IRELAND VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,506	1	4,762	- 256
Violence	2	3,037	47	38	+ 2,998
Stroke	3	2,032	5	1,770	+ 262
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,872	16	414	+ 1,458
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,863	33	153	+ 1,710
HIV/AIDS	6	1,254	57	9	+ 1,246
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,204	6	1,298	- 94
Kidney Disease	8	993	10	566	+ 427
Hypertension	9	870	29	175	+ 695
Lung Disease	10	862	4	1,915	- 1,053
Lung Cancers	11	653	3	1,916	- 1,263
Low Birth Weight	12	517	44	56	+ 461
Prostate Cancer	13	477	9	585	- 108
Congenital Anomalies	14	477	32	153	+ 324
Breast Cancer	15	429	8	760	- 330
Liver Disease	16	392	19	279	+ 113
Stomach Cancer	17	364	17	357	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	18	363	27	218	+ 145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	341	7	1,095	- 754
Cervical Cancer	20	333	35	103	+ 230
Other Injuries	21	284	30	171	+ 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	228	45	53	+ 175
Lymphomas	23	209	13	513	- 304
Birth Trauma	24	182	56	10	+ 172
Pancreas Cancer	25	181	11	530	- 349
Liver Cancer	26	172	18	318	- 146
Leukemia	27	169	20	274	- 105
Falls	28	145	25	247	- 102
Chagas disease	29	138	73	0	+ 138
Endocrine Disorders	30	127	24	249	- 122
Tuberculosis	31	125	50	23	+ 102
Malnutrition	32	105	63	2	+ 104
Inflammatory/Heart	33	100	26	240	- 140
Suicide	34	98	14	470	- 372
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	96	2	3,209	- 3,113
Ovary Cancer	36	94	21	273	- 179
Skin Cancers	37	93	23	252	- 159
Oral Cancer	38	91	28	183	- 92
Maternal Conditions	39	71	61	3	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	70	38	67	+ 3
Epilepsy	41	69	36	85	- 16
Malaria	42	67	75	0	+ 67
Drownings	43	65	43	57	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	44	62	15	419	- 357
Bladder Cancer	45	61	22	256	- 195
Asthma	46	52	41	58	- 6
Uterin Cancer	47	52	34	126	- 74
Parkinson's Disease	48	42	12	530	- 487
Meningitis	49	42	58	7	+ 35
Drug Use	50	38	31	167	- 129
War	51	31	65	0	+ 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	30	40	59	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	25	54	14	+ 12
Fires	54	24	48	30	- 6
Anemia	55	21	49	29	- 8
Appendicitis	56	16	60	3	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	13	46	50	- 36
Poisonings	58	11	53	14	- 3
Dengue	59	11	78	0	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	37	83	- 75
Encephalitis	61	6	66	0	+ 6
Alcohol	62	6	39	64	- 58
Hepatitis B	63	5	59	6	- 1
Pertussis	64	4	67	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	4	52	19	- 16
Skin Disease	66	3	42	58	- 55
Syphilis	67	3	68	0	+ 3
Tetanus	68	1	81	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	69	1	55	12	- 11
Ascariasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Leprosy	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	0	51	20	- 19
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	64	1	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	79	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Venezuela

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.