470	+ 146
Kidney Disease	12	614	10	566	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	13	609	11	530	+ 79
Falls	14	609	25	247	+ 362
Lymphomas	15	594	13	513	+ 81
Endocrine Disorders	16	455	24	249	+ 206
Skin Cancers	17	453	23	252	+ 202
Leukemia	18	416	20	274	+ 142
Parkinson's Disease	19	398	12	530	- 132
Liver Cancer	20	398	18	318	+ 80
Drug Use	21	349	31	167	+ 182
Other Injuries	22	321	30	171	+ 150
Hypertension	23	319	29	175	+ 144
Inflammatory/Heart	24	307	26	240	+ 67
Oesophagus Cancer	25	292	15	419	- 127
Liver Disease	26	278	19	279	- 1
Stomach Cancer	27	252	17	357	- 105
Other Neoplasms	28	245	27	218	+ 27
Road Traffic Accidents	29	243	33	153	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	30	232	22	256	- 24
Ovary Cancer	31	196	21	273	- 77
Oral Cancer	32	190	28	183	+ 7
Congenital Anomalies	33	139	32	153	- 14
Skin Disease	34	116	42	58	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	35	102	34	126	- 24
Asthma	36	89	41	58	+ 31
Alcohol	37	74	39	64	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	74	46	50	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	39	67	35	103	- 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	58	45	53	+ 5
Epilepsy	41	56	36	85	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	54	38	67	- 13
Low Birth Weight	43	49	44	56	- 7
Violence	44	48	47	38	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	45	40	59	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	46	37	37	83	- 46
Drownings	47	35	43	57	- 23
Hepatitis C	48	34	52	19	+ 15
Anemia	49	31	49	29	+ 2
Birth Trauma	50	27	56	10	+ 17
Malnutrition	51	23	63	2	+ 21
Osteoarthritis	52	22	51	20	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	14	54	14	+ 0
Schizophrenia	54	12	55	12	+ 1
Fires	55	11	48	30	- 19
Tuberculosis	56	10	50	23	- 13
HIV/AIDS	57	10	57	9	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	8	59	6	+ 2
Oral conditions	59	8	62	2	+ 6
Meningitis	60	7	58	7	- 0
Poisonings	61	7	53	14	- 7
Appendicitis	62	5	60	3	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	4	61	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	3	64	1	+ 2
War	65	2	65	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	66	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Australia

Ireland

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.