IRELAND VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,721	1	4,762	+ 959
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,686	2	3,209	+ 1,477
Stroke	3	3,210	5	1,770	+ 1,441
Lung Cancers	4	2,450	3	1,916	+ 534
Lung Disease	5	2,095	4	1,915	+ 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,877	7	1,095	+ 782
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,518	6	1,298	+ 220
Kidney Disease	8	1,076	10	566	+ 510
Hypertension	9	1,009	29	175	+ 834
Diabetes Mellitus	10	860	16	414	+ 447
Breast Cancer	11	782	8	760	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	12	747	11	530	+ 217
Prostate Cancer	13	711	9	585	+ 126
Stomach Cancer	14	642	17	357	+ 285
Other Injuries	15	613	30	171	+ 442
Lymphomas	16	590	13	513	+ 78
Bladder Cancer	17	578	22	256	+ 322
Liver Cancer	18	564	18	318	+ 246
Inflammatory/Heart	19	552	26	240	+ 312
Parkinson's Disease	20	547	12	530	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	21	538	24	249	+ 289
Other Neoplasms	22	526	27	218	+ 308
Liver Disease	23	468	19	279	+ 189
Leukemia	24	418	20	274	+ 144
Suicide	25	400	14	470	- 70
Falls	26	359	25	247	+ 113
Oral Cancer	27	286	28	183	+ 103
Ovary Cancer	28	224	21	273	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	29	223	15	419	- 196
Skin Disease	30	204	42	58	+ 146
Road Traffic Accidents	31	202	33	153	+ 49
Skin Cancers	32	200	23	252	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	178	46	50	+ 129
Uterin Cancer	34	178	34	126	+ 52
Asthma	35	125	41	58	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	118	45	53	+ 65
Anemia	37	101	49	29	+ 72
Congenital Anomalies	38	96	32	153	- 57
Cervical Cancer	39	95	35	103	- 8
Epilepsy	40	91	36	85	+ 6
Drug Use	41	86	31	167	- 81
Hepatitis C	42	72	52	19	+ 53
HIV/AIDS	43	60	57	9	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	53	38	67	- 14
Drownings	45	49	43	57	- 8
Alcohol	46	37	39	64	- 27
Malnutrition	47	33	63	2	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	33	40	59	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	49	32	37	83	- 51
Tuberculosis	50	30	50	23	+ 7
Violence	51	29	47	38	- 9
Low Birth Weight	52	28	44	56	- 28
Osteoarthritis	53	23	51	20	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	23	54	14	+ 9
Fires	55	20	48	30	- 10
Schizophrenia	56	20	55	12	+ 8
Poisonings	57	19	53	14	+ 5
Hepatitis B	58	18	59	6	+ 12
Meningitis	59	14	58	7	+ 7
Birth Trauma	60	12	56	10	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	9	60	3	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	5	64	1	+ 4
Oral conditions	63	5	62	2	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	64	1	61	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	68	0	+ 1
War	68	1	65	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Spain

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.