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IRELAND VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Greece 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

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020