IRELAND VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,460	6	1,298	+ 1,162
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,210	1	4,762	- 2,551
Stroke	3	1,240	5	1,770	- 530
Kidney Disease	4	1,161	10	566	+ 595
Liver Disease	5	1,023	19	279	+ 744
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	933	2	3,209	- 2,276
Stomach Cancer	7	814	17	357	+ 458
Diabetes Mellitus	8	712	16	414	+ 299
Road Traffic Accidents	9	709	33	153	+ 556
Lung Cancers	10	509	3	1,916	- 1,407
Prostate Cancer	11	508	9	585	- 76
Violence	12	484	47	38	+ 445
Other Injuries	13	462	30	171	+ 291
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	424	7	1,095	- 671
Lung Disease	15	404	4	1,915	- 1,511
Liver Cancer	16	398	18	318	+ 80
Tuberculosis	17	382	50	23	+ 359
Lymphomas	18	362	13	513	- 151
Congenital Anomalies	19	321	32	153	+ 168
Breast Cancer	20	316	8	760	- 444
Cervical Cancer	21	309	35	103	+ 206
Leukemia	22	297	20	274	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	23	258	11	530	- 273
Low Birth Weight	24	237	44	56	+ 181
Falls	25	206	25	247	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	26	204	12	530	- 326
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	178	45	53	+ 125
Hypertension	28	170	29	175	- 4
Malnutrition	29	161	63	2	+ 160
Suicide	30	145	14	470	- 325
HIV/AIDS	31	136	57	9	+ 128
Skin Cancers	32	126	23	252	- 126
Ovary Cancer	33	115	21	273	- 158
Drug Use	34	102	31	167	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	98	38	67	+ 31
Drownings	36	94	43	57	+ 37
Birth Trauma	37	86	56	10	+ 76
Oral Cancer	38	83	28	183	- 99
Inflammatory/Heart	39	79	26	240	- 161
Endocrine Disorders	40	76	24	249	- 173
Bladder Cancer	41	74	22	256	- 182
Oesophagus Cancer	42	63	15	419	- 355
Maternal Conditions	43	55	61	3	+ 52
Alcohol	44	52	39	64	- 13
Uterin Cancer	45	49	34	126	- 77
Encephalitis	46	45	66	0	+ 45
Epilepsy	47	42	36	85	- 43
Pertussis	48	42	67	0	+ 42
Fires	49	38	48	30	+ 8
Asthma	50	33	41	58	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	32	46	50	- 18
Syphilis	52	29	68	0	+ 29
Appendicitis	53	27	60	3	+ 24
Skin Disease	54	25	42	58	- 33
Poisonings	55	20	53	14	+ 6
Meningitis	56	19	58	7	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	17	40	59	- 42
Other Neoplasms	58	9	27	218	- 209
Chagas disease	59	8	73	0	+ 8
Tetanus	60	8	81	0	+ 8
Malaria	61	6	75	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	37	83	- 77
Upper Respiratory	63	2	64	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	2	59	6	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	1	52	19	- 19
Dengue	66	1	78	0	+ 1
War	67	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
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

Peru

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.