IRAQ VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	65,773	1	36,594	+ 29,179
Liver Disease	2	22,744	16	2,127	+ 20,616
Stroke	3	16,584	2	20,793	- 4,209
Liver Cancer	4	9,273	35	555	+ 8,718
Hypertension	5	7,980	12	2,451	+ 5,529
Kidney Disease	6	7,977	6	6,323	+ 1,654
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	7,828	8	5,551	+ 2,278
Diabetes Mellitus	8	7,237	4	7,395	- 158
Lung Disease	9	5,066	20	1,329	+ 3,737
Congenital Anomalies	10	4,601	9	4,812	- 211
Low Birth Weight	11	4,309	5	6,573	- 2,264
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,836	3	10,726	- 6,890
Breast Cancer	13	3,473	17	1,783	+ 1,690
Lymphomas	14	2,852	26	811	+ 2,040
Asthma	15	2,687	23	914	+ 1,774
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	2,639	13	2,429	+ 209
Birth Trauma	17	2,311	10	4,223	- 1,912
Lung Cancers	18	2,148	15	2,162	- 14
Bladder Cancer	19	1,942	34	628	+ 1,314
Violence	20	1,576	7	5,658	- 4,082
Other Injuries	21	1,445	14	2,212	- 767
Leukemia	22	1,423	21	1,315	+ 108
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	1,397	18	1,578	- 182
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	1,166	24	852	+ 315
Suicide	25	1,143	19	1,418	- 275
Pancreas Cancer	26	1,099	36	530	+ 569
Inflammatory/Heart	27	942	22	1,190	- 249
Parkinson's Disease	28	905	31	658	+ 247
Endocrine Disorders	29	897	37	462	+ 435
Falls	30	764	30	709	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	31	735	41	376	+ 360
Stomach Cancer	32	698	28	771	- 73
Fires	33	593	29	742	- 149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	506	49	159	+ 347
Prostate Cancer	35	485	47	171	+ 314
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	472	44	283	+ 189
Drownings	37	425	32	658	- 233
Encephalitis	38	396	40	378	+ 17
Skin Cancers	39	383	43	339	+ 45
Hepatitis B	40	374	56	57	+ 317
Oesophagus Cancer	41	360	46	173	+ 187
Pertussis	42	343	33	636	- 293
Meningitis	43	313	42	372	- 59
Maternal Conditions	44	301	27	780	- 479
Oral Cancer	45	300	39	410	- 110
Malnutrition	46	287	53	92	+ 195
War	47	270	11	2,942	- 2,672
Cervical Cancer	48	236	48	162	+ 74
Tetanus	49	204	51	111	+ 93
Epilepsy	50	171	45	253	- 82
Tuberculosis	51	163	25	821	- 658
Uterin Cancer	52	160	54	61	+ 99
HIV/AIDS	53	150	72	0	+ 150
Schistosomiasis	54	83	59	37	+ 46
Skin Disease	55	83	57	49	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	56	80	60	30	+ 50
Poisonings	57	74	52	95	- 22
Syphilis	58	60	50	137	- 77
Appendicitis	59	54	64	15	+ 39
Alcohol	60	53	58	40	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	61	44	61	26	+ 18
Drug Use	62	44	38	441	- 397
Hepatitis C	63	37	68	1	+ 35
Measles	64	16	55	59	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	10	63	21	- 11
Leishmaniasis	66	5	62	22	- 17
Ascariasis	67	2	67	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	2	65	6	- 4
Dengue	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	1	66	4	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAQ

Egypt

Iraq

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.