IRELAND VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,337	57	9	+ 4,328
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,395	6	1,298	+ 1,096
Stroke	3	2,000	5	1,770	+ 230
Malaria	4	1,983	75	0	+ 1,983
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,579	45	53	+ 1,526
Tuberculosis	6	1,495	50	23	+ 1,472
Birth Trauma	7	1,274	56	10	+ 1,264
Low Birth Weight	8	1,222	44	56	+ 1,166
Liver Disease	9	1,132	19	279	+ 853
Coronary Heart Disease	10	1,115	1	4,762	- 3,647
Road Traffic Accidents	11	919	33	153	+ 766
Congenital Anomalies	12	792	32	153	+ 639
Hypertension	13	658	29	175	+ 484
Diabetes Mellitus	14	603	16	414	+ 189
Malnutrition	15	579	63	2	+ 578
Meningitis	16	497	58	7	+ 490
Cervical Cancer	17	453	35	103	+ 350
Kidney Disease	18	443	10	566	- 123
Other Injuries	19	435	30	171	+ 264
Suicide	20	328	14	470	- 142
Lung Disease	21	320	4	1,915	- 1,595
Maternal Conditions	22	299	61	3	+ 296
Violence	23	290	47	38	+ 252
Syphilis	24	223	68	0	+ 223
Pertussis	25	187	67	0	+ 187
Asthma	26	186	41	58	+ 128
Drownings	27	173	43	57	+ 116
Falls	28	150	25	247	- 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	148	2	3,209	- 3,061
Prostate Cancer	30	141	9	585	- 444
Lymphomas	31	138	13	513	- 375
Fires	32	137	48	30	+ 107
Inflammatory/Heart	33	126	26	240	- 114
Poisonings	34	115	53	14	+ 101
Breast Cancer	35	92	8	760	- 668
Oesophagus Cancer	36	90	15	419	- 328
Endocrine Disorders	37	89	24	249	- 160
Epilepsy	38	84	36	85	- 2
Leukemia	39	66	20	274	- 208
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	62	38	67	- 5
Lung Cancers	41	57	3	1,916	- 1,859
Stomach Cancer	42	52	17	357	- 305
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	51	7	1,095	- 1,044
Tetanus	44	48	81	0	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	48	46	50	- 2
Liver Cancer	46	44	18	318	- 273
Parkinson's Disease	47	41	12	530	- 488
Oral Cancer	48	39	28	183	- 144
Alcohol	49	35	39	64	- 29
Bladder Cancer	50	33	22	256	- 223
Schistosomiasis	51	32	72	0	+ 32
Skin Disease	52	32	42	58	- 26
Drug Use	53	31	31	167	- 136
Skin Cancers	54	27	23	252	- 225
Hepatitis B	55	26	59	6	+ 20
Appendicitis	56	21	60	3	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	57	21	21	273	- 252
Leishmaniasis	58	18	76	0	+ 18
Encephalitis	59	18	66	0	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	60	17	64	1	+ 16
Measles	61	12	83	0	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	62	11	11	530	- 520
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	8	40	59	- 51
Uterin Cancer	64	7	34	126	- 119
Other Neoplasms	65	5	27	218	- 213
Hepatitis C	66	4	52	19	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	37	83	- 80
Ascariasis	68	2	77	0	+ 2
War	69	2	65	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
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

Zambia

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.