IRELAND VS MADAGASCAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MADAGASCAR		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,192	5	1,770	+ 1,422
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,595	6	1,298	+ 1,297
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,201	1	4,762	- 2,561
Tuberculosis	4	2,062	50	23	+ 2,039
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,970	45	53	+ 1,917
Measles	6	1,630	83	0	+ 1,630
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,400	33	153	+ 1,247
Hypertension	8	1,103	29	175	+ 928
Malaria	9	979	75	0	+ 979
Low Birth Weight	10	951	44	56	+ 895
Birth Trauma	11	950	56	10	+ 940
Liver Disease	12	853	19	279	+ 574
Malnutrition	13	753	63	2	+ 751
Lung Disease	14	703	4	1,915	- 1,212
Congenital Anomalies	15	601	32	153	+ 448
Diabetes Mellitus	16	582	16	414	+ 169
Cervical Cancer	17	538	35	103	+ 435
Maternal Conditions	18	493	61	3	+ 490
Asthma	19	445	41	58	+ 388
Meningitis	20	425	58	7	+ 417
Other Injuries	21	419	30	171	+ 248
Kidney Disease	22	391	10	566	- 175
Violence	23	311	47	38	+ 273
Suicide	24	262	14	470	- 208
HIV/AIDS	25	238	57	9	+ 230
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	199	2	3,209	- 3,010
Oesophagus Cancer	27	192	15	419	- 227
Inflammatory/Heart	28	186	26	240	- 54
Prostate Cancer	29	177	9	585	- 408
Liver Cancer	30	166	18	318	- 152
Drownings	31	147	43	57	+ 89
Oral Cancer	32	124	28	183	- 59
Syphilis	33	121	68	0	+ 121
Lymphomas	34	120	13	513	- 393
Fires	35	118	48	30	+ 88
Falls	36	116	25	247	- 131
Breast Cancer	37	112	8	760	- 648
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	111	46	50	+ 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	108	7	1,095	- 988
Poisonings	40	101	53	14	+ 87
Pertussis	41	92	67	0	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	88	38	67	+ 21
Skin Cancers	43	83	23	252	- 169
Endocrine Disorders	44	82	24	249	- 167
Leukemia	45	71	20	274	- 203
Epilepsy	46	68	36	85	- 17
Stomach Cancer	47	65	17	357	- 291
Bladder Cancer	48	51	22	256	- 205
Parkinson's Disease	49	47	12	530	- 482
Schistosomiasis	50	46	72	0	+ 46
Skin Disease	51	33	42	58	- 24
Tetanus	52	33	81	0	+ 33
Alcohol	53	29	39	64	- 36
War	54	27	65	0	+ 27
Lung Cancers	55	26	3	1,916	- 1,890
Appendicitis	56	26	60	3	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	57	24	21	273	- 249
Hepatitis B	58	17	59	6	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	59	17	34	126	- 109
Encephalitis	60	17	66	0	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	61	14	11	530	- 516
Drug Use	62	10	31	167	- 156
Upper Respiratory	63	9	64	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	40	59	- 51
Other Neoplasms	65	4	27	218	- 214
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	37	83	- 80
Hepatitis C	67	3	52	19	- 16
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	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

Madagascar

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.