IRELAND VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,551	5	1,770	+ 5,782
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,547	1	4,762	+ 1,785
Lung Disease	3	3,580	4	1,915	+ 1,664
Lung Cancers	4	2,640	3	1,916	+ 724
Stomach Cancer	5	1,473	17	357	+ 1,116
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,125	2	3,209	- 2,084
Hypertension	7	1,113	29	175	+ 938
Road Traffic Accidents	8	925	33	153	+ 772
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	918	7	1,095	- 177
Oesophagus Cancer	10	898	15	419	+ 479
Kidney Disease	11	711	10	566	+ 144
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	678	6	1,298	- 621
Liver Cancer	13	669	18	318	+ 351
Diabetes Mellitus	14	598	16	414	+ 184
Liver Disease	15	538	19	279	+ 259
Falls	16	513	25	247	+ 266
Suicide	17	430	14	470	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	18	412	11	530	- 118
Breast Cancer	19	343	8	760	- 417
Parkinson's Disease	20	261	12	530	- 268
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	242	46	50	+ 192
Leukemia	22	215	20	274	- 59
Lymphomas	23	214	13	513	- 299
Oral Cancer	24	202	28	183	+ 19
Other Injuries	25	200	30	171	+ 29
Drownings	26	195	43	57	+ 138
Cervical Cancer	27	191	35	103	+ 88
Prostate Cancer	28	189	9	585	- 396
Bladder Cancer	29	140	22	256	- 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	139	38	67	+ 73
Congenital Anomalies	31	135	32	153	- 18
Tuberculosis	32	129	50	23	+ 106
Inflammatory/Heart	33	111	26	240	- 129
HIV/AIDS	34	106	57	9	+ 98
Ovary Cancer	35	104	21	273	- 169
Poisonings	36	95	53	14	+ 81
Endocrine Disorders	37	95	24	249	- 155
Drug Use	38	89	31	167	- 77
Asthma	39	86	41	58	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	40	80	44	56	+ 24
Skin Cancers	41	73	23	252	- 179
Alcohol	42	70	39	64	+ 6
Birth Trauma	43	65	56	10	+ 55
Malnutrition	44	48	63	2	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	45	43	34	126	- 83
Epilepsy	46	42	36	85	- 43
Violence	47	41	47	38	+ 3
Fires	48	39	48	30	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	37	40	59	- 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	32	45	53	- 20
Meningitis	51	21	58	7	+ 14
Skin Disease	52	19	42	58	- 38
Other Neoplasms	53	16	27	218	- 202
Maternal Conditions	54	13	61	3	+ 10
Encephalitis	55	10	66	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	56	10	59	6	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	57	10	64	1	+ 9
Syphilis	58	7	68	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	37	83	- 77
Appendicitis	60	5	60	3	+ 2
War	61	3	65	0	+ 3
Measles	62	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	2	81	0	+ 2
Pertussis	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	52	19	- 19
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	20	- 20
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

China

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.