IRELAND VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,727	1	4,762	+ 2,965
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,395	2	3,209	+ 1,186
Lung Disease	3	2,990	4	1,915	+ 1,075
Stroke	4	2,426	5	1,770	+ 656
Lung Cancers	5	2,380	3	1,916	+ 464
Kidney Disease	6	1,314	10	566	+ 748
Drug Use	7	1,139	31	167	+ 972
Hypertension	8	1,009	29	175	+ 835
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	946	7	1,095	- 149
Diabetes Mellitus	10	940	16	414	+ 526
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	923	6	1,298	- 375
Suicide	12	813	14	470	+ 343
Breast Cancer	13	745	8	760	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	14	719	24	249	+ 470
Pancreas Cancer	15	678	11	530	+ 147
Liver Disease	16	664	19	279	+ 385
Road Traffic Accidents	17	638	33	153	+ 485
Falls	18	619	25	247	+ 372
Lymphomas	19	616	13	513	+ 104
Prostate Cancer	20	545	9	585	- 40
Parkinson's Disease	21	528	12	530	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	22	498	26	240	+ 258
Liver Cancer	23	414	18	318	+ 96
Leukemia	24	413	20	274	+ 139
Other Injuries	25	398	30	171	+ 227
Bladder Cancer	26	300	22	256	+ 44
Violence	27	290	47	38	+ 252
Oesophagus Cancer	28	273	15	419	- 146
Other Neoplasms	29	272	27	218	+ 54
Alcohol	30	224	39	64	+ 160
Ovary Cancer	31	223	21	273	- 50
Skin Cancers	32	219	23	252	- 33
Stomach Cancer	33	200	17	357	- 157
Congenital Anomalies	34	180	32	153	+ 27
Oral Cancer	35	177	28	183	- 6
Uterin Cancer	36	154	34	126	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	152	45	53	+ 100
Cervical Cancer	38	107	35	103	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	39	106	44	56	+ 50
Malnutrition	40	103	63	2	+ 102
Hepatitis C	41	87	52	19	+ 68
HIV/AIDS	42	87	57	9	+ 78
Skin Disease	43	83	42	58	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	44	77	37	83	- 6
Drownings	45	62	43	57	+ 5
Asthma	46	58	41	58	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	56	46	50	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	53	38	67	- 14
Fires	49	49	48	30	+ 19
Epilepsy	50	48	36	85	- 37
Anemia	51	48	49	29	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	38	40	59	- 21
Poisonings	53	26	53	14	+ 12
Birth Trauma	54	19	56	10	+ 9
War	55	18	65	0	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	56	12	61	3	+ 9
Schizophrenia	57	11	55	12	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	10	54	14	- 3
Hepatitis B	59	9	59	6	+ 3
Meningitis	60	9	58	7	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	61	9	51	20	- 11
Tuberculosis	62	8	50	23	- 15
Appendicitis	63	6	60	3	+ 3
Oral conditions	64	4	62	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	4	64	1	+ 3
Syphilis	66	1	68	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

United States

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.