IRELAND VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,234	57	9	+ 6,225
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,406	6	1,298	+ 2,108
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,835	1	4,762	- 1,927
Stroke	4	2,658	5	1,770	+ 888
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,614	16	414	+ 2,200
Tuberculosis	6	1,902	50	23	+ 1,879
Violence	7	1,818	47	38	+ 1,780
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,372	45	53	+ 1,319
Kidney Disease	9	1,325	10	566	+ 758
Suicide	10	1,193	14	470	+ 723
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,127	33	153	+ 974
Hypertension	12	1,107	29	175	+ 933
Lung Disease	13	1,030	4	1,915	- 886
Liver Disease	14	780	19	279	+ 501
Lung Cancers	15	667	3	1,916	- 1,249
Low Birth Weight	16	541	44	56	+ 485
Other Injuries	17	521	30	171	+ 350
Asthma	18	517	41	58	+ 459
Endocrine Disorders	19	510	24	249	+ 261
Cervical Cancer	20	481	35	103	+ 378
Inflammatory/Heart	21	468	26	240	+ 228
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	405	2	3,209	- 2,804
Breast Cancer	23	393	8	760	- 367
Prostate Cancer	24	379	9	585	- 206
Congenital Anomalies	25	377	32	153	+ 224
Meningitis	26	317	58	7	+ 310
Fires	27	313	48	30	+ 283
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	311	7	1,095	- 785
Oesophagus Cancer	29	302	15	419	- 117
Birth Trauma	30	260	56	10	+ 250
Lymphomas	31	244	13	513	- 269
Drownings	32	208	43	57	+ 151
Liver Cancer	33	206	18	318	- 112
Malnutrition	34	206	63	2	+ 204
Pancreas Cancer	35	174	11	530	- 357
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	164	38	67	+ 97
Epilepsy	37	162	36	85	+ 77
Maternal Conditions	38	147	61	3	+ 144
Stomach Cancer	39	133	17	357	- 224
Leukemia	40	127	20	274	- 147
Oral Cancer	41	122	28	183	- 61
Falls	42	121	25	247	- 126
Pertussis	43	99	67	0	+ 99
Syphilis	44	98	68	0	+ 98
Skin Disease	45	95	42	58	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	46	93	12	530	- 436
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	88	46	50	+ 38
Skin Cancers	48	86	23	252	- 166
Alcohol	49	85	39	64	+ 21
Poisonings	50	84	53	14	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	51	82	21	273	- 191
Bladder Cancer	52	72	22	256	- 184
Drug Use	53	67	31	167	- 100
Uterin Cancer	54	44	34	126	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	33	40	59	- 26
Appendicitis	56	24	60	3	+ 20
Measles	57	23	83	0	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	58	23	27	218	- 195
Encephalitis	59	20	66	0	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	60	19	64	1	+ 18
Hepatitis B	61	12	59	6	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	37	83	- 73
Malaria	63	7	75	0	+ 7
War	64	6	65	0	+ 5
Tetanus	65	3	81	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	66	3	72	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	2	69	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	52	19	- 19
Ascariasis	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	62	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	54	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

South Africa

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.