IRELAND VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,180	1	4,762	+ 3,418
Liver Disease	2	2,828	19	279	+ 2,549
Stroke	3	2,062	5	1,770	+ 293
Liver Cancer	4	1,153	18	318	+ 835
Hypertension	5	992	29	175	+ 818
Kidney Disease	6	992	10	566	+ 426
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	974	6	1,298	- 325
Diabetes Mellitus	8	900	16	414	+ 486
Lung Disease	9	630	4	1,915	- 1,285
Congenital Anomalies	10	572	32	153	+ 419
Low Birth Weight	11	536	44	56	+ 480
Road Traffic Accidents	12	477	33	153	+ 324
Breast Cancer	13	432	8	760	- 328
Lymphomas	14	355	13	513	- 158
Asthma	15	334	41	58	+ 276
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	328	2	3,209	- 2,881
Birth Trauma	17	287	56	10	+ 277
Lung Cancers	18	267	3	1,916	- 1,649
Bladder Cancer	19	241	22	256	- 14
Violence	20	196	47	38	+ 158
Other Injuries	21	180	30	171	+ 9
Leukemia	22	177	20	274	- 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	174	45	53	+ 121
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	145	7	1,095	- 950
Suicide	25	142	14	470	- 328
Pancreas Cancer	26	137	11	530	- 394
Inflammatory/Heart	27	117	26	240	- 123
Parkinson's Disease	28	112	12	530	- 417
Endocrine Disorders	29	112	24	249	- 138
Falls	30	95	25	247	- 152
Ovary Cancer	31	91	21	273	- 181
Stomach Cancer	32	87	17	357	- 270
Fires	33	74	48	30	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	63	38	67	- 4
Prostate Cancer	35	60	9	585	- 525
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	59	46	50	+ 9
Drownings	37	53	43	57	- 4
Encephalitis	38	49	66	0	+ 49
Skin Cancers	39	48	23	252	- 204
Hepatitis B	40	47	59	6	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	41	45	15	419	- 374
Pertussis	42	43	67	0	+ 43
Meningitis	43	39	58	7	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	44	37	61	3	+ 34
Oral Cancer	45	37	28	183	- 145
Malnutrition	46	36	63	2	+ 34
War	47	34	65	0	+ 33
Cervical Cancer	48	29	35	103	- 74
Tetanus	49	25	81	0	+ 25
Epilepsy	50	21	36	85	- 64
Tuberculosis	51	20	50	23	- 3
Uterin Cancer	52	20	34	126	- 106
HIV/AIDS	53	19	57	9	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	54	10	72	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	55	10	42	58	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	56	10	37	83	- 73
Poisonings	57	9	53	14	- 5
Syphilis	58	7	68	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	7	60	3	+ 3
Alcohol	60	7	39	64	- 58
Other Neoplasms	61	5	27	218	- 212
Drug Use	62	5	31	167	- 161
Hepatitis C	63	5	52	19	- 15
Measles	64	2	83	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	40	59	- 58
Leishmaniasis	66	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	1	- 1
Dengue	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Egypt

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.