IRAQ VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,160	1	36,594	+ 5,566
War	2	26,872	11	2,942	+ 23,930
Stroke	3	19,992	2	20,793	- 800
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	15,366	8	5,551	+ 9,815
Low Birth Weight	5	13,248	5	6,573	+ 6,675
Birth Trauma	6	11,247	10	4,223	+ 7,024
Tuberculosis	7	10,320	25	821	+ 9,499
Hypertension	8	8,386	12	2,451	+ 5,935
Maternal Conditions	9	8,189	27	780	+ 7,409
Kidney Disease	10	6,912	6	6,323	+ 590
Road Traffic Accidents	11	6,328	3	10,726	- 4,398
Diabetes Mellitus	12	6,031	4	7,395	- 1,364
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	5,827	18	1,578	+ 4,249
Congenital Anomalies	14	5,245	9	4,812	+ 433
Lung Disease	15	4,877	20	1,329	+ 3,548
Liver Disease	16	4,825	16	2,127	+ 2,697
Asthma	17	3,569	23	914	+ 2,655
Other Injuries	18	3,400	14	2,212	+ 1,188
Violence	19	3,374	7	5,658	- 2,284
Meningitis	20	2,754	42	372	+ 2,382
Pertussis	21	2,211	33	636	+ 1,575
Breast Cancer	22	1,911	17	1,783	+ 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,851	13	2,429	- 578
Suicide	24	1,650	19	1,418	+ 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,578	49	159	+ 1,419
Stomach Cancer	26	1,574	28	771	+ 803
Oral Cancer	27	1,539	39	410	+ 1,129
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,431	37	462	+ 968
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,379	46	173	+ 1,206
Tetanus	30	1,316	51	111	+ 1,205
Encephalitis	31	1,248	40	378	+ 870
Lung Cancers	32	1,129	15	2,162	- 1,033
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	1,092	44	283	+ 809
Drownings	34	1,045	32	658	+ 387
Epilepsy	35	1,041	45	253	+ 788
Lymphomas	36	992	26	811	+ 181
Falls	37	950	30	709	+ 241
Hepatitis B	38	906	56	57	+ 849
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	778	24	852	- 74
Liver Cancer	40	689	35	555	+ 134
Parkinson's Disease	41	658	31	658	+ 0
Leukemia	42	640	21	1,315	- 675
Malnutrition	43	618	53	92	+ 527
Cervical Cancer	44	567	48	162	+ 405
Inflammatory/Heart	45	553	22	1,190	- 638
HIV/AIDS	46	487	72	0	+ 487
Poisonings	47	402	52	95	+ 307
Ovary Cancer	48	387	41	376	+ 12
Measles	49	368	55	59	+ 309
Fires	50	365	29	742	- 377
Drug Use	51	344	38	441	- 96
Appendicitis	52	313	64	15	+ 298
Uterin Cancer	53	303	54	61	+ 241
Bladder Cancer	54	285	34	628	- 343
Prostate Cancer	55	271	47	171	+ 100
Pancreas Cancer	56	240	36	530	- 290
Malaria	57	195	73	0	+ 195
Alcohol	58	157	58	40	+ 118
Skin Cancers	59	152	43	339	- 187
Syphilis	60	99	50	137	- 38
Skin Disease	61	99	57	49	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	62	88	60	30	+ 58
Other Neoplasms	63	30	61	26	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	29	68	1	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	27	63	21	+ 5
Ascariasis	66	18	67	2	+ 16
Diphtheria	67	17	66	4	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	68	10	65	6	+ 4
Chlamydia	69	1	69	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	70	1	62	22	- 21
Otitis Media	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	37	- 37
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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

Afghanistan

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.