ALBANIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,702	1	8,797	- 6,095
Stroke	2	1,535	2	8,790	- 7,255
Road Traffic Accidents	3	792	14	337	+ 455
Diabetes Mellitus	4	546	19	208	+ 337
Low Birth Weight	5	485	25	106	+ 379
Kidney Disease	6	467	11	399	+ 68
Violence	7	418	27	103	+ 315
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	410	6	634	- 224
Congenital Anomalies	9	355	28	102	+ 253
Birth Trauma	10	312	41	32	+ 279
War	11	217	64	0	+ 217
Hypertension	12	181	10	425	- 244
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	179	3	1,827	- 1,648
Other Injuries	14	163	26	105	+ 58
Lung Cancers	15	160	4	1,026	- 867
Liver Disease	16	157	12	376	- 219
Breast Cancer	17	132	17	229	- 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	117	52	9	+ 107
Suicide	19	105	24	125	- 20
Lung Disease	20	98	5	876	- 778
Leukemia	21	97	22	131	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	22	88	8	465	- 377
Asthma	23	67	21	193	- 125
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	63	20	197	- 134
Tuberculosis	25	61	54	8	+ 52
Lymphomas	26	60	31	69	- 9
Maternal Conditions	27	58	59	2	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	28	57	7	493	- 436
Fires	29	55	45	20	+ 35
Falls	30	52	23	125	- 73
Parkinson's Disease	31	49	13	369	- 320
Drownings	32	49	43	25	+ 23
Pertussis	33	47	60	1	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	34	46	15	330	- 283
Liver Cancer	35	41	9	434	- 393
Pancreas Cancer	36	39	18	225	- 185
Endocrine Disorders	37	34	29	91	- 57
Drug Use	38	33	44	25	+ 7
Oral Cancer	39	30	30	90	- 59
Encephalitis	40	28	46	20	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	41	28	39	39	- 12
Meningitis	42	27	49	14	+ 14
Skin Cancers	43	25	32	64	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	21	35	50	- 29
Epilepsy	45	19	37	44	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	46	13	34	52	- 39
Prostate Cancer	47	13	16	311	- 298
Cervical Cancer	48	12	36	48	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	12	33	57	- 45
Syphilis	50	10	62	1	+ 9
Tetanus	51	8	57	3	+ 5
Poisonings	52	7	53	9	- 2
Malnutrition	53	7	58	3	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	5	38	42	- 37
Measles	55	4	65	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	4	63	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	57	4	55	6	- 2
Alcohol	58	3	48	18	- 15
Schistosomiasis	59	3	72	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	40	39	- 36
Other Neoplasms	61	2	47	19	- 18
Leishmaniasis	62	2	61	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	51	11	- 10
Appendicitis	64	1	56	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	50	12	- 12
Diphtheria	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	42	26	- 26
Malaria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

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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.