World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Ireland and United States health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Ireland Population Pyramid
5,677,620
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
IRELAND | UNITED STATES | ||||||||||||
IRELAND | UNITED STATES | ||||||||||||
World Rank
|
World Rank
|
||||||||||||
M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | ||
1960 |
67.9
|
71.6
|
69.7
|
10
|
26
|
17
|
66.6
|
73.1
|
69.8
|
23
|
15
|
16
|
|
1970 |
68.8
|
73.5
|
71.1
|
14
|
26
|
18
|
67.1
|
74.7
|
70.8
|
24
|
12
|
21
|
|
1980 |
70.1
|
75.4
|
72.7
|
20
|
27
|
25
|
70.0
|
77.5
|
73.7
|
22
|
11
|
18
|
|
1990 |
71.9
|
77.4
|
74.6
|
27
|
26
|
28
|
71.8
|
78.8
|
75.2
|
29
|
17
|
21
|
|
2000 |
73.8
|
79.0
|
76.4
|
30
|
31
|
30
|
74.0
|
79.5
|
76.8
|
28
|
29
|
28
|
|
2010 |
78.4
|
82.8
|
80.6
|
14
|
19
|
16
|
76.2
|
81.1
|
78.7
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
|
2019 |
80.2
|
83.5
|
81.8
|
17
|
26
|
18
|
76.3
|
80.7
|
78.5
|
41
|
42
|
40
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
IRELAND | UNITED STATES | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
80.2
|
83.5
|
17
|
26
|
76.3
|
80.7
|
41
|
42
|
|
Age 5 |
80.5
|
83.7
|
18
|
28
|
76.8
|
81.2
|
42
|
45
|
|
Age 10 |
80.5
|
83.8
|
18
|
28
|
76.9
|
81.2
|
43
|
45
|
|
Age 15 |
80.5
|
83.8
|
18
|
28
|
76.9
|
81.3
|
43
|
45
|
|
Age 20 |
80.6
|
83.8
|
18
|
28
|
77.1
|
81.4
|
43
|
45
|
|
Age 25 |
80.8
|
83.9
|
18
|
28
|
77.5
|
81.5
|
43
|
45
|
|
Age 30 |
81.0
|
83.9
|
18
|
28
|
77.9
|
81.7
|
41
|
45
|
|
Age 35 |
81.1
|
84.0
|
18
|
29
|
78.3
|
81.9
|
41
|
43
|
|
Age 40 |
81.3
|
84.1
|
19
|
29
|
78.8
|
82.2
|
40
|
43
|
|
Age 45 |
81.6
|
84.3
|
20
|
29
|
79.3
|
82.5
|
40
|
42
|
|
Age 50 |
81.9
|
84.5
|
20
|
29
|
79.9
|
83.0
|
41
|
41
|
|
Age 55 |
82.4
|
84.8
|
17
|
29
|
80.7
|
83.6
|
40
|
40
|
|
Age 60 |
83.0
|
85.3
|
18
|
29
|
81.8
|
84.4
|
37
|
38
|
|
Age 65 |
83.8
|
85.9
|
23
|
32
|
83.1
|
85.3
|
34
|
38
|
|
Age 70 |
84.8
|
86.7
|
26
|
35
|
84.6
|
86.4
|
32
|
38
|
|
Age 75 |
86.2
|
87.7
|
33
|
37
|
86.5
|
87.7
|
23
|
35
|
|
Age 80 |
88.0
|
89.0
|
44
|
48
|
88.6
|
89.4
|
18
|
27
|
|
Age 85 |
90.3
|
90.8
|
61
|
60
|
91.1
|
91.5
|
22
|
30
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
IRELAND | UNITED STATES | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
53.73
|
158
|
73.49
|
142
|
|
2. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
32.23
|
9
|
33.26
|
8
|
|
3. | Lung Cancers |
24.05
|
30
|
25.54
|
24
|
|
4. | Lung Disease |
20.91
|
98
|
28.49
|
60
|
|
5. | Stroke |
19.27
|
172
|
22.27
|
164
|
|
6. | Breast Cancer |
19.15
|
59
|
15.93
|
105
|
|
7. | Prostate Cancer |
14.80
|
104
|
11.64
|
126
|
|
8. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
13.45
|
145
|
8.86
|
163
|
|
9. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
13.41
|
38
|
10.28
|
71
|
|
10. | Suicide |
8.90
|
86
|
14.51
|
31
|
|
11. | Ovary Cancer |
6.83
|
17
|
4.70
|
79
|
|
12. | Pancreas Cancer |
6.56
|
48
|
7.26
|
36
|
|
13. | Lymphomas |
6.29
|
33
|
6.36
|
31
|
|
14. | Kidney Disease |
6.12
|
160
|
13.08
|
127
|
|
15. | Parkinson's Disease |
5.57
|
32
|
4.55
|
68
|
|
16. | Oesophagus Cancer |
5.30
|
35
|
3.04
|
71
|
|
17. | Diabetes Mellitus |
4.68
|
172
|
10.58
|
144
|
|
18. | Stomach Cancer |
4.47
|
126
|
2.24
|
173
|
|
19. | Liver Disease |
4.13
|
169
|
8.98
|
134
|
|
20. | Liver Cancer |
3.97
|
132
|
4.69
|
110
|
|
21. | Leukemia |
3.39
|
105
|
4.43
|
49
|
|
22. | Drug Use |
3.38
|
20
|
21.28
|
1
|
|
23. | Congenital Anomalies |
3.33
|
149
|
3.78
|
140
|
|
24. | Endocrine Disorders |
3.24
|
103
|
8.22
|
28
|
|
25. | Inflammatory/Heart |
3.19
|
131
|
5.64
|
73
|
|
26. | Skin Cancers |
3.15
|
28
|
2.36
|
57
|
|
27. | Falls |
3.03
|
147
|
5.68
|
90
|
|
28. | Cervical Cancer |
3.00
|
145
|
2.77
|
151
|
|
29. | Uterin Cancer |
2.94
|
58
|
3.11
|
50
|
|
30. | Bladder Cancer |
2.93
|
57
|
2.84
|
61
|
|
31. | Road Traffic Accidents |
2.92
|
171
|
11.10
|
120
|
|
32. | Other Neoplasms |
2.55
|
39
|
2.68
|
37
|
|
33. | Oral Cancer |
2.43
|
108
|
2.01
|
132
|
|
34. | Other Injuries |
2.23
|
179
|
5.11
|
130
|
|
35. | Hypertension |
1.87
|
178
|
10.26
|
133
|
|
36. | Low Birth Weight |
1.39
|
157
|
2.37
|
138
|
|
37. | Epilepsy |
1.27
|
117
|
0.78
|
159
|
|
38. | Multiple Sclerosis |
1.12
|
5
|
0.97
|
8
|
|
39. | Drownings |
1.05
|
148
|
1.19
|
140
|
|
40. | Alcohol |
1.04
|
112
|
3.50
|
28
|
|
41. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
0.79
|
158
|
0.55
|
170
|
|
42. | Violence |
0.77
|
163
|
6.00
|
81
|
|
43. | Asthma |
0.70
|
149
|
0.84
|
141
|
|
44. | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
0.68
|
24
|
0.37
|
81
|
|
45. | Skin Disease |
0.63
|
128
|
0.86
|
115
|
|
46. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
0.58
|
149
|
0.55
|
152
|
|
47. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
0.55
|
158
|
1.55
|
114
|
|
48. | Fires |
0.41
|
152
|
0.73
|
124
|
|
49. | Hepatitis C |
0.32
|
35
|
1.13
|
5
|
|
50. | Anemia |
0.29
|
42
|
0.42
|
32
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
IRELAND | UNITED STATES | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
4,762
|
18.40
|
504,904
|
20.15
|
|
2. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
3,209
|
12.40
|
287,198
|
11.46
|
|
3. | Lung Cancers |
1,916
|
7.40
|
155,533
|
6.21
|
|
4. | Lung Disease |
1,915
|
7.40
|
195,387
|
7.80
|
|
5. | Stroke |
1,770
|
6.84
|
158,520
|
6.33
|
|
6. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
1,298
|
5.02
|
60,317
|
2.41
|
|
7. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
1,095
|
4.23
|
61,827
|
2.47
|
|
8. | Breast Cancer |
760
|
2.94
|
48,671
|
1.94
|
|
9. | Prostate Cancer |
585
|
2.26
|
35,612
|
1.42
|
|
10. | Kidney Disease |
566
|
2.19
|
85,861
|
3.43
|
|
11. | Pancreas Cancer |
530
|
2.05
|
44,293
|
1.77
|
|
12. | Parkinson's Disease |
530
|
2.05
|
34,491
|
1.38
|
|
13. | Lymphomas |
513
|
1.98
|
40,281
|
1.61
|
|
14. | Suicide |
470
|
1.82
|
53,099
|
2.12
|
|
15. | Oesophagus Cancer |
419
|
1.62
|
17,829
|
0.71
|
|
16. | Diabetes Mellitus |
414
|
1.60
|
61,418
|
2.45
|
|
17. | Stomach Cancer |
357
|
1.38
|
13,077
|
0.52
|
|
18. | Liver Cancer |
318
|
1.23
|
27,064
|
1.08
|
|
19. | Liver Disease |
279
|
1.08
|
43,402
|
1.73
|
|
20. | Leukemia |
274
|
1.06
|
26,966
|
1.08
|
|
21. | Ovary Cancer |
273
|
1.05
|
14,591
|
0.58
|
|
22. | Bladder Cancer |
256
|
0.99
|
19,622
|
0.78
|
|
23. | Skin Cancers |
252
|
0.97
|
14,311
|
0.57
|
|
24. | Endocrine Disorders |
249
|
0.96
|
46,985
|
1.87
|
|
25. | Falls |
247
|
0.95
|
40,418
|
1.61
|
|
26. | Inflammatory/Heart |
240
|
0.93
|
32,529
|
1.30
|
|
27. | Other Neoplasms |
218
|
0.84
|
17,743
|
0.71
|
|
28. | Oral Cancer |
183
|
0.71
|
11,555
|
0.46
|
|
29. | Hypertension |
175
|
0.68
|
65,960
|
2.63
|
|
30. | Other Injuries |
171
|
0.66
|
25,997
|
1.04
|
|
31. | Drug Use |
167
|
0.65
|
74,435
|
2.97
|
|
32. | Congenital Anomalies |
153
|
0.59
|
11,762
|
0.47
|
|
33. | Road Traffic Accidents |
153
|
0.59
|
41,694
|
1.66
|
|
34. | Uterin Cancer |
126
|
0.49
|
10,063
|
0.40
|
|
35. | Cervical Cancer |
103
|
0.40
|
6,984
|
0.28
|
|
36. | Epilepsy |
85
|
0.33
|
3,162
|
0.13
|
|
37. | Multiple Sclerosis |
83
|
0.32
|
5,059
|
0.20
|
|
38. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
67
|
0.26
|
3,461
|
0.14
|
|
39. | Alcohol |
64
|
0.25
|
14,659
|
0.58
|
|
40. | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
59
|
0.23
|
2,461
|
0.10
|
|
41. | Asthma |
58
|
0.22
|
3,818
|
0.15
|
|
42. | Skin Disease |
58
|
0.22
|
5,409
|
0.22
|
|
43. | Drownings |
57
|
0.22
|
4,070
|
0.16
|
|
44. | Low Birth Weight |
56
|
0.22
|
6,924
|
0.28
|
|
45. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
53
|
0.20
|
9,955
|
0.40
|
|
46. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
50
|
0.19
|
3,646
|
0.15
|
|
47. | Violence |
38
|
0.15
|
18,976
|
0.76
|
|
48. | Fires |
30
|
0.12
|
3,183
|
0.13
|
|
49. | Anemia |
29
|
0.11
|
3,115
|
0.12
|
|
50. | Tuberculosis |
23
|
0.09
|
546
|
0.02
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
IRELAND | UNITED STATES | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Lung Cancers |
24.05
|
30
|
25.54
|
24
|
|
2. | Breast Cancer |
19.15
|
59
|
15.93
|
105
|
|
3. | Prostate Cancer |
14.80
|
104
|
11.64
|
126
|
|
4. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
13.41
|
38
|
10.28
|
71
|
|
5. | Ovary Cancer |
6.83
|
17
|
4.70
|
79
|
|
6. | Pancreas Cancer |
6.56
|
48
|
7.26
|
36
|
|
7. | Lymphomas |
6.29
|
33
|
6.36
|
31
|
|
8. | Oesophagus Cancer |
5.30
|
35
|
3.04
|
71
|
|
9. | Stomach Cancer |
4.47
|
126
|
2.24
|
173
|
|
10. | Liver Cancer |
3.97
|
132
|
4.69
|
110
|
|
11. | Leukemia |
3.39
|
105
|
4.43
|
49
|
|
12. | Skin Cancers |
3.15
|
28
|
2.36
|
57
|
|
13. | Cervical Cancer |
3.00
|
145
|
2.77
|
151
|
|
14. | Uterin Cancer |
2.94
|
58
|
3.11
|
50
|
|
15. | Bladder Cancer |
2.93
|
57
|
2.84
|
61
|
|
16. | Oral Cancer |
2.43
|
108
|
2.01
|
132
|
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.