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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq
IRAQ		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
55.9
59.8
57.8
144
139
141
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
68.9
71.7
70.3
96
116
112
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Iraq
IRAQ		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
68.9
71.7
96
116
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
66.5
74.4
144
123
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
66.8
74.7
146
122
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
67.1
74.9
146
122
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
67.6
75.2
146
121
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
68.7
75.5
140
121
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
69.8
75.8
138
121
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
70.8
76.1
131
120
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
71.7
76.5
130
120
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
72.6
77.0
129
119
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
73.7
77.7
127
120
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
75.0
78.5
127
121
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
76.6
79.5
128
122
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
78.5
80.8
128
124
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.8
82.5
128
123
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.4
84.6
138
125
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.5
87.3
142
127
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.1
90.5
139
133
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.0
94.2
139
143
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.3
159
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.8
180
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq
IRAQ		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
214.13
22
  
68.80
155
2 War
192.68
1
  
0.00
192
3 Stroke
81.25
108
  
36.89
160
4 Diarrhoeal diseases
45.64
47
  
1.95
119
5 Road Traffic Accidents
44.75
4
  
4.77
180
6 Hypertension
38.22
52
  
3.67
183
7 Influenza & Pneumonia
26.68
114
  
23.69
125
8 Lung Disease
24.48
89
  
21.47
98
9 Tuberculosis
23.13
64
  
0.41
170
10 Breast Cancer
19.78
52
  
23.62
20
11 Kidney Disease
19.35
80
  
3.23
185
12 Liver Disease
18.67
42
  
9.48
96
13 Inflammatory/Heart
17.28
17
  
2.97
152
14 Low Birth Weight
17.18
46
  
3.39
144
15 Other Injuries
15.39
75
  
5.54
170
16 Diabetes Mellitus
15.32
137
  
5.04
185
17 Lymphomas
11.37
4
  
7.35
36
18 Other Neoplasms
10.91
4
  
2.95
92
19 Lung Cancers
8.92
115
  
30.98
18
20 Birth Trauma
8.89
60
  
0.64
166
21 Endocrine Disorders
8.77
80
  
3.13
147
22 Bladder Cancer
7.55
3
  
4.27
28
23 Congenital Anomalies
7.52
48
  
3.68
164
24 Hepatitis B
6.66
6
  
0.07
177
25 Suicide
6.13
114
  
6.90
101
26 Fires
5.92
20
  
0.45
158
27 Leukemia
5.78
14
  
4.39
63
28 Drug Use
5.49
11
  
2.14
27
29 Falls
5.30
55
  
3.51
109
30 Anaemia
5.29
48
  
0.15
171
31 Pertussis
5.25
21
  
0.02
106
32 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.17
147
  
15.49
33
33 Stomach Cancer
4.06
149
  
4.81
130
34 Meningitis
4.03
70
  
0.41
149
35 Poisonings
3.58
67
  
2.81
89
36 Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.41
34
  
0.90
140
37 Oral Cancer
3.36
80
  
2.39
113
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.33
98
  
2.54
123
39 Hepatitis C
3.31
4
  
0.23
107
40 Drownings
3.06
107
  
0.35
187
41 Violence
2.77
117
  
1.14
160
42 Malnutrition
2.69
91
  
0.07
172
43 Maternal Conditions
2.59
69
  
0.15
151
44 Alzheimers/Dementia
2.57
126
  
17.08
14
45 Ovary Cancer
2.23
92
  
3.96
20
46 Tetanus
1.93
23
  
0.00
192
47 Asthma
1.78
138
  
1.09
153
48 Pancreas Cancer
1.65
136
  
6.81
39
49 Oesophagus Cancer
1.63
129
  
7.62
30
50 Prostate Cancer
1.38
177
  
8.21
58
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Iraq
IRAQ		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 War
47,694
25.25
  
0
0.00
2 Coronary Heart Disease
26,676
14.12
  
92,299
19.77
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
10,849
5.74
  
37,348
8.00
4 Diarrhoeal diseases
10,093
5.34
  
3,081
0.66
5 Stroke
9,932
5.26
  
55,919
11.98
6 Road Traffic Accidents
9,570
5.07
  
3,073
0.66
7 Low Birth Weight
8,686
4.60
  
1,386
0.30
8 Hypertension
4,528
2.40
  
5,191
1.11
9 Birth Trauma
4,494
2.38
  
262
0.06
10 Tuberculosis
3,866
2.05
  
443
0.09
11 Congenital Anomalies
3,539
1.87
  
1,950
0.42
12 Other Injuries
3,311
1.75
  
6,029
1.29
13 Lung Disease
2,966
1.57
  
29,069
6.23
14 Pertussis
2,655
1.41
  
6
0.00
15 Kidney Disease
2,633
1.39
  
4,804
1.03
16 Liver Disease
2,572
1.36
  
7,767
1.66
17 Lymphomas
2,256
1.19
  
8,744
1.87
18 Inflammatory/Heart
2,179
1.15
  
3,014
0.65
19 Diabetes Mellitus
1,941
1.03
  
6,682
1.43
20 Breast Cancer
1,678
0.89
  
14,343
3.07
21 Other Neoplasms
1,647
0.87
  
3,829
0.82
22 Suicide
1,522
0.81
  
4,660
1.00
23 Meningitis
1,479
0.78
  
278
0.06
24 Leukemia
1,400
0.74
  
5,077
1.09
25 Fires
1,337
0.71
  
380
0.08
26 Endocrine Disorders
1,245
0.66
  
3,056
0.65
27 Lung Cancers
1,235
0.65
  
35,845
7.68
28 Drug Use
1,089
0.58
  
1,247
0.27
29 Hepatitis B
1,081
0.57
  
57
0.01
30 Bladder Cancer
977
0.52
  
5,842
1.25
31 Falls
967
0.51
  
4,450
0.95
32 Malnutrition
948
0.50
  
85
0.02
33 Drownings
928
0.49
  
233
0.05
34 Anaemia
919
0.49
  
260
0.06
35 Poisonings
774
0.41
  
1,805
0.39
36 Maternal Conditions
706
0.37
  
81
0.02
37 Rheumatic Heart Disease
650
0.34
  
1,204
0.26
38 Tetanus
632
0.33
  
0
0.00
39 Violence
608
0.32
  
703
0.15
40 Colon-Rectum Cancers
602
0.32
  
18,951
4.06
41 Stomach Cancer
589
0.31
  
6,006
1.29
42 Oral Cancer
537
0.28
  
2,428
0.52
43 Hepatitis C
530
0.28
  
189
0.04
44 Peptic Ulcer Disease
433
0.23
  
3,294
0.71
45 Asthma
421
0.22
  
1,260
0.27
46 Upper Respiratory
396
0.21
  
56
0.01
47 Ovary Cancer
345
0.18
  
4,366
0.94
48 Epilepsy
293
0.16
  
1,201
0.26
49 Alzheimers/Dementia
272
0.14
  
29,116
6.24
50 Oesophagus Cancer
228
0.12
  
8,762
1.88
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq
IRAQ		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
19.78
52
  
23.62
20
2 Lymphomas
11.37
4
  
7.35
36
3 Other Neoplasms
10.91
4
  
2.95
92
4 Lung Cancers
8.92
115
  
30.98
18
5 Bladder Cancer
7.55
3
  
4.27
28
6 Leukemia
5.78
14
  
4.39
63
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.17
147
  
15.49
33
8 Stomach Cancer
4.06
149
  
4.81
130
9 Oral Cancer
3.36
80
  
2.39
113
10 Ovary Cancer
2.23
92
  
3.96
20
11 Pancreas Cancer
1.65
136
  
6.81
39
12 Oesophagus Cancer
1.63
129
  
7.62
30
13 Prostate Cancer
1.38
177
  
8.21
58
14 Cervical Cancer
1.32
163
  
1.38
161
15 Liver Cancer
1.19
190
  
3.07
164
16 Uterin Cancer
0.58
135
  
1.53
64
17 Skin Cancers
0.49
155
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Iraq
IRAQ		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
28,945,657
41
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.02
44
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
38.8 %
47
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
58.2 %
144
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.0 %
159
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
30.10
45
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
5.03
165
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
3.86
44
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
43.82
57
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.03
46
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.90
34
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.51
27
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
74.1
137
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
84.1
123
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
64.2
133
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
18.2
35
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
70.3
112
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
54.0
143
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$4,000
126
  
$36,600
23
 

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