IRELAND VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,836	1	4,762	+ 74
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,069	2	3,209	+ 860
Stroke	3	2,783	5	1,770	+ 1,013
Lung Cancers	4	2,729	3	1,916	+ 813
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,673	7	1,095	+ 578
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,513	6	1,298	+ 215
Lung Disease	7	1,395	4	1,915	- 520
Breast Cancer	8	1,189	8	760	+ 429
Other Injuries	9	1,157	30	171	+ 986
Pancreas Cancer	10	946	11	530	+ 416
Kidney Disease	11	878	10	566	+ 312
Diabetes Mellitus	12	835	16	414	+ 422
Prostate Cancer	13	832	9	585	+ 247
Lymphomas	14	771	13	513	+ 258
Liver Cancer	15	733	18	318	+ 415
Suicide	16	686	14	470	+ 216
Other Neoplasms	17	671	27	218	+ 453
Falls	18	634	25	247	+ 387
Endocrine Disorders	19	619	24	249	+ 370
Parkinson's Disease	20	579	12	530	+ 50
Leukemia	21	571	20	274	+ 297
Liver Disease	22	565	19	279	+ 286
Hypertension	23	544	29	175	+ 369
Bladder Cancer	24	503	22	256	+ 247
Inflammatory/Heart	25	464	26	240	+ 224
Stomach Cancer	26	423	17	357	+ 67
Oral Cancer	27	358	28	183	+ 175
Oesophagus Cancer	28	358	15	419	- 61
Malnutrition	29	322	63	2	+ 321
Ovary Cancer	30	303	21	273	+ 31
Road Traffic Accidents	31	256	33	153	+ 103
Skin Cancers	32	249	23	252	- 2
Alcohol	33	244	39	64	+ 180
Uterin Cancer	34	208	34	126	+ 82
Congenital Anomalies	35	154	32	153	+ 1
Drug Use	36	144	31	167	- 23
Epilepsy	37	143	36	85	+ 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	138	45	53	+ 86
Skin Disease	39	122	42	58	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	40	120	35	103	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	106	46	50	+ 56
Asthma	42	80	41	58	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	75	38	67	+ 9
Anemia	44	74	49	29	+ 46
Drownings	45	66	43	57	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	46	58	37	83	- 25
Low Birth Weight	47	50	44	56	- 6
Schizophrenia	48	50	55	12	+ 38
Violence	49	41	47	38	+ 3
Tuberculosis	50	33	50	23	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	33	40	59	- 26
Hepatitis C	52	32	52	19	+ 13
Fires	53	31	48	30	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	54	28	57	9	+ 19
Birth Trauma	55	24	56	10	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	56	19	51	20	- 1
Poisonings	57	17	53	14	+ 3
Meningitis	58	13	58	7	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	10	59	6	+ 4
Oral conditions	60	9	62	2	+ 7
Appendicitis	61	7	60	3	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	6	54	14	- 8
Upper Respiratory	63	4	64	1	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	64	4	61	3	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	66	0	+ 0
War	67	1	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

France

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.