SLOVENIA VS IRELAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRELAND		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,909	1	3,617	- 1,708
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,286	16	375	+ 911
Lung Cancers	3	768	3	1,261	- 493
Lung Disease	4	768	7	675	+ 93
Stroke	5	709	2	1,977	- 1,268
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	520	13	412	+ 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	439	5	743	- 304
Breast Cancer	8	305	9	484	- 179
Prostate Cancer	9	234	10	476	- 242
Kidney Disease	10	227	28	143	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	11	213	15	409	- 197
Parkinson's Disease	12	212	24	196	+ 16
Lymphomas	13	206	11	465	- 259
Suicide	14	188	14	411	- 223
Oesophagus Cancer	15	168	32	93	+ 75
Diabetes Mellitus	16	166	18	340	- 174
Stomach Cancer	17	143	17	341	- 198
Liver Cancer	18	127	19	285	- 157
Liver Disease	19	112	12	429	- 317
Leukemia	20	110	21	225	- 116
Ovary Cancer	21	109	29	122	- 13
Bladder Cancer	22	103	22	211	- 109
Skin Cancers	23	101	25	191	- 90
Endocrine Disorders	24	100	33	93	+ 7
Falls	25	99	6	708	- 609
Inflammatory/Heart	26	96	20	239	- 143
Other Neoplasms	27	87	34	69	+ 18
Oral Cancer	28	73	27	145	- 72
Hypertension	29	70	4	881	- 811
Other Injuries	30	68	23	203	- 134
Drug Use	31	67	41	24	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	32	61	38	49	+ 12
Road Traffic Accidents	33	61	31	105	- 44
Uterin Cancer	34	51	30	106	- 55
Cervical Cancer	35	41	36	60	- 19
Epilepsy	36	34	35	62	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	37	33	39	35	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	27	37	55	- 28
Alcohol	39	26	8	511	- 485
Rheumatoid Arthritis	40	24	40	30	- 6
Asthma	41	23	45	16	+ 7
Skin Disease	42	23	49	5	+ 18
Drownings	43	23	44	17	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	44	22	43	17	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	45	21	52	4	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	20	26	151	- 132
Violence	47	15	42	19	- 3
Fires	48	12	48	8	+ 4
Anemia	49	12	60	1	+ 11
Tuberculosis	50	9	46	15	- 5
Osteoarthritis	51	8	85	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	52	8	67	0	+ 8
Poisonings	53	6	51	4	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	5	86	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	55	5	47	9	- 5
Birth Trauma	56	4	57	1	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	57	3	70	0	+ 3
Meningitis	58	3	50	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	58	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	1	54	2	- 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	56	1	- 0
Oral conditions	62	1	53	3	- 2
Malnutrition	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	63	0	+ 0
War	65	0	61	0	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	55	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	59	1	- 1
Diphtheria	82	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

Ireland

Slovenia

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.