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Ireland
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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.

United States
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
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 IRELAND   United States UNITED STATES
  Ireland IRELAND   United States 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 IRELAND   United States 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 IRELAND   United States 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 IRELAND   United States 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 IRELAND   United States 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.