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ICELAND VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Morocco MOROCCO ICELAND Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 753 1 403 + 350
Stroke 2 310 3 141 + 170
Hypertension 3 105 17 24 + 80
Kidney Disease 4 99 15 33 + 66
Diabetes Mellitus 5 72 16 30 + 42
Influenza and Pneumonia 6 70 6 82 - 12
Lung Cancers 7 64 4 134 - 70
Lung Disease 8 61 5 129 - 67
Road Traffic Accidents 9 60 35 7 + 53
Alzheimers & Dementia 10 48 2 295 - 247
Liver Disease 11 47 31 9 + 38
Breast Cancer 12 35 9 53 - 18
Asthma 13 33 48 2 + 31
Low Birth Weight 14 32 43 3 + 29
Tuberculosis 15 28 82 0 + 28
Suicide 16 25 13 40 - 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers 17 25 7 73 - 49
Cervical Cancer 18 24 32 9 + 15
Falls 19 24 18 24 + 0
Lymphomas 20 22 14 37 - 15
Other Injuries 21 22 11 50 - 28
Congenital Anomalies 22 21 34 7 + 13
Birth Trauma 23 20 46 2 + 18
Prostate Cancer 24 19 8 61 - 42
Stomach Cancer 25 16 23 18 - 1
Parkinson's Disease 26 15 10 53 - 38
Diarrhoeal diseases 27 12 55 1 + 11
Endocrine Disorders 28 11 27 16 - 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease 29 10 41 3 + 7
Bladder Cancer 30 10 21 20 - 10
Leukemia 31 10 22 19 - 9
Inflammatory/Heart 32 10 26 16 - 6
Fires 33 9 58 1 + 8
Ovary Cancer 34 8 25 16 - 9
Oral Cancer 35 8 33 9 - 1
Pancreas Cancer 36 7 12 43 - 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease 37 7 54 1 + 6
Maternal Conditions 38 7 60 0 + 6
Violence 39 6 39 4 + 2
Meningitis 40 5 50 1 + 4
Skin Cancers 41 5 29 13 - 8
Oesophagus Cancer 42 4 19 23 - 18
Drownings 43 4 56 1 + 3
Liver Cancer 44 4 20 22 - 18
Epilepsy 45 3 37 5 - 2
Pertussis 46 3 62 0 + 3
Drug Use 47 3 24 17 - 14
Hepatitis B 48 3 63 0 + 3
HIV/AIDS 49 3 59 0 + 2
Poisonings 50 3 42 3 - 1
Malnutrition 51 2 57 1 + 1
Encephalitis 52 2 78 0 + 2
Uterin Cancer 53 2 36 7 - 5
Skin Disease 54 1 45 3 - 1
Syphilis 55 1 80 0 + 1
Appendicitis 56 1 86 0 + 1
Alcohol 57 1 28 14 - 13
Multiple Sclerosis 58 1 44 3 - 2
Tetanus 59 1 68 0 + 1
Other Neoplasms 60 1 30 10 - 9
Schistosomiasis 61 1 75 0 + 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis 62 0 38 4 - 4
War 63 0 61 0 + 0
Leishmaniasis 64 0 77 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 65 0 52 1 - 1
Ascariasis 66 0 69 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 67 0 51 1 - 1
Chlamydia 68 0 81 0 + 0
Diphtheria 69 0 66 0 + 0
Measles 70 0 67 0 + 0
Otitis Media 71 0 64 0 - 0
Leprosy 72 0 65 0 - 0
Malaria 73 0 73 0 - 0
Chagas disease 74 0 74 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 75 0 76 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 76 0 71 0 - 0
Dengue 77 0 72 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 78 0 70 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 79 0 79 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 80 0 53 1 - 1
Osteoarthritis 81 0 47 2 - 2
Oral conditions 82 0 85 0 - 0
Depression 83 0 84 0 - 0
Anemia 84 0 40 4 - 4
Vitamin A Deficiency 85 0 83 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 86 0 49 1 - 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Morocco

Morocco

Iceland

Iceland

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020