IRELAND VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,568	1	4,762	+ 5,806
Stroke	2	7,043	5	1,770	+ 5,273
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,143	6	1,298	+ 2,845
Lung Cancers	4	3,680	3	1,916	+ 1,764
Lung Disease	5	2,765	4	1,915	+ 849
Kidney Disease	6	2,381	10	566	+ 1,814
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,971	2	3,209	- 1,238
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,633	7	1,095	+ 538
Hypertension	9	1,462	29	175	+ 1,287
Parkinson's Disease	10	1,324	12	530	+ 794
Breast Cancer	11	1,261	8	760	+ 501
Prostate Cancer	12	1,012	9	585	+ 427
Pancreas Cancer	13	953	11	530	+ 422
Liver Cancer	14	783	18	318	+ 465
Bladder Cancer	15	776	22	256	+ 520
Stomach Cancer	16	768	17	357	+ 411
Other Injuries	17	727	30	171	+ 556
Leukemia	18	677	20	274	+ 404
Lymphomas	19	635	13	513	+ 122
Diabetes Mellitus	20	633	16	414	+ 220
Falls	21	623	25	247	+ 376
Road Traffic Accidents	22	435	33	153	+ 282
Liver Disease	23	405	19	279	+ 126
Inflammatory/Heart	24	363	26	240	+ 123
Other Neoplasms	25	339	27	218	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	305	38	67	+ 239
Ovary Cancer	27	279	21	273	+ 6
Suicide	28	266	14	470	- 203
Endocrine Disorders	29	263	24	249	+ 14
Oral Cancer	30	220	28	183	+ 38
Skin Cancers	31	219	23	252	- 32
Drownings	32	218	43	57	+ 161
Uterin Cancer	33	186	34	126	+ 60
Epilepsy	34	125	36	85	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	35	123	15	419	- 296
Cervical Cancer	36	122	35	103	+ 19
Drug Use	37	97	31	167	- 70
Congenital Anomalies	38	87	32	153	- 66
Fires	39	73	48	30	+ 43
Multiple Sclerosis	40	68	37	83	- 15
Low Birth Weight	41	64	44	56	+ 8
Violence	42	52	47	38	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	50	46	50	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	47	45	53	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	33	40	59	- 26
Tuberculosis	46	33	50	23	+ 10
Skin Disease	47	28	42	58	- 30
Hepatitis B	48	28	59	6	+ 22
Alcohol	49	25	39	64	- 39
HIV/AIDS	50	24	57	9	+ 15
Anemia	51	23	49	29	- 5
Hepatitis C	52	19	52	19	+ 0
Meningitis	53	17	58	7	+ 9
Schizophrenia	54	14	55	12	+ 2
Asthma	55	14	41	58	- 44
Poisonings	56	10	53	14	- 4
Birth Trauma	57	8	56	10	- 2
Appendicitis	58	5	60	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	4	64	1	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	60	2	76	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	1	61	3	- 2
Tetanus	62	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	1	62	2	- 1
War	64	1	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	66	0	63	2	- 1
Encephalitis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	54	14	- 14
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Greece

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.