IRELAND VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,105	1	4,762	+ 343
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,323	2	3,209	- 886
Lung Cancers	3	2,025	3	1,916	+ 109
Stroke	4	2,004	5	1,770	+ 234
Lung Disease	5	1,890	4	1,915	- 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,022	7	1,095	- 73
Breast Cancer	7	883	8	760	+ 123
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	867	6	1,298	- 432
Kidney Disease	9	709	10	566	+ 142
Other Injuries	10	689	30	171	+ 518
Pancreas Cancer	11	638	11	530	+ 107
Liver Disease	12	585	19	279	+ 306
Suicide	13	541	14	470	+ 71
Lymphomas	14	502	13	513	- 11
Prostate Cancer	15	496	9	585	- 89
Parkinson's Disease	16	482	12	530	- 47
Diabetes Mellitus	17	476	16	414	+ 63
Falls	18	472	25	247	+ 226
Hypertension	19	418	29	175	+ 243
Leukemia	20	413	20	274	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	21	411	24	249	+ 162
Stomach Cancer	22	399	17	357	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	23	382	26	240	+ 143
Other Neoplasms	24	381	27	218	+ 163
Liver Cancer	25	378	18	318	+ 60
Bladder Cancer	26	341	22	256	+ 85
Ovary Cancer	27	275	21	273	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	28	248	15	419	- 171
Alcohol	29	197	39	64	+ 133
Road Traffic Accidents	30	196	33	153	+ 43
Skin Cancers	31	168	23	252	- 83
Malnutrition	32	152	63	2	+ 150
Oral Cancer	33	148	28	183	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	147	46	50	+ 98
Epilepsy	35	131	36	85	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	36	122	34	126	- 4
Congenital Anomalies	37	81	32	153	- 72
Cervical Cancer	38	75	35	103	- 28
Drug Use	39	72	31	167	- 94
Anemia	40	66	49	29	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	53	38	67	- 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	48	45	53	- 4
Schizophrenia	43	45	55	12	+ 34
Skin Disease	44	42	42	58	- 16
Asthma	45	36	41	58	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	46	32	37	83	- 51
Hepatitis C	47	29	52	19	+ 10
Violence	48	24	47	38	- 14
Low Birth Weight	49	24	44	56	- 32
Osteoarthritis	50	21	51	20	+ 1
Fires	51	20	48	30	- 10
HIV/AIDS	52	19	57	9	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	18	40	59	- 41
Drownings	54	15	43	57	- 42
Tuberculosis	55	14	50	23	- 9
Poisonings	56	12	53	14	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	9	54	14	- 4
Meningitis	58	5	58	7	- 2
Birth Trauma	59	5	56	10	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	4	59	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	61	3	64	1	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	3	60	3	- 1
Maternal Conditions	63	3	61	3	- 1
Oral conditions	64	2	62	2	+ 0
Encephalitis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	68	0	+ 1
War	67	0	65	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	83	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	82	0	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Luxembourg

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.