IRELAND VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,898	1	4,762	+ 11,136
Stroke	2	4,416	5	1,770	+ 2,646
Lung Cancers	3	3,482	3	1,916	+ 1,566
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,701	6	1,298	+ 1,403
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,973	7	1,095	+ 878
Lung Disease	6	1,847	4	1,915	- 68
Other Neoplasms	7	1,250	27	218	+ 1,032
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,209	16	414	+ 795
Breast Cancer	9	1,076	8	760	+ 316
Liver Disease	10	1,069	19	279	+ 789
Prostate Cancer	11	876	9	585	+ 291
Stomach Cancer	12	798	17	357	+ 442
Pancreas Cancer	13	733	11	530	+ 203
Alcohol	14	708	39	64	+ 643
Hypertension	15	667	29	175	+ 492
Falls	16	636	25	247	+ 390
Bladder Cancer	17	635	22	256	+ 379
Suicide	18	578	14	470	+ 108
Lymphomas	19	559	13	513	+ 47
Kidney Disease	20	549	10	566	- 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	500	2	3,209	- 2,709
Road Traffic Accidents	22	480	33	153	+ 327
Inflammatory/Heart	23	472	26	240	+ 232
Leukemia	24	467	20	274	+ 193
Oral Cancer	25	456	28	183	+ 273
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	417	38	67	+ 351
Ovary Cancer	27	396	21	273	+ 123
Other Injuries	28	341	30	171	+ 170
Liver Cancer	29	309	18	318	- 9
Uterin Cancer	30	292	34	126	+ 166
Skin Cancers	31	291	23	252	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	32	258	35	103	+ 155
Oesophagus Cancer	33	244	15	419	- 175
Parkinson's Disease	34	203	12	530	- 327
Epilepsy	35	155	36	85	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	36	124	32	153	- 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	113	45	53	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	38	112	24	249	- 137
Drownings	39	86	43	57	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	83	46	50	+ 33
Tuberculosis	41	81	50	23	+ 58
Low Birth Weight	42	78	44	56	+ 22
Asthma	43	73	41	58	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	44	68	37	83	- 15
Fires	45	64	48	30	+ 34
Skin Disease	46	63	42	58	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	50	40	59	- 9
Drug Use	48	43	31	167	- 123
Violence	49	40	47	38	+ 2
Malnutrition	50	39	63	2	+ 38
Poisonings	51	28	53	14	+ 14
Hepatitis C	52	25	52	19	+ 6
Meningitis	53	23	58	7	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	54	16	57	9	+ 7
Appendicitis	55	9	60	3	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	7	59	6	+ 1
Birth Trauma	57	7	56	10	- 3
Schizophrenia	58	4	55	12	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	4	54	14	- 10
Upper Respiratory	60	3	64	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	61	2	51	20	- 17
Anemia	62	2	49	29	- 27
Maternal Conditions	63	1	61	3	- 2
Encephalitis	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	1	62	2	- 2
War	66	1	65	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Poland

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.