IRELAND VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,022	1	4,762	+ 2,260
Stroke	2	4,825	5	1,770	+ 3,055
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,669	6	1,298	+ 1,371
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,319	16	414	+ 1,906
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,572	45	53	+ 1,519
Lung Disease	6	1,502	4	1,915	- 413
Malaria	7	1,048	75	0	+ 1,048
Road Traffic Accidents	8	797	33	153	+ 644
Suicide	9	707	14	470	+ 238
Liver Disease	10	640	19	279	+ 360
Drownings	11	579	43	57	+ 522
Asthma	12	565	41	58	+ 507
Hypertension	13	548	29	175	+ 373
Low Birth Weight	14	465	44	56	+ 409
Kidney Disease	15	458	10	566	- 108
Congenital Anomalies	16	454	32	153	+ 301
Other Injuries	17	431	30	171	+ 260
Liver Cancer	18	431	18	318	+ 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	423	46	50	+ 374
Falls	20	394	25	247	+ 147
Birth Trauma	21	370	56	10	+ 360
Maternal Conditions	22	330	61	3	+ 327
Tuberculosis	23	322	50	23	+ 299
Dengue	24	299	78	0	+ 299
Cervical Cancer	25	298	35	103	+ 195
Breast Cancer	26	243	8	760	- 516
Lung Cancers	27	241	3	1,916	- 1,675
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	229	2	3,209	- 2,980
Syphilis	29	201	68	0	+ 201
Violence	30	188	47	38	+ 150
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	166	7	1,095	- 929
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	160	38	67	+ 93
Ovary Cancer	33	154	21	273	- 119
Parkinson's Disease	34	150	12	530	- 379
Leukemia	35	146	20	274	- 127
Malnutrition	36	137	63	2	+ 135
Inflammatory/Heart	37	125	26	240	- 114
Poisonings	38	110	53	14	+ 96
Endocrine Disorders	39	107	24	249	- 143
Fires	40	103	48	30	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	41	93	9	585	- 492
Lymphomas	42	92	13	513	- 420
Meningitis	43	91	58	7	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	44	84	17	357	- 272
Epilepsy	45	76	36	85	- 9
Skin Disease	46	73	42	58	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	47	62	34	126	- 64
Alcohol	48	62	39	64	- 2
Oral Cancer	49	54	28	183	- 128
Pertussis	50	53	67	0	+ 53
Pancreas Cancer	51	31	11	530	- 500
Bladder Cancer	52	31	22	256	- 225
Hepatitis B	53	23	59	6	+ 17
Encephalitis	54	12	66	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	55	10	60	3	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	56	8	27	218	- 210
Oesophagus Cancer	57	8	15	419	- 411
Drug Use	58	6	31	167	- 161
Tetanus	59	5	81	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	40	59	- 56
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	37	83	- 80
Hepatitis C	62	3	52	19	- 16
Ascariasis	63	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	64	1	- 0
War	65	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	23	252	- 252
Schizophrenia	70	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	49	29	- 29
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	57	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Solomon Isl.

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.