IRELAND VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,645	1	4,762	+ 884
Lung Disease	2	3,267	4	1,915	+ 1,352
Stroke	3	2,589	5	1,770	+ 819
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,490	45	53	+ 2,437
Tuberculosis	5	1,619	50	23	+ 1,596
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,457	6	1,298	+ 159
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,008	16	414	+ 595
Liver Disease	8	997	19	279	+ 718
Low Birth Weight	9	887	44	56	+ 831
Falls	10	838	25	247	+ 592
Kidney Disease	11	828	10	566	+ 261
Road Traffic Accidents	12	790	33	153	+ 637
Asthma	13	728	41	58	+ 670
Suicide	14	644	14	470	+ 174
Other Injuries	15	555	30	171	+ 385
Oral Cancer	16	498	28	183	+ 316
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	470	2	3,209	- 2,739
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	468	46	50	+ 418
Hypertension	19	401	29	175	+ 227
Birth Trauma	20	382	56	10	+ 372
Lung Cancers	21	328	3	1,916	- 1,588
Breast Cancer	22	308	8	760	- 452
Congenital Anomalies	23	307	32	153	+ 154
Stomach Cancer	24	301	17	357	- 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	287	7	1,095	- 808
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	253	38	67	+ 186
Violence	27	192	47	38	+ 154
Drownings	28	181	43	57	+ 124
Encephalitis	29	179	66	0	+ 178
Cervical Cancer	30	168	35	103	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	31	165	57	9	+ 156
Parkinson's Disease	32	161	12	530	- 368
Lymphomas	33	149	13	513	- 364
Oesophagus Cancer	34	144	15	419	- 274
Leukemia	35	124	20	274	- 150
Meningitis	36	124	58	7	+ 116
Pancreas Cancer	37	122	11	530	- 409
Prostate Cancer	38	115	9	585	- 470
Liver Cancer	39	113	18	318	- 205
Epilepsy	40	113	36	85	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	41	96	61	3	+ 93
Fires	42	86	48	30	+ 56
Alcohol	43	86	39	64	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	44	82	21	273	- 191
Skin Disease	45	66	42	58	+ 9
Dengue	46	65	78	0	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	47	57	24	249	- 193
Bladder Cancer	48	52	22	256	- 204
Inflammatory/Heart	49	47	26	240	- 193
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	44	40	59	- 15
Measles	51	44	83	0	+ 44
Drug Use	52	44	31	167	- 123
Appendicitis	53	42	60	3	+ 38
Pertussis	54	37	67	0	+ 37
Malnutrition	55	32	63	2	+ 30
Hepatitis B	56	30	59	6	+ 25
Malaria	57	29	75	0	+ 29
Tetanus	58	26	81	0	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	59	25	34	126	- 101
Skin Cancers	60	19	23	252	- 233
Poisonings	61	13	53	14	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	11	27	218	- 207
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	37	83	- 74
Syphilis	64	7	68	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	5	52	19	- 14
Leishmaniasis	66	4	76	0	+ 4
War	67	3	65	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	64	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	29	- 29
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Oral conditions	84	0	62	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	54	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

India

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.