IRELAND VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,357	57	9	+ 5,349
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,660	6	1,298	+ 1,361
Malaria	3	1,945	75	0	+ 1,945
Low Birth Weight	4	1,331	44	56	+ 1,276
Birth Trauma	5	1,285	56	10	+ 1,275
Stroke	6	1,274	5	1,770	- 496
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,221	1	4,762	- 3,541
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,074	33	153	+ 921
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,017	45	53	+ 964
Tuberculosis	10	935	50	23	+ 912
Diabetes Mellitus	11	872	16	414	+ 458
Congenital Anomalies	12	726	32	153	+ 573
Liver Disease	13	581	19	279	+ 301
Kidney Disease	14	578	10	566	+ 12
Measles	15	528	83	0	+ 528
Hypertension	16	481	29	175	+ 306
Maternal Conditions	17	404	61	3	+ 401
Syphilis	18	390	68	0	+ 390
Meningitis	19	370	58	7	+ 363
Lung Disease	20	351	4	1,915	- 1,564
Pertussis	21	318	67	0	+ 318
Suicide	22	312	14	470	- 158
Other Injuries	23	306	30	171	+ 135
Breast Cancer	24	246	8	760	- 514
Endocrine Disorders	25	213	24	249	- 36
Asthma	26	190	41	58	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	27	184	26	240	- 56
Cervical Cancer	28	163	35	103	+ 60
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	162	2	3,209	- 3,048
Drug Use	30	147	31	167	- 20
Malnutrition	31	140	63	2	+ 138
Falls	32	133	25	247	- 114
Violence	33	130	47	38	+ 92
Liver Cancer	34	125	18	318	- 193
Prostate Cancer	35	125	9	585	- 460
Drownings	36	115	43	57	+ 58
Oral Cancer	37	101	28	183	- 82
Epilepsy	38	94	36	85	+ 9
Fires	39	88	48	30	+ 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	83	7	1,095	- 1,012
Lung Cancers	41	78	3	1,916	- 1,838
Tetanus	42	68	81	0	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	64	38	67	- 3
Poisonings	44	61	53	14	+ 47
Lymphomas	45	56	13	513	- 456
Parkinson's Disease	46	51	12	530	- 478
Trypanosomiasis	47	48	74	0	+ 48
Skin Cancers	48	47	23	252	- 205
Stomach Cancer	49	45	17	357	- 311
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	41	46	50	- 8
Skin Disease	51	38	42	58	- 20
Ovary Cancer	52	37	21	273	- 236
Alcohol	53	35	39	64	- 29
Oesophagus Cancer	54	34	15	419	- 384
Pancreas Cancer	55	33	11	530	- 497
Bladder Cancer	56	25	22	256	- 231
Encephalitis	57	23	66	0	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	58	22	34	126	- 104
Appendicitis	59	16	60	3	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	60	12	72	0	+ 12
Leukemia	61	11	20	274	- 263
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	40	59	- 48
Other Neoplasms	63	9	27	218	- 209
Diphtheria	64	9	82	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	65	9	59	6	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	1	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	37	83	- 79
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	52	19	- 18
Ascariasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
War	71	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	54	14	- 14
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Equ. Guinea

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.