IRELAND VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,126	57	9	+ 2,117
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,019	6	1,298	+ 721
Malaria	3	1,688	75	0	+ 1,688
Tuberculosis	4	1,572	50	23	+ 1,549
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,401	33	153	+ 1,248
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,364	45	53	+ 1,312
Stroke	7	1,311	5	1,770	- 459
Birth Trauma	8	1,170	56	10	+ 1,160
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,025	1	4,762	- 3,737
Low Birth Weight	10	944	44	56	+ 889
Congenital Anomalies	11	760	32	153	+ 607
Maternal Conditions	12	530	61	3	+ 527
Liver Disease	13	511	19	279	+ 232
Cervical Cancer	14	498	35	103	+ 395
Diabetes Mellitus	15	485	16	414	+ 71
Malnutrition	16	432	63	2	+ 431
Hypertension	17	404	29	175	+ 229
Violence	18	366	47	38	+ 327
Kidney Disease	19	353	10	566	- 214
Other Injuries	20	331	30	171	+ 160
Meningitis	21	247	58	7	+ 240
Lung Disease	22	237	4	1,915	- 1,679
Pertussis	23	215	67	0	+ 215
Suicide	24	192	14	470	- 278
Oesophagus Cancer	25	174	15	419	- 244
Syphilis	26	164	68	0	+ 164
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	159	2	3,209	- 3,050
Prostate Cancer	28	141	9	585	- 444
Endocrine Disorders	29	138	24	249	- 111
Asthma	30	132	41	58	+ 74
Oral Cancer	31	128	28	183	- 55
Drownings	32	127	43	57	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	122	7	1,095	- 974
Falls	34	119	25	247	- 128
Fires	35	110	48	30	+ 81
Liver Cancer	36	110	18	318	- 208
Breast Cancer	37	100	8	760	- 660
Inflammatory/Heart	38	95	26	240	- 145
Stomach Cancer	39	92	17	357	- 264
Poisonings	40	91	53	14	+ 77
Lymphomas	41	62	13	513	- 450
Skin Cancers	42	58	23	252	- 194
Epilepsy	43	55	36	85	- 30
Bladder Cancer	44	52	22	256	- 204
Parkinson's Disease	45	40	12	530	- 490
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	36	38	67	- 31
Leukemia	47	32	20	274	- 242
Drug Use	48	31	31	167	- 135
Tetanus	49	31	81	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	31	46	50	- 19
Schistosomiasis	51	29	72	0	+ 29
Skin Disease	52	28	42	58	- 30
Ovary Cancer	53	26	21	273	- 247
Upper Respiratory	54	23	64	1	+ 22
Measles	55	23	83	0	+ 23
Alcohol	56	21	39	64	- 43
Uterin Cancer	57	17	34	126	- 109
Appendicitis	58	17	60	3	+ 13
Encephalitis	59	15	66	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	60	13	59	6	+ 7
Lung Cancers	61	12	3	1,916	- 1,904
Pancreas Cancer	62	12	11	530	- 518
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	6	40	59	- 53
Other Neoplasms	64	4	27	218	- 213
Ascariasis	65	4	77	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	3	52	19	- 16
War	67	2	65	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	37	83	- 81
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	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
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	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

Tanzania

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.