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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 Vanuatu 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.

Vanuatu
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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Vanuatu Population Pyramid
556,750
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Ireland IRELAND   Vanuatu VANUATU
       
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
 
45.4
48.3
46.8
109
109
111
1970
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
 
51.3
54.4
52.8
110
109
108
1980
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
 
57.1
60.6
58.8
111
111
110
1990
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
 
62.0
65.0
63.5
111
119
113
2000
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
 
67.6
70.7
69.0
87
107
99
2010
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
 
69.3
72.9
71.0
94
107
99
2019
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
 
62.7
68.3
65.3
151
144
147
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Vanuatu VANUATU
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.2
83.5
17
26
62.7
68.3
151
144
Age
80.2
83.5
17
26
62.7
68.3
151
144
Age 5
80.5
83.7
18
28
64.5
70.0
169
158
Age 10
80.5
83.8
18
28
64.6
70.1
169
162
Age 15
80.5
83.8
18
28
64.8
70.3
169
163
Age 20
80.6
83.8
18
28
65.2
70.5
169
163
Age 25
80.8
83.9
18
28
65.8
70.8
169
165
Age 30
81.0
83.9
18
28
66.6
71.2
168
167
Age 35
81.1
84.0
18
29
67.5
71.6
168
167
Age 40
81.3
84.1
19
29
68.5
72.2
168
168
Age 45
81.6
84.3
20
29
69.7
73.0
168
172
Age 50
81.9
84.5
20
29
71.2
74.0
168
174
Age 55
82.4
84.8
17
29
72.9
75.2
168
175
Age 60
83.0
85.3
18
29
74.8
76.7
168
176
Age 65
83.8
85.9
23
32
77.2
78.5
166
176
Age 70
84.8
86.7
26
35
79.8
80.5
163
174
Age 75
86.2
87.7
33
37
82.6
83.0
163
173
Age 80
88.0
89.0
44
48
85.6
85.9
160
168
Age 85
90.3
90.8
61
60
89.0
89.2
165
170
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Vanuatu VANUATU
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
53.73
158
299.44
7
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
32.23
9
17.62
90
3. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
8.83
109
4. Lung Disease
20.91
98
78.03
7
5. Stroke
19.27
172
190.53
6
6. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
13.78
124
7. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
14.31
108
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.45
145
59.97
58
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
4.85
152
10. Suicide
8.90
86
20.97
13
11. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
3.60
126
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
0.65
176
13. Lymphomas
6.29
33
1.32
178
14. Kidney Disease
6.12
160
43.29
16
15. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
32
9.71
3
16. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
0.00
183
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.68
172
81.66
15
18. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
2.91
160
19. Liver Disease
4.13
169
27.40
64
20. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
14.32
16
21. Leukemia
3.39
105
4.06
66
22. Drug Use
3.38
20
0.24
179
23. Congenital Anomalies
3.33
149
9.24
16
24. Endocrine Disorders
3.24
103
4.71
68
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.19
131
5.91
68
26. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
0.00
183
27. Falls
3.03
147
7.87
55
28. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
11.35
72
29. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.75
125
30. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
1.17
144
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.92
171
17.40
84
32. Other Neoplasms
2.55
39
0.48
89
33. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
0.61
180
34. Other Injuries
2.23
179
12.56
41
35. Hypertension
1.87
178
31.50
40
36. Low Birth Weight
1.39
157
6.17
75
37. Epilepsy
1.27
117
2.01
68
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.12
5
0.14
125
39. Drownings
1.05
148
12.56
4
40. Alcohol
1.04
112
1.85
65
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.79
158
12.20
7
42. Violence
0.77
163
2.69
117
43. Asthma
0.70
149
29.89
7
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.68
24
0.17
139
45. Skin Disease
0.63
128
4.13
20
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
149
16.53
4
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.55
158
46.26
39
48. Fires
0.41
152
1.74
82
49. Hepatitis C
0.32
35
0.07
105
50. Anemia
0.29
42
0.00
179
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ireland IRELAND   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,762
18.40
454
22.70
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,209
12.40
18
0.90
3. Lung Cancers
1,916
7.40
15
0.75
4. Lung Disease
1,915
7.40
108
5.40
5. Stroke
1,770
6.84
288
14.40
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,298
5.02
124
6.20
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,095
4.23
8
0.40
8. Breast Cancer
760
2.94
13
0.65
9. Prostate Cancer
585
2.26
9
0.45
10. Kidney Disease
566
2.19
70
3.50
11. Pancreas Cancer
530
2.05
1
0.05
12. Parkinson's Disease
530
2.05
12
0.60
13. Lymphomas
513
1.98
3
0.15
14. Suicide
470
1.82
54
2.70
15. Oesophagus Cancer
419
1.62
0
0.00
16. Diabetes Mellitus
414
1.60
127
6.35
17. Stomach Cancer
357
1.38
6
0.30
18. Liver Cancer
318
1.23
27
1.35
19. Liver Disease
279
1.08
51
2.55
20. Leukemia
274
1.06
9
0.45
21. Ovary Cancer
273
1.05
4
0.20
22. Bladder Cancer
256
0.99
2
0.10
23. Skin Cancers
252
0.97
0
0.00
24. Endocrine Disorders
249
0.96
9
0.45
25. Falls
247
0.95
13
0.65
26. Inflammatory/Heart
240
0.93
11
0.55
27. Other Neoplasms
218
0.84
1
0.05
28. Oral Cancer
183
0.71
1
0.05
29. Hypertension
175
0.68
47
2.35
30. Other Injuries
171
0.66
30
1.50
31. Drug Use
167
0.65
0
0.00
32. Road Traffic Accidents
153
0.59
45
2.25
33. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.59
48
2.40
34. Uterin Cancer
126
0.49
2
0.10
35. Cervical Cancer
103
0.40
13
0.65
36. Epilepsy
85
0.33
5
0.25
37. Multiple Sclerosis
83
0.32
0
0.00
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
18
0.90
39. Alcohol
64
0.25
4
0.20
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
59
0.23
0
0.00
41. Skin Disease
58
0.22
7
0.35
42. Asthma
58
0.22
45
2.25
43. Drownings
57
0.22
35
1.75
44. Low Birth Weight
56
0.22
43
2.15
45. Diarrhoeal diseases
53
0.20
80
4.00
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.19
35
1.75
47. Violence
38
0.15
7
0.35
48. Fires
30
0.12
4
0.20
49. Anemia
29
0.11
0
0.00
50. Tuberculosis
23
0.09
16
0.80
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ireland IRELAND   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.05
30
8.83
109
2. Breast Cancer
19.15
59
13.78
124
3. Prostate Cancer
14.80
104
14.31
108
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.41
38
4.85
152
5. Ovary Cancer
6.83
17
3.60
126
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.56
48
0.65
176
7. Lymphomas
6.29
33
1.32
178
8. Oesophagus Cancer
5.30
35
0.00
183
9. Stomach Cancer
4.47
126
2.91
160
10. Liver Cancer
3.97
132
14.32
16
11. Leukemia
3.39
105
4.06
66
12. Skin Cancers
3.15
28
0.00
183
13. Cervical Cancer
3.00
145
11.35
72
14. Uterin Cancer
2.94
58
1.75
125
15. Bladder Cancer
2.93
57
1.17
144
16. Oral Cancer
2.43
108
0.61
180
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.