IRELAND VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,274	1	4,762	- 2,487
Stroke	2	1,362	5	1,770	- 408
Road Traffic Accidents	3	804	33	153	+ 651
Diabetes Mellitus	4	789	16	414	+ 375
Hypertension	5	717	29	175	+ 543
Kidney Disease	6	700	10	566	+ 133
Lung Cancers	7	496	3	1,916	- 1,420
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	439	6	1,298	- 859
Congenital Anomalies	9	438	32	153	+ 285
Low Birth Weight	10	401	44	56	+ 346
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	331	2	3,209	- 2,878
Breast Cancer	12	321	8	760	- 438
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	289	7	1,095	- 806
Liver Disease	14	231	19	279	- 48
Lung Disease	15	208	4	1,915	- 1,708
Leukemia	16	173	20	274	- 101
Stomach Cancer	17	171	17	357	- 186
Lymphomas	18	151	13	513	- 361
Other Injuries	19	138	30	171	- 33
Birth Trauma	20	127	56	10	+ 117
Violence	21	126	47	38	+ 88
Pancreas Cancer	22	115	11	530	- 416
Bladder Cancer	23	100	22	256	- 156
Falls	24	89	25	247	- 158
Liver Cancer	25	87	18	318	- 231
Endocrine Disorders	26	84	24	249	- 165
Parkinson's Disease	27	79	12	530	- 450
Suicide	28	77	14	470	- 393
Fires	29	72	48	30	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	71	45	53	+ 19
Oral Cancer	31	67	28	183	- 116
Ovary Cancer	32	65	21	273	- 208
Prostate Cancer	33	61	9	585	- 524
Drug Use	34	54	31	167	- 113
Asthma	35	54	41	58	- 4
Drownings	36	50	43	57	- 7
Meningitis	37	37	58	7	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	38	35	26	240	- 205
Uterin Cancer	39	35	34	126	- 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	31	38	67	- 36
Cervical Cancer	41	30	35	103	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	42	30	15	419	- 389
Pertussis	43	26	67	0	+ 26
Maternal Conditions	44	25	61	3	+ 22
Syphilis	45	24	68	0	+ 24
Epilepsy	46	23	36	85	- 62
Poisonings	47	22	53	14	+ 8
Skin Disease	48	20	42	58	- 38
Skin Cancers	49	18	23	252	- 234
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	10	46	50	- 39
Malnutrition	51	7	63	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	52	6	66	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	53	6	50	23	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	54	6	37	83	- 77
Alcohol	55	5	39	64	- 59
Tetanus	56	5	81	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	57	4	27	218	- 214
Appendicitis	58	4	60	3	+ 0
War	59	3	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	40	59	- 57
Schistosomiasis	62	1	72	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	57	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	1	52	19	- 19
Measles	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

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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.