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Ireland
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Ireland and Seychelles 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.

Seychelles
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
Seychelles Population Pyramid
104,561
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Seychelles SEYCHELLES
  Ireland IRELAND   Seychelles SEYCHELLES
       
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
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
 
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
 
67.2
73.5
70.3
60
64
59
2000
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
 
67.7
76.4
71.8
86
46
67
2010
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
 
68.3
77.3
72.4
97
64
96
2019
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
 
70.0
77.1
73.3
96
88
93
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Seychelles SEYCHELLES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.2
83.5
17
26
70.0
77.1
96
88
Age
80.2
83.5
17
26
70.0
77.1
96
88
Age 5
80.5
83.7
18
28
71.1
78.2
108
90
Age 10
80.5
83.8
18
28
71.1
78.2
109
90
Age 15
80.5
83.8
18
28
71.3
78.3
109
90
Age 20
80.6
83.8
18
28
71.5
78.4
111
90
Age 25
80.8
83.9
18
28
71.9
78.5
111
90
Age 30
81.0
83.9
18
28
72.3
78.7
110
90
Age 35
81.1
84.0
18
29
72.8
78.9
109
90
Age 40
81.3
84.1
19
29
73.3
79.2
108
88
Age 45
81.6
84.3
20
29
74.0
79.6
106
87
Age 50
81.9
84.5
20
29
74.9
80.1
105
86
Age 55
82.4
84.8
17
29
76.0
80.8
102
85
Age 60
83.0
85.3
18
29
77.5
81.5
98
87
Age 65
83.8
85.9
23
32
79.2
82.5
99
87
Age 70
84.8
86.7
26
35
81.4
83.7
97
88
Age 75
86.2
87.7
33
37
83.6
85.3
112
94
Age 80
88.0
89.0
44
48
86.5
87.6
101
92
Age 85
90.3
90.8
61
60
89.8
90.4
89
93
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Seychelles SEYCHELLES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.73
158
97.13
116
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
32.23
9
17.22
100
3. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
17.23
72
4. Lung Disease
20.91
98
21.51
95
5. Stroke
19.27
172
62.39
116
6. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
24.69
30
7. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
49.62
5
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.45
145
70.92
49
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
23.22
3
10. Suicide
8.90
86
7.73
102
11. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
8.75
4
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
7.02
44
13. Lymphomas
6.29
33
8.01
8
14. Kidney Disease
6.12
160
40.23
21
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
32
5.80
26
16. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
5.35
34
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.68
172
24.13
101
18. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
6.42
85
19. Liver Disease
4.13
169
28.12
60
20. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
5.44
90
21. Leukemia
3.39
105
6.05
7
22. Drug Use
3.38
20
0.78
133
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.33
149
6.66
61
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
103
5.70
57
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
131
9.39
31
26. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
1.10
135
27. Falls
3.03
147
5.28
97
28. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
15.71
51
29. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
2.94
59
30. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
4.22
21
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.92
171
10.94
121
32. Other Neoplasms
2.55
39
0.41
101
33. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
12.25
3
34. Other Injuries
2.23
179
4.16
149
35. Hypertension
1.87
178
39.54
25
36. Low Birth Weight
1.39
157
4.59
94
37. Epilepsy
1.27
117
0.54
175
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.12
5
0.23
76
39. Drownings
1.05
148
11.64
5
40. Alcohol
1.04
112
0.56
140
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
158
6.58
36
42. Violence
0.77
163
13.66
32
43. Asthma
0.70
149
5.89
81
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.68
24
0.08
165
45. Skin Disease
0.63
128
1.69
86
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
149
0.80
130
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.55
158
5.82
78
48. Fires
0.41
152
1.74
81
49. Hepatitis C
0.32
35
0.04
122
50. Anemia
0.29
42
0.00
155
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ireland IRELAND   Seychelles SEYCHELLES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,762
18.40
104
14.75
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,209
12.40
19
2.70
3. Lung Cancers
1,916
7.40
18
2.55
4. Lung Disease
1,915
7.40
22
3.12
5. Stroke
1,770
6.84
66
9.36
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,298
5.02
75
10.64
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,095
4.23
25
3.55
8. Breast Cancer
760
2.94
14
1.99
9. Prostate Cancer
585
2.26
20
2.84
10. Kidney Disease
566
2.19
43
6.10
11. Pancreas Cancer
530
2.05
7
0.99
12. Parkinson's Disease
530
2.05
6
0.85
13. Lymphomas
513
1.98
8
1.13
14. Suicide
470
1.82
8
1.13
15. Oesophagus Cancer
419
1.62
6
0.85
16. Diabetes Mellitus
414
1.60
26
3.69
17. Stomach Cancer
357
1.38
7
0.99
18. Liver Cancer
318
1.23
6
0.85
19. Liver Disease
279
1.08
31
4.40
20. Leukemia
274
1.06
6
0.85
21. Ovary Cancer
273
1.05
5
0.71
22. Bladder Cancer
256
0.99
4
0.57
23. Skin Cancers
252
0.97
1
0.14
24. Endocrine Disorders
249
0.96
6
0.85
25. Falls
247
0.95
6
0.85
26. Inflammatory/Heart
240
0.93
10
1.42
27. Other Neoplasms
218
0.84
0
0.00
28. Oral Cancer
183
0.71
13
1.84
29. Hypertension
175
0.68
42
5.96
30. Other Injuries
171
0.66
4
0.57
31. Drug Use
167
0.65
1
0.14
32. Road Traffic Accidents
153
0.59
11
1.56
33. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.59
7
0.99
34. Uterin Cancer
126
0.49
2
0.28
35. Cervical Cancer
103
0.40
9
1.28
36. Epilepsy
85
0.33
1
0.14
37. Multiple Sclerosis
83
0.32
0
0.00
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
7
0.99
39. Alcohol
64
0.25
1
0.14
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
59
0.23
0
0.00
41. Skin Disease
58
0.22
2
0.28
42. Asthma
58
0.22
6
0.85
43. Drownings
57
0.22
12
1.70
44. Low Birth Weight
56
0.22
6
0.85
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
53
0.20
6
0.85
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.19
1
0.14
47. Violence
38
0.15
14
1.99
48. Fires
30
0.12
2
0.28
49. Anemia
29
0.11
0
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
23
0.09
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Seychelles SEYCHELLES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
17.23
72
2. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
24.69
30
3. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
49.62
5
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
23.22
3
5. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
8.75
4
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
7.02
44
7. Lymphomas
6.29
33
8.01
8
8. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
5.35
34
9. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
6.42
85
10. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
5.44
90
11. Leukemia
3.39
105
6.05
7
12. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
1.10
135
13. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
15.71
51
14. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
2.94
59
15. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
4.22
21
16. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
12.25
3
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.