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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 Madagascar 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.

Madagascar
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
Madagascar Population Pyramid
54,048,131
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Ireland IRELAND   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
       
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
 
39.5
40.6
40.1
145
149
147
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
 
43.3
44.9
44.1
144
150
147
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
 
47.2
49.2
48.1
149
151
150
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
 
49.9
52.3
51.1
157
161
158
2000
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
 
56.7
59.1
57.9
138
144
141
2010
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
 
61.8
64.8
63.3
137
138
137
2019
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
 
64.1
66.6
65.4
138
153
146
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.2
83.5
17
26
64.1
66.6
138
153
Age
80.2
83.5
17
26
64.1
66.6
138
153
Age 5
80.5
83.7
18
28
67.7
69.7
143
161
Age 10
80.5
83.8
18
28
68.4
70.4
143
160
Age 15
80.5
83.8
18
28
68.9
70.8
140
160
Age 20
80.6
83.8
18
28
69.2
71.0
141
160
Age 25
80.8
83.9
18
28
69.7
71.4
140
160
Age 30
81.0
83.9
18
28
70.2
71.8
140
161
Age 35
81.1
84.0
18
29
70.7
72.3
140
163
Age 40
81.3
84.1
19
29
71.4
73.0
143
163
Age 45
81.6
84.3
20
29
72.2
73.8
142
165
Age 50
81.9
84.5
20
29
73.3
74.7
143
167
Age 55
82.4
84.8
17
29
74.6
75.9
142
169
Age 60
83.0
85.3
18
29
76.2
77.3
140
168
Age 65
83.8
85.9
23
32
78.2
79.1
139
167
Age 70
84.8
86.7
26
35
80.5
81.1
136
166
Age 75
86.2
87.7
33
37
83.2
83.6
131
160
Age 80
88.0
89.0
44
48
86.2
86.5
125
158
Age 85
90.3
90.8
61
60
89.5
89.8
127
149
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.73
158
118.09
83
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
32.23
9
14.65
136
3. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
1.15
179
4. Lung Disease
20.91
98
38.84
30
5. Stroke
19.27
172
160.51
17
6. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
8.32
173
7. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
24.24
49
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.45
145
87.02
36
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
5.25
148
10. Suicide
8.90
86
9.18
85
11. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
1.81
175
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
0.59
178
13. Lymphomas
6.29
33
3.99
120
14. Kidney Disease
6.12
160
18.76
112
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
32
3.02
143
16. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
8.67
14
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.68
172
29.31
90
18. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
3.26
148
19. Liver Disease
4.13
169
36.32
39
20. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
6.77
59
21. Leukemia
3.39
105
2.03
152
22. Drug Use
3.38
20
0.39
172
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.33
149
5.69
96
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
103
2.54
130
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
131
6.62
56
26. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
3.69
18
27. Falls
3.03
147
5.26
98
28. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
40.84
13
29. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.52
138
30. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
2.14
88
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.92
171
42.06
20
32. Other Neoplasms
2.55
39
0.22
157
33. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
5.16
36
34. Other Injuries
2.23
179
11.29
52
35. Hypertension
1.87
178
58.73
5
36. Low Birth Weight
1.39
157
7.61
56
37. Epilepsy
1.27
117
1.90
74
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.12
5
0.12
141
39. Drownings
1.05
148
2.63
82
40. Alcohol
1.04
112
1.20
104
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
158
3.79
72
42. Violence
0.77
163
7.62
63
43. Asthma
0.70
149
17.92
25
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.68
24
0.45
67
45. Skin Disease
0.63
128
1.47
98
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
149
4.00
26
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.55
158
61.22
24
48. Fires
0.41
152
3.01
49
49. Hepatitis C
0.32
35
0.10
88
50. Anemia
0.29
42
0.00
127
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ireland IRELAND   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,762
18.40
12,388
7.55
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,209
12.40
1,120
0.68
3. Lung Cancers
1,916
7.40
147
0.09
4. Lung Disease
1,915
7.40
3,957
2.41
5. Stroke
1,770
6.84
17,964
10.95
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,298
5.02
14,605
8.90
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,095
4.23
606
0.37
8. Breast Cancer
760
2.94
629
0.38
9. Prostate Cancer
585
2.26
996
0.61
10. Kidney Disease
566
2.19
2,202
1.34
11. Pancreas Cancer
530
2.05
80
0.05
12. Parkinson's Disease
530
2.05
266
0.16
13. Lymphomas
513
1.98
675
0.41
14. Suicide
470
1.82
1,476
0.90
15. Oesophagus Cancer
419
1.62
1,080
0.66
16. Diabetes Mellitus
414
1.60
3,278
2.00
17. Stomach Cancer
357
1.38
367
0.22
18. Liver Cancer
318
1.23
933
0.57
19. Liver Disease
279
1.08
4,803
2.93
20. Leukemia
274
1.06
401
0.24
21. Ovary Cancer
273
1.05
135
0.08
22. Bladder Cancer
256
0.99
286
0.17
23. Skin Cancers
252
0.97
467
0.28
24. Endocrine Disorders
249
0.96
463
0.28
25. Falls
247
0.95
653
0.40
26. Inflammatory/Heart
240
0.93
1,046
0.64
27. Other Neoplasms
218
0.84
24
0.01
28. Oral Cancer
183
0.71
697
0.42
29. Hypertension
175
0.68
6,208
3.78
30. Other Injuries
171
0.66
2,359
1.44
31. Drug Use
167
0.65
58
0.04
32. Road Traffic Accidents
153
0.59
7,880
4.80
33. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.59
3,380
2.06
34. Uterin Cancer
126
0.49
95
0.06
35. Cervical Cancer
103
0.40
3,028
1.85
36. Epilepsy
85
0.33
385
0.23
37. Multiple Sclerosis
83
0.32
18
0.01
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
495
0.30
39. Alcohol
64
0.25
161
0.10
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
59
0.23
47
0.03
41. Skin Disease
58
0.22
187
0.11
42. Asthma
58
0.22
2,507
1.53
43. Drownings
57
0.22
825
0.50
44. Low Birth Weight
56
0.22
5,353
3.26
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
53
0.20
11,085
6.76
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.19
627
0.38
47. Violence
38
0.15
1,749
1.07
48. Fires
30
0.12
661
0.40
49. Anemia
29
0.11
0
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
23
0.09
11,606
7.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Madagascar MADAGASCAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
1.15
179
2. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
8.32
173
3. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
24.24
49
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
5.25
148
5. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
1.81
175
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
0.59
178
7. Lymphomas
6.29
33
3.99
120
8. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
8.67
14
9. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
3.26
148
10. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
6.77
59
11. Leukemia
3.39
105
2.03
152
12. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
3.69
18
13. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
40.84
13
14. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.52
138
15. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
2.14
88
16. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
5.16
36
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.