IRELAND VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,328	6	1,298	+ 2,030
HIV/AIDS	2	2,347	57	9	+ 2,339
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,003	45	53	+ 1,950
Malaria	4	1,898	75	0	+ 1,898
Stroke	5	1,893	5	1,770	+ 123
Coronary Heart Disease	6	1,807	1	4,762	- 2,954
Birth Trauma	7	1,393	56	10	+ 1,383
Low Birth Weight	8	1,344	44	56	+ 1,288
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,320	33	153	+ 1,167
Tuberculosis	10	1,253	50	23	+ 1,230
Diabetes Mellitus	11	924	16	414	+ 511
Congenital Anomalies	12	889	32	153	+ 736
Kidney Disease	13	869	10	566	+ 302
Liver Disease	14	766	19	279	+ 486
Meningitis	15	582	58	7	+ 574
Other Injuries	16	556	30	171	+ 385
Maternal Conditions	17	442	61	3	+ 439
Endocrine Disorders	18	418	24	249	+ 169
Suicide	19	394	14	470	- 76
Lung Disease	20	390	4	1,915	- 1,525
Pertussis	21	387	67	0	+ 387
Hypertension	22	344	29	175	+ 169
Breast Cancer	23	317	8	760	- 443
Violence	24	282	47	38	+ 243
Asthma	25	274	41	58	+ 216
Cervical Cancer	26	267	35	103	+ 164
Falls	27	209	25	247	- 38
Malnutrition	28	206	63	2	+ 204
Drownings	29	199	43	57	+ 142
Syphilis	30	198	68	0	+ 198
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	195	2	3,209	- 3,014
Measles	32	174	83	0	+ 174
Inflammatory/Heart	33	167	26	240	- 73
Prostate Cancer	34	159	9	585	- 426
Drug Use	35	157	31	167	- 10
Fires	36	153	48	30	+ 123
Liver Cancer	37	148	18	318	- 170
Epilepsy	38	146	36	85	+ 61
Oral Cancer	39	143	28	183	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	127	38	67	+ 61
Poisonings	41	113	53	14	+ 98
War	42	109	65	0	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	96	7	1,095	- 999
Lymphomas	44	83	13	513	- 430
Stomach Cancer	45	77	17	357	- 279
Parkinson's Disease	46	76	12	530	- 454
Hepatitis B	47	57	59	6	+ 51
Skin Disease	48	55	42	58	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	55	46	50	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	50	51	21	273	- 222
Lung Cancers	51	51	3	1,916	- 1,865
Pancreas Cancer	52	49	11	530	- 482
Schistosomiasis	53	49	72	0	+ 49
Leukemia	54	46	20	274	- 227
Tetanus	55	38	81	0	+ 38
Skin Cancers	56	35	23	252	- 217
Alcohol	57	33	39	64	- 31
Encephalitis	58	32	66	0	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	59	23	15	419	- 396
Uterin Cancer	60	13	34	126	- 114
Appendicitis	61	12	60	3	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	62	11	22	256	- 245
Other Neoplasms	63	8	27	218	- 210
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	37	83	- 76
Ascariasis	65	5	77	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	5	52	19	- 15
Diphtheria	67	4	82	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	4	40	59	- 55
Leishmaniasis	69	3	76	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	70	3	64	1	+ 2
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Cameroon

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.