IRELAND VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,946	1	4,762	+ 3,185
Stroke	2	7,431	5	1,770	+ 5,661
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,890	16	414	+ 6,476
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,534	6	1,298	+ 1,236
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	2,443	45	53	+ 2,391
Asthma	6	2,128	41	58	+ 2,070
Tuberculosis	7	1,939	50	23	+ 1,916
Kidney Disease	8	1,896	10	566	+ 1,330
Suicide	9	1,494	14	470	+ 1,024
Lung Disease	10	1,445	4	1,915	- 471
Cervical Cancer	11	1,363	35	103	+ 1,260
Liver Disease	12	1,346	19	279	+ 1,066
Low Birth Weight	13	1,229	44	56	+ 1,174
Birth Trauma	14	1,037	56	10	+ 1,027
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,034	32	153	+ 881
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	827	46	50	+ 777
Malnutrition	17	672	63	2	+ 670
Breast Cancer	18	670	8	760	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	640	38	67	+ 573
Lung Cancers	20	628	3	1,916	- 1,288
Hypertension	21	611	29	175	+ 437
Meningitis	22	607	58	7	+ 600
Stomach Cancer	23	521	17	357	+ 164
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	490	2	3,209	- 2,719
Other Injuries	25	469	30	171	+ 298
Oral Cancer	26	467	28	183	+ 284
Liver Cancer	27	417	18	318	+ 99
Drownings	28	413	43	57	+ 356
Inflammatory/Heart	29	338	26	240	+ 99
Endocrine Disorders	30	324	24	249	+ 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	316	7	1,095	- 779
Pertussis	32	286	67	0	+ 286
Parkinson's Disease	33	269	12	530	- 261
Violence	34	255	47	38	+ 217
Maternal Conditions	35	255	61	3	+ 251
Oesophagus Cancer	36	247	15	419	- 171
Syphilis	37	199	68	0	+ 199
Epilepsy	38	198	36	85	+ 113
Leukemia	39	185	20	274	- 89
Skin Disease	40	178	42	58	+ 120
Lymphomas	41	141	13	513	- 372
Falls	42	140	25	247	- 107
Poisonings	43	139	53	14	+ 125
Prostate Cancer	44	121	9	585	- 464
Road Traffic Accidents	45	102	33	153	- 51
Uterin Cancer	46	93	34	126	- 33
Fires	47	92	48	30	+ 62
Hepatitis B	48	87	59	6	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	49	85	11	530	- 445
Ovary Cancer	50	51	21	273	- 222
Bladder Cancer	51	43	22	256	- 213
Appendicitis	52	37	60	3	+ 33
Encephalitis	53	32	66	0	+ 32
Alcohol	54	29	39	64	- 35
Tetanus	55	20	81	0	+ 20
Skin Cancers	56	19	23	252	- 232
Drug Use	57	18	31	167	- 149
Other Neoplasms	58	14	27	218	- 204
Dengue	59	12	78	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	60	12	64	1	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	37	83	- 75
Hepatitis C	62	7	52	19	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	40	59	- 54
Ascariasis	64	3	77	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	66	2	69	0	+ 2
War	67	1	65	0	+ 0
Measles	68	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	57	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	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
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

Kiribati

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.