IRELAND VS TRINIDAD/TOB.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TRINIDAD/TOB.		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,481	1	4,762	+ 719
Diabetes Mellitus	2	4,737	16	414	+ 4,324
Stroke	3	3,055	5	1,770	+ 1,285
Violence	4	2,040	47	38	+ 2,002
Kidney Disease	5	1,632	10	566	+ 1,065
Prostate Cancer	6	1,225	9	585	+ 640
Breast Cancer	7	959	8	760	+ 200
Lung Cancers	8	807	3	1,916	- 1,109
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	798	2	3,209	- 2,411
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	763	6	1,298	- 535
Hypertension	11	748	29	175	+ 573
HIV/AIDS	12	728	57	9	+ 719
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	727	7	1,095	- 368
Liver Disease	14	505	19	279	+ 226
Road Traffic Accidents	15	483	33	153	+ 330
Lung Disease	16	480	4	1,915	- 1,435
Suicide	17	450	14	470	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	18	443	24	249	+ 194
Pancreas Cancer	19	423	11	530	- 108
Lymphomas	20	414	13	513	- 99
Cervical Cancer	21	360	35	103	+ 257
Congenital Anomalies	22	347	32	153	+ 194
Low Birth Weight	23	308	44	56	+ 252
Ovary Cancer	24	298	21	273	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	25	268	26	240	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	26	257	17	357	- 100
Uterin Cancer	27	252	34	126	+ 125
Liver Cancer	28	245	18	318	- 73
Leukemia	29	232	20	274	- 42
Other Injuries	30	226	30	171	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	193	38	67	+ 126
Parkinson's Disease	32	191	12	530	- 339
Falls	33	160	25	247	- 87
Bladder Cancer	34	151	22	256	- 105
Asthma	35	150	41	58	+ 92
Skin Disease	36	144	42	58	+ 87
Epilepsy	37	119	36	85	+ 34
Oral Cancer	38	115	28	183	- 68
Drownings	39	115	43	57	+ 57
Birth Trauma	40	94	56	10	+ 84
Oesophagus Cancer	41	90	15	419	- 328
Alcohol	42	86	39	64	+ 22
Tuberculosis	43	80	50	23	+ 57
Drug Use	44	70	31	167	- 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	45	67	45	53	+ 14
War	46	63	65	0	+ 62
Malnutrition	47	61	63	2	+ 60
Fires	48	61	48	30	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	41	46	50	- 8
Maternal Conditions	50	39	61	3	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	51	38	27	218	- 180
Meningitis	52	35	58	7	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	30	40	59	- 29
Encephalitis	54	23	66	0	+ 23
Dengue	55	19	78	0	+ 19
Appendicitis	56	16	60	3	+ 13
Skin Cancers	57	16	23	252	- 236
Multiple Sclerosis	58	8	37	83	- 75
Poisonings	59	5	53	14	- 9
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	6	- 4
Syphilis	61	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	52	19	- 19
Chlamydia	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	64	1	- 1
Tetanus	65	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	54	14	- 14
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Trinidad/Tob.

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.