IRELAND VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,099	57	9	+ 6,091
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,289	6	1,298	+ 1,991
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,592	1	4,762	- 2,170
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,842	33	153	+ 1,689
Stroke	5	1,564	5	1,770	- 206
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,402	45	53	+ 1,349
Low Birth Weight	7	1,232	44	56	+ 1,176
Birth Trauma	8	1,039	56	10	+ 1,029
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,020	16	414	+ 607
Malnutrition	10	731	63	2	+ 729
Congenital Anomalies	11	677	32	153	+ 524
Kidney Disease	12	675	10	566	+ 109
Suicide	13	631	14	470	+ 161
Cervical Cancer	14	617	35	103	+ 514
Malaria	15	611	75	0	+ 611
Tuberculosis	16	610	50	23	+ 587
Liver Disease	17	592	19	279	+ 313
Violence	18	585	47	38	+ 547
Maternal Conditions	19	534	61	3	+ 531
Other Injuries	20	505	30	171	+ 334
Asthma	21	467	41	58	+ 409
Meningitis	22	404	58	7	+ 397
Lung Disease	23	355	4	1,915	- 1,560
Hypertension	24	350	29	175	+ 175
Inflammatory/Heart	25	320	26	240	+ 80
Lymphomas	26	293	13	513	- 220
Drownings	27	292	43	57	+ 234
Breast Cancer	28	256	8	760	- 504
Oesophagus Cancer	29	245	15	419	- 174
Fires	30	242	48	30	+ 212
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	234	2	3,209	- 2,975
Prostate Cancer	32	192	9	585	- 393
Stomach Cancer	33	171	17	357	- 186
Endocrine Disorders	34	169	24	249	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	167	38	67	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	165	46	50	+ 116
Poisonings	37	157	53	14	+ 143
Liver Cancer	38	156	18	318	- 162
Epilepsy	39	155	36	85	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	154	7	1,095	- 941
Falls	41	142	25	247	- 105
Pertussis	42	128	67	0	+ 128
Lung Cancers	43	87	3	1,916	- 1,829
Skin Cancers	44	81	23	252	- 171
Leukemia	45	74	20	274	- 199
Parkinson's Disease	46	69	12	530	- 461
Pancreas Cancer	47	66	11	530	- 464
Drug Use	48	65	31	167	- 102
Oral Cancer	49	63	28	183	- 119
Uterin Cancer	50	56	34	126	- 71
Ovary Cancer	51	53	21	273	- 220
Skin Disease	52	53	42	58	- 5
Schistosomiasis	53	52	72	0	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	54	38	22	256	- 218
Syphilis	55	38	68	0	+ 38
Encephalitis	56	36	66	0	+ 36
Tetanus	57	31	81	0	+ 31
Appendicitis	58	20	60	3	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	59	20	64	1	+ 19
Hepatitis B	60	17	59	6	+ 11
Alcohol	61	15	39	64	- 49
Other Neoplasms	62	11	27	218	- 207
Measles	63	9	83	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	40	59	- 51
War	65	8	65	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	66	4	52	19	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	37	83	- 79
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	82	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Zimbabwe

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.