IRELAND VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,153	1	4,762	+ 5,391
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,448	16	414	+ 6,035
Stroke	3	6,259	5	1,770	+ 4,489
Kidney Disease	4	2,955	10	566	+ 2,388
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,721	6	1,298	+ 1,422
Lung Disease	6	2,166	4	1,915	+ 251
Suicide	7	1,687	14	470	+ 1,217
Hypertension	8	1,425	29	175	+ 1,250
Liver Disease	9	1,246	19	279	+ 967
Lung Cancers	10	1,205	3	1,916	- 711
Drownings	11	905	43	57	+ 848
Breast Cancer	12	892	8	760	+ 133
Asthma	13	836	41	58	+ 778
Low Birth Weight	14	786	44	56	+ 731
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	721	46	50	+ 671
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	705	45	53	+ 653
Other Injuries	17	699	30	171	+ 528
Congenital Anomalies	18	698	32	153	+ 545
Tuberculosis	19	657	50	23	+ 634
Stomach Cancer	20	617	17	357	+ 260
Birth Trauma	21	568	56	10	+ 558
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	443	7	1,095	- 652
Cervical Cancer	23	437	35	103	+ 334
Liver Cancer	24	429	18	318	+ 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	348	38	67	+ 281
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	343	2	3,209	- 2,867
Falls	27	323	25	247	+ 76
Inflammatory/Heart	28	317	26	240	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	29	289	9	585	- 296
Endocrine Disorders	30	279	24	249	+ 29
Violence	31	277	47	38	+ 239
Leukemia	32	264	20	274	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	33	245	12	530	- 284
Maternal Conditions	34	193	61	3	+ 190
Pancreas Cancer	35	190	11	530	- 340
Lymphomas	36	189	13	513	- 324
Pertussis	37	185	67	0	+ 185
Oral Cancer	38	177	28	183	- 5
Meningitis	39	168	58	7	+ 160
Syphilis	40	159	68	0	+ 159
Uterin Cancer	41	150	34	126	+ 24
Skin Disease	42	144	42	58	+ 86
Epilepsy	43	143	36	85	+ 58
Malnutrition	44	140	63	2	+ 138
Ovary Cancer	45	121	21	273	- 152
Alcohol	46	120	39	64	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	47	115	15	419	- 304
Fires	48	106	48	30	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	49	82	22	256	- 174
Poisonings	50	53	53	14	+ 39
Skin Cancers	51	48	23	252	- 204
Drug Use	52	32	31	167	- 134
Encephalitis	53	31	66	0	+ 31
Appendicitis	54	23	60	3	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	55	20	27	218	- 198
Measles	56	18	83	0	+ 18
Hepatitis B	57	16	59	6	+ 10
Road Traffic Accidents	58	10	33	153	- 143
Tetanus	59	9	81	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	8	40	59	- 51
Dengue	61	7	78	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	37	83	- 76
Hepatitis C	63	2	52	19	- 17
Diphtheria	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	2	77	0	+ 2
War	66	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	1	- 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
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	57	9	- 9
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Micronesia

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.