IRAQ VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,075	1	36,594	+ 6,481
Stroke	2	16,956	2	20,793	- 3,836
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,219	3	10,726	- 2,508
Hypertension	4	7,578	12	2,451	+ 5,127
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,421	4	7,395	- 974
Kidney Disease	6	5,452	6	6,323	- 871
Lung Disease	7	5,267	20	1,329	+ 3,938
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	5,190	8	5,551	- 360
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	5,099	13	2,429	+ 2,670
Stomach Cancer	10	4,534	28	771	+ 3,764
Lung Cancers	11	3,132	15	2,162	+ 970
Liver Disease	12	3,064	16	2,127	+ 937
Low Birth Weight	13	2,244	5	6,573	- 4,329
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,236	9	4,812	- 2,576
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	2,112	24	852	+ 1,261
Suicide	16	2,001	19	1,418	+ 583
Other Injuries	17	1,869	14	2,212	- 343
Leukemia	18	1,831	21	1,315	+ 516
Breast Cancer	19	1,725	17	1,783	- 58
Liver Cancer	20	1,715	35	555	+ 1,160
Prostate Cancer	21	1,654	47	171	+ 1,483
Asthma	22	1,551	23	914	+ 637
Lymphomas	23	1,330	26	811	+ 519
Falls	24	1,302	30	709	+ 594
Birth Trauma	25	1,263	10	4,223	- 2,960
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,175	31	658	+ 517
Violence	27	1,170	7	5,658	- 4,488
HIV/AIDS	28	1,164	72	0	+ 1,164
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,116	36	530	+ 586
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,095	46	173	+ 922
Drug Use	31	1,035	38	441	+ 595
Endocrine Disorders	32	966	37	462	+ 504
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	848	18	1,578	- 731
Fires	34	841	29	742	+ 100
Inflammatory/Heart	35	744	22	1,190	- 446
Bladder Cancer	36	651	34	628	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	575	49	159	+ 416
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	460	44	283	+ 177
Ovary Cancer	39	433	41	376	+ 57
Drownings	40	430	32	658	- 228
Tuberculosis	41	407	25	821	- 414
War	42	391	11	2,942	- 2,551
Poisonings	43	377	52	95	+ 281
Epilepsy	44	332	45	253	+ 79
Oral Cancer	45	302	39	410	- 108
Meningitis	46	296	42	372	- 76
Skin Cancers	47	239	43	339	- 99
Cervical Cancer	48	231	48	162	+ 69
Hepatitis B	49	196	56	57	+ 139
Multiple Sclerosis	50	187	60	30	+ 157
Uterin Cancer	51	164	54	61	+ 103
Maternal Conditions	52	132	27	780	- 648
Alcohol	53	117	58	40	+ 77
Encephalitis	54	114	40	378	- 265
Skin Disease	55	110	57	49	+ 60
Malnutrition	56	72	53	92	- 19
Appendicitis	57	71	64	15	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	58	51	61	26	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	37	63	21	+ 16
Pertussis	60	35	33	636	- 601
Syphilis	61	24	50	137	- 113
Tetanus	62	17	51	111	- 94
Upper Respiratory	63	7	65	6	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	4	62	22	- 18
Chlamydia	65	2	69	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	59	37	- 36
Ascariasis	67	1	67	2	- 0
Measles	68	1	55	59	- 58
Hepatitis C	69	1	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	66	4	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAQ

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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.