IRELAND VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,870	5	1,770	+ 6,100
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,550	1	4,762	- 212
Lung Disease	3	1,775	4	1,915	- 140
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,676	16	414	+ 1,262
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,459	33	153	+ 1,306
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,450	2	3,209	- 1,759
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,377	6	1,298	+ 79
Kidney Disease	8	1,250	10	566	+ 683
Liver Cancer	9	1,237	18	318	+ 919
Liver Disease	10	1,183	19	279	+ 903
Lung Cancers	11	1,054	3	1,916	- 862
Hypertension	12	984	29	175	+ 809
Falls	13	763	25	247	+ 517
Stomach Cancer	14	749	17	357	+ 392
Tuberculosis	15	467	50	23	+ 444
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	409	7	1,095	- 686
Asthma	17	403	41	58	+ 345
Suicide	18	359	14	470	- 111
Low Birth Weight	19	353	44	56	+ 297
Oral Cancer	20	351	28	183	+ 168
Congenital Anomalies	21	350	32	153	+ 197
Breast Cancer	22	306	8	760	- 454
Other Injuries	23	274	30	171	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	24	265	26	240	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	25	264	12	530	- 265
Drownings	26	252	43	57	+ 195
HIV/AIDS	27	247	57	9	+ 238
Leukemia	28	242	20	274	- 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	217	45	53	+ 165
Lymphomas	30	147	13	513	- 366
Cervical Cancer	31	118	35	103	+ 15
Birth Trauma	32	116	56	10	+ 106
Oesophagus Cancer	33	112	15	419	- 306
Endocrine Disorders	34	103	24	249	- 146
Prostate Cancer	35	95	9	585	- 490
Violence	36	88	47	38	+ 50
Measles	37	88	83	0	+ 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	85	46	50	+ 35
Encephalitis	39	77	66	0	+ 77
Skin Disease	40	75	42	58	+ 17
Drug Use	41	68	31	167	- 99
Uterin Cancer	42	57	34	126	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	47	38	67	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	44	46	11	530	- 484
Bladder Cancer	45	44	22	256	- 212
Alcohol	46	43	39	64	- 21
Ovary Cancer	47	43	21	273	- 230
Poisonings	48	41	53	14	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	49	38	61	3	+ 35
Pertussis	50	35	67	0	+ 35
Meningitis	51	31	58	7	+ 24
Fires	52	29	48	30	- 1
Epilepsy	53	29	36	85	- 56
Skin Cancers	54	23	23	252	- 229
Hepatitis B	55	19	59	6	+ 13
Syphilis	56	16	68	0	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	57	16	27	218	- 202
Tetanus	58	14	81	0	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	40	59	- 48
Appendicitis	60	10	60	3	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	37	83	- 76
Dengue	62	6	78	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	63	6	63	2	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	52	19	- 15
War	65	2	65	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	1	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	29	- 29
Schizophrenia	82	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Viet Nam

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.