IRELAND VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,786	6	1,298	+ 3,488
Malaria	2	3,061	75	0	+ 3,061
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,540	45	53	+ 2,487
Measles	4	2,254	83	0	+ 2,254
Stroke	5	2,162	5	1,770	+ 392
Coronary Heart Disease	6	2,120	1	4,762	- 2,642
Birth Trauma	7	1,795	56	10	+ 1,785
Low Birth Weight	8	1,616	44	56	+ 1,560
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,418	33	153	+ 1,265
HIV/AIDS	10	1,130	57	9	+ 1,121
Meningitis	11	985	58	7	+ 978
Liver Disease	12	954	19	279	+ 675
Tuberculosis	13	886	50	23	+ 863
Congenital Anomalies	14	816	32	153	+ 663
Diabetes Mellitus	15	800	16	414	+ 386
Kidney Disease	16	726	10	566	+ 159
Maternal Conditions	17	671	61	3	+ 668
Other Injuries	18	563	30	171	+ 392
Cervical Cancer	19	558	35	103	+ 455
Lung Disease	20	514	4	1,915	- 1,402
Hypertension	21	504	29	175	+ 330
Asthma	22	441	41	58	+ 383
Liver Cancer	23	437	18	318	+ 119
Pertussis	24	436	67	0	+ 436
Endocrine Disorders	25	426	24	249	+ 177
Violence	26	422	47	38	+ 384
Trypanosomiasis	27	401	74	0	+ 401
Malnutrition	28	386	63	2	+ 384
Suicide	29	334	14	470	- 136
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	217	2	3,209	- 2,993
Drownings	31	198	43	57	+ 141
Prostate Cancer	32	196	9	585	- 388
Falls	33	179	25	247	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	168	38	67	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	35	164	26	240	- 75
Fires	36	153	48	30	+ 123
Epilepsy	37	131	36	85	+ 46
Breast Cancer	38	129	8	760	- 631
Syphilis	39	123	68	0	+ 123
Poisonings	40	110	53	14	+ 96
Stomach Cancer	41	92	17	357	- 265
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	89	46	50	+ 39
Schistosomiasis	43	87	72	0	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	44	79	12	530	- 450
Tetanus	45	63	81	0	+ 63
Drug Use	46	63	31	167	- 104
Hepatitis B	47	61	59	6	+ 55
Lymphomas	48	59	13	513	- 454
Skin Cancers	49	57	23	252	- 195
Lung Cancers	50	48	3	1,916	- 1,868
Skin Disease	51	48	42	58	- 10
Oral Cancer	52	46	28	183	- 137
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	37	7	1,095	- 1,058
Ovary Cancer	54	35	21	273	- 238
Alcohol	55	31	39	64	- 33
Encephalitis	56	30	66	0	+ 30
Appendicitis	57	15	60	3	+ 12
Diphtheria	58	15	82	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	59	14	34	126	- 112
Bladder Cancer	60	12	22	256	- 244
Hepatitis C	61	8	52	19	- 11
Ascariasis	62	8	77	0	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	63	7	15	419	- 411
War	64	7	65	0	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	65	7	11	530	- 523
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	37	83	- 76
Leukemia	67	6	20	274	- 267
Other Neoplasms	68	6	27	218	- 212
Upper Respiratory	69	6	64	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	5	40	59	- 54
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
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

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.