IRELAND VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	5,865	5	1,770	+ 4,096
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,632	1	4,762	- 130
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,349	16	414	+ 3,936
Kidney Disease	4	2,482	10	566	+ 1,916
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,045	6	1,298	+ 747
Prostate Cancer	6	1,753	9	585	+ 1,168
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,699	33	153	+ 1,546
Lung Disease	8	1,645	4	1,915	- 270
Hypertension	9	1,634	29	175	+ 1,459
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,482	2	3,209	- 1,727
Violence	11	1,152	47	38	+ 1,114
Liver Disease	12	1,085	19	279	+ 806
Inflammatory/Heart	13	981	26	240	+ 741
Breast Cancer	14	793	8	760	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	15	682	17	357	+ 326
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	657	7	1,095	- 438
Endocrine Disorders	17	628	24	249	+ 379
Lung Cancers	18	582	3	1,916	- 1,334
Low Birth Weight	19	535	44	56	+ 480
Skin Disease	20	503	42	58	+ 446
Other Injuries	21	459	30	171	+ 289
Suicide	22	448	14	470	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	23	432	12	530	- 98
Lymphomas	24	408	13	513	- 105
Cervical Cancer	25	369	35	103	+ 266
Falls	26	328	25	247	+ 81
Asthma	27	299	41	58	+ 241
Drownings	28	290	43	57	+ 233
Alcohol	29	288	39	64	+ 224
Congenital Anomalies	30	252	32	153	+ 99
Pancreas Cancer	31	251	11	530	- 280
Epilepsy	32	222	36	85	+ 137
Malnutrition	33	205	63	2	+ 203
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	167	38	67	+ 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	143	45	53	+ 90
Leukemia	36	138	20	274	- 136
Liver Cancer	37	126	18	318	- 192
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	123	46	50	+ 73
Fires	39	103	48	30	+ 73
Oesophagus Cancer	40	98	15	419	- 321
Ovary Cancer	41	97	21	273	- 175
Birth Trauma	42	96	56	10	+ 86
Oral Cancer	43	96	28	183	- 87
Tuberculosis	44	91	50	23	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	45	63	34	126	- 63
Drug Use	46	60	31	167	- 107
Maternal Conditions	47	57	61	3	+ 54
Other Neoplasms	48	57	27	218	- 161
Meningitis	49	46	58	7	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	41	40	59	- 18
Appendicitis	51	35	60	3	+ 32
Encephalitis	52	34	66	0	+ 34
Dengue	53	18	78	0	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	54	14	37	83	- 69
Poisonings	55	8	53	14	- 6
Tetanus	56	7	81	0	+ 7
Syphilis	57	6	68	0	+ 6
War	58	5	65	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	4	64	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	6	- 4
Schistosomiasis	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	19	- 19
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	23	252	- 252
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	49	29	- 29
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	22	256	- 256
Schizophrenia	73	0	55	12	- 12
Oral conditions	74	0	62	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	54	14	- 14
Measles	77	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	57	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	85	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Saint Lucia

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.