IRELAND VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	4,545	4	1,915	+ 2,629
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,309	1	4,762	- 1,453
Tuberculosis	3	2,780	50	23	+ 2,757
Stroke	4	2,171	5	1,770	+ 401
Liver Disease	5	1,073	19	279	+ 794
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,049	6	1,298	- 249
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,021	45	53	+ 968
Asthma	8	997	41	58	+ 939
Road Traffic Accidents	9	783	33	153	+ 630
Kidney Disease	10	720	10	566	+ 154
Low Birth Weight	11	643	44	56	+ 587
Lung Cancers	12	603	3	1,916	- 1,313
Falls	13	558	25	247	+ 312
Diabetes Mellitus	14	493	16	414	+ 79
Birth Trauma	15	450	56	10	+ 440
Suicide	16	432	14	470	- 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	390	46	50	+ 340
Hypertension	18	352	29	175	+ 177
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	340	2	3,209	- 2,869
Cervical Cancer	20	331	35	103	+ 228
Congenital Anomalies	21	328	32	153	+ 175
Other Injuries	22	278	30	171	+ 107
Drownings	23	253	43	57	+ 196
Oral Cancer	24	234	28	183	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	25	232	17	357	- 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	196	7	1,095	- 899
Breast Cancer	27	175	8	760	- 585
Maternal Conditions	28	164	61	3	+ 161
Encephalitis	29	148	66	0	+ 148
Epilepsy	30	147	36	85	+ 62
Malnutrition	31	142	63	2	+ 140
Lymphomas	32	129	13	513	- 384
Parkinson's Disease	33	128	12	530	- 402
HIV/AIDS	34	124	57	9	+ 115
Violence	35	118	47	38	+ 80
Leukemia	36	112	20	274	- 161
Ovary Cancer	37	98	21	273	- 175
Oesophagus Cancer	38	83	15	419	- 336
Poisonings	39	80	53	14	+ 66
Pertussis	40	76	67	0	+ 76
Pancreas Cancer	41	75	11	530	- 456
Skin Cancers	42	67	23	252	- 184
Meningitis	43	63	58	7	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	44	55	22	256	- 201
Endocrine Disorders	45	43	24	249	- 206
Liver Cancer	46	43	18	318	- 275
Appendicitis	47	37	60	3	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	48	37	26	240	- 203
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	32	38	67	- 35
Fires	50	31	48	30	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	29	40	59	- 30
Alcohol	52	28	39	64	- 36
Tetanus	53	23	81	0	+ 23
Syphilis	54	23	68	0	+ 23
Dengue	55	20	78	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	56	20	59	6	+ 14
Drug Use	57	16	31	167	- 151
Prostate Cancer	58	14	9	585	- 571
Measles	59	10	83	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	60	9	34	126	- 117
Other Neoplasms	61	8	27	218	- 210
Leishmaniasis	62	7	76	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	37	83	- 77
Hepatitis C	64	5	52	19	- 14
War	65	4	65	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	4	64	1	+ 3
Skin Disease	67	3	42	58	- 55
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	49	29	- 29
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Nepal

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.