IRAQ VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,469	1	36,594	- 19,125
Stroke	2	8,382	2	20,793	- 12,410
Kidney Disease	3	5,474	6	6,323	- 849
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,062	4	7,395	- 2,333
Hypertension	5	3,919	12	2,451	+ 1,469
Lung Disease	6	3,826	20	1,329	+ 2,497
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,651	3	10,726	- 7,075
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,959	8	5,551	- 2,592
Suicide	9	2,635	19	1,418	+ 1,217
Other Injuries	10	2,189	14	2,212	- 23
Falls	11	2,145	30	709	+ 1,437
Asthma	12	1,923	23	914	+ 1,010
Drug Use	13	1,808	38	441	+ 1,368
Liver Disease	14	1,749	16	2,127	- 378
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,546	9	4,812	- 3,266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,297	24	852	+ 445
Breast Cancer	17	1,107	17	1,783	- 676
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,089	37	462	+ 627
Low Birth Weight	19	817	5	6,573	- 5,755
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	815	13	2,429	- 1,614
Lung Cancers	21	776	15	2,162	- 1,386
Fires	22	748	29	742	+ 6
Drownings	23	707	32	658	+ 49
Leukemia	24	646	21	1,315	- 669
Epilepsy	25	586	45	253	+ 333
Pancreas Cancer	26	566	36	530	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	530	44	283	+ 247
Inflammatory/Heart	28	502	22	1,190	- 688
Lymphomas	29	489	26	811	- 322
Stomach Cancer	30	468	28	771	- 303
Parkinson's Disease	31	417	31	658	- 241
Liver Cancer	32	403	35	555	- 152
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	387	18	1,578	- 1,192
Skin Cancers	34	325	43	339	- 14
Violence	35	294	7	5,658	- 5,364
Tuberculosis	36	276	25	821	- 545
Birth Trauma	37	268	10	4,223	- 3,955
Ovary Cancer	38	264	41	376	- 111
Bladder Cancer	39	251	34	628	- 377
Alcohol	40	248	58	40	+ 209
Cervical Cancer	41	239	48	162	+ 77
Meningitis	42	218	42	372	- 155
Prostate Cancer	43	212	47	171	+ 41
Hepatitis B	44	198	56	57	+ 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	191	49	159	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	46	186	54	61	+ 125
Oesophagus Cancer	47	154	46	173	- 18
Poisonings	48	150	52	95	+ 55
Multiple Sclerosis	49	148	60	30	+ 118
HIV/AIDS	50	143	72	0	+ 143
Tetanus	51	138	51	111	+ 27
Oral Cancer	52	133	39	410	- 277
War	53	124	11	2,942	- 2,819
Encephalitis	54	117	40	378	- 261
Appendicitis	55	56	64	15	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	56	55	61	26	+ 29
Skin Disease	57	53	57	49	+ 3
Pertussis	58	49	33	636	- 587
Maternal Conditions	59	22	27	780	- 758
Malnutrition	60	11	53	92	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	11	63	21	- 10
Syphilis	62	11	50	137	- 126
Hepatitis C	63	4	68	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	1	65	6	- 5
Ascariasis	65	1	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	66	1	66	4	- 3
Chlamydia	67	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	55	59	- 59
Dengue	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	37	- 37
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	62	22	- 22
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAQ

Arab Emirates

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.