IRELAND VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,646	6	1,298	+ 1,347
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,958	45	53	+ 1,906
Stroke	3	1,738	5	1,770	- 32
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,613	1	4,762	- 3,149
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,393	33	153	+ 1,240
Birth Trauma	6	1,373	56	10	+ 1,363
Low Birth Weight	7	1,237	44	56	+ 1,181
Liver Disease	8	1,204	19	279	+ 925
Tuberculosis	9	947	50	23	+ 924
Diabetes Mellitus	10	718	16	414	+ 304
Congenital Anomalies	11	690	32	153	+ 537
Hypertension	12	595	29	175	+ 420
Kidney Disease	13	534	10	566	- 32
Meningitis	14	531	58	7	+ 523
Lung Disease	15	524	4	1,915	- 1,391
Other Injuries	16	518	30	171	+ 347
HIV/AIDS	17	506	57	9	+ 498
Maternal Conditions	18	392	61	3	+ 389
Malnutrition	19	382	63	2	+ 380
Breast Cancer	20	375	8	760	- 385
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	365	2	3,209	- 2,845
Violence	22	357	47	38	+ 318
Pertussis	23	304	67	0	+ 304
Measles	24	279	83	0	+ 279
Suicide	25	266	14	470	- 204
Malaria	26	248	75	0	+ 248
Cervical Cancer	27	222	35	103	+ 119
Falls	28	199	25	247	- 48
Asthma	29	198	41	58	+ 140
Leukemia	30	186	20	274	- 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	166	7	1,095	- 929
Poisonings	32	162	53	14	+ 148
Lymphomas	33	158	13	513	- 354
Fires	34	144	48	30	+ 114
Drownings	35	138	43	57	+ 81
Ovary Cancer	36	107	21	273	- 166
Tetanus	37	97	81	0	+ 97
Lung Cancers	38	97	3	1,916	- 1,819
Inflammatory/Heart	39	96	26	240	- 144
Oesophagus Cancer	40	81	15	419	- 337
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	78	38	67	+ 11
Liver Cancer	42	76	18	318	- 242
Syphilis	43	75	68	0	+ 75
Epilepsy	44	72	36	85	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	45	72	24	249	- 178
Parkinson's Disease	46	70	12	530	- 460
Stomach Cancer	47	67	17	357	- 290
Oral Cancer	48	65	28	183	- 118
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	59	46	50	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	50	55	9	585	- 530
Bladder Cancer	51	48	22	256	- 208
Skin Cancers	52	44	23	252	- 207
Skin Disease	53	40	42	58	- 18
Schistosomiasis	54	37	72	0	+ 37
Alcohol	55	33	39	64	- 31
Hepatitis B	56	33	59	6	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	57	31	64	1	+ 30
Appendicitis	58	30	60	3	+ 27
Leishmaniasis	59	26	76	0	+ 26
Drug Use	60	23	31	167	- 144
Pancreas Cancer	61	22	11	530	- 509
Uterin Cancer	62	19	34	126	- 108
Encephalitis	63	17	66	0	+ 17
War	64	12	65	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	10	40	59	- 49
Other Neoplasms	66	7	27	218	- 211
Diphtheria	67	6	82	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	68	6	77	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	69	5	52	19	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	70	3	37	83	- 80
Otitis Media	71	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	78	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
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

Ethiopia

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.