IRELAND VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,256	1	4,762	- 506
Stroke	2	2,854	5	1,770	+ 1,084
Hypertension	3	2,519	29	175	+ 2,344
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,956	16	414	+ 1,543
Violence	5	1,891	47	38	+ 1,853
HIV/AIDS	6	1,710	57	9	+ 1,702
Kidney Disease	7	1,526	10	566	+ 959
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,243	6	1,298	- 55
Breast Cancer	9	878	8	760	+ 118
Other Injuries	10	854	30	171	+ 683
Liver Disease	11	853	19	279	+ 574
Prostate Cancer	12	834	9	585	+ 249
Endocrine Disorders	13	786	24	249	+ 536
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	680	2	3,209	- 2,529
Inflammatory/Heart	15	598	26	240	+ 358
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	539	7	1,095	- 556
Lung Disease	17	423	4	1,915	- 1,492
Road Traffic Accidents	18	384	33	153	+ 231
Lung Cancers	19	373	3	1,916	- 1,543
Skin Disease	20	338	42	58	+ 280
Drownings	21	331	43	57	+ 274
Lymphomas	22	317	13	513	- 196
Cervical Cancer	23	262	35	103	+ 159
Alcohol	24	256	39	64	+ 192
Stomach Cancer	25	226	17	357	- 131
Falls	26	224	25	247	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	27	214	12	530	- 315
Low Birth Weight	28	210	44	56	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	29	202	32	153	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	30	178	34	126	+ 52
Suicide	31	175	14	470	- 295
Liver Cancer	32	151	18	318	- 167
Fires	33	132	48	30	+ 103
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	132	38	67	+ 65
Leukemia	35	129	20	274	- 145
Ovary Cancer	36	127	21	273	- 146
Pancreas Cancer	37	124	11	530	- 406
Oesophagus Cancer	38	111	15	419	- 308
Asthma	39	109	41	58	+ 51
Epilepsy	40	99	36	85	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	41	82	61	3	+ 79
Birth Trauma	42	79	56	10	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	66	45	53	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	55	46	50	+ 6
Malnutrition	45	54	63	2	+ 52
Oral Cancer	46	44	28	183	- 139
Other Neoplasms	47	42	27	218	- 176
Drug Use	48	32	31	167	- 135
Meningitis	49	31	58	7	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	50	27	22	256	- 229
Encephalitis	51	23	66	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	52	23	60	3	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	20	40	59	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	54	19	37	83	- 64
Skin Cancers	55	10	23	252	- 241
Poisonings	56	8	53	14	- 6
War	57	8	65	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	58	5	50	23	- 18
Dengue	59	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	59	6	- 3
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	19	- 19
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	69	0	83	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	29	- 29
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Oral conditions	84	0	62	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	86	0	51	20	- 20
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Bahamas

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.