IRELAND VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,996	1	4,762	- 1,766
Stroke	2	2,729	5	1,770	+ 959
Kidney Disease	3	1,140	10	566	+ 573
Lung Disease	4	1,139	4	1,915	- 776
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,122	2	3,209	- 2,088
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,099	6	1,298	- 199
Hypertension	7	1,070	29	175	+ 895
Stomach Cancer	8	1,018	17	357	+ 661
Lung Cancers	9	968	3	1,916	- 948
Diabetes Mellitus	10	891	16	414	+ 477
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	847	7	1,095	- 248
Road Traffic Accidents	12	793	33	153	+ 640
Liver Disease	13	742	19	279	+ 463
Prostate Cancer	14	683	9	585	+ 98
Suicide	15	477	14	470	+ 7
Breast Cancer	16	473	8	760	- 286
Pancreas Cancer	17	439	11	530	- 91
Lymphomas	18	391	13	513	- 122
Liver Cancer	19	384	18	318	+ 66
Other Neoplasms	20	381	27	218	+ 163
Other Injuries	21	367	30	171	+ 197
Endocrine Disorders	22	361	24	249	+ 111
Falls	23	254	25	247	+ 7
Leukemia	24	247	20	274	- 27
Congenital Anomalies	25	241	32	153	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	26	222	12	530	- 308
Cervical Cancer	27	219	35	103	+ 116
Skin Disease	28	214	42	58	+ 156
Violence	29	209	47	38	+ 170
Oesophagus Cancer	30	202	15	419	- 216
Inflammatory/Heart	31	199	26	240	- 41
Bladder Cancer	32	180	22	256	- 76
HIV/AIDS	33	151	57	9	+ 143
Skin Cancers	34	147	23	252	- 104
Ovary Cancer	35	144	21	273	- 129
Low Birth Weight	36	123	44	56	+ 67
Malnutrition	37	118	63	2	+ 116
Tuberculosis	38	115	50	23	+ 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	94	45	53	+ 41
Oral Cancer	40	86	28	183	- 97
Fires	41	83	48	30	+ 53
Asthma	42	83	41	58	+ 25
Epilepsy	43	83	36	85	- 2
Drownings	44	79	43	57	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	45	77	34	126	- 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	63	38	67	- 4
Alcohol	47	58	39	64	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	52	40	59	- 7
Anemia	49	50	49	29	+ 22
Drug Use	50	42	31	167	- 125
Osteoarthritis	51	37	51	20	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	29	46	50	- 21
Meningitis	53	27	58	7	+ 19
Birth Trauma	54	25	56	10	+ 14
Chagas disease	55	22	73	0	+ 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	21	54	14	+ 7
Poisonings	57	19	53	14	+ 5
Schizophrenia	58	11	55	12	- 1
Appendicitis	59	10	60	3	+ 7
Hepatitis B	60	8	59	6	+ 3
Hepatitis C	61	7	52	19	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	37	83	- 76
Maternal Conditions	63	7	61	3	+ 4
War	64	4	65	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	65	1	62	2	- 1
Syphilis	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	1	+ 0
Pertussis	68	1	67	0	+ 1
Tetanus	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Chile

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.