ARAB EMIRATES VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		ARAB EMIRATES		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,724	1	4,164	+ 4,559
Stroke	2	4,957	2	1,998	+ 2,958
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,557	7	870	+ 1,687
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,763	4	1,207	+ 556
Low Birth Weight	5	1,567	19	195	+ 1,372
Kidney Disease	6	1,507	3	1,305	+ 202
Violence	7	1,349	35	70	+ 1,279
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,323	8	705	+ 618
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,147	15	369	+ 779
Birth Trauma	10	1,007	37	64	+ 943
War	11	701	53	29	+ 672
Hypertension	12	584	5	934	- 350
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	579	20	194	+ 385
Other Injuries	14	527	10	522	+ 5
Lung Cancers	15	515	21	185	+ 330
Liver Disease	16	507	14	417	+ 90
Breast Cancer	17	425	17	264	+ 161
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	376	33	92	+ 284
Suicide	19	338	9	628	- 290
Lung Disease	20	317	6	912	- 595
Leukemia	21	314	24	154	+ 159
Inflammatory/Heart	22	284	28	120	+ 164
Asthma	23	218	12	458	- 241
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	203	16	309	- 106
Tuberculosis	25	196	36	66	+ 130
Lymphomas	26	193	29	117	+ 77
Maternal Conditions	27	186	59	5	+ 181
Stomach Cancer	28	184	30	112	+ 72
Fires	29	177	22	178	- 2
Falls	30	169	11	511	- 342
Parkinson's Disease	31	157	31	99	+ 57
Drownings	32	157	23	169	- 12
Pertussis	33	152	58	12	+ 140
Bladder Cancer	34	150	39	60	+ 90
Liver Cancer	35	132	32	96	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	36	126	26	135	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	37	110	18	260	- 149
Drug Use	38	105	13	431	- 326
Oral Cancer	39	98	52	32	+ 66
Encephalitis	40	90	54	28	+ 62
Ovary Cancer	41	90	38	63	+ 26
Meningitis	42	89	42	52	+ 37
Skin Cancers	43	81	34	77	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	67	27	126	- 59
Epilepsy	45	60	25	140	- 79
Oesophagus Cancer	46	41	47	37	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	47	41	43	51	- 10
Cervical Cancer	48	39	41	57	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	38	45	45	- 8
Syphilis	50	33	62	3	+ 30
Tetanus	51	26	51	33	- 6
Poisonings	52	23	48	36	- 13
Malnutrition	53	22	60	3	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	54	15	46	44	- 30
Measles	55	14	70	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	56	14	44	47	- 34
Skin Disease	57	12	57	13	- 1
Alcohol	58	9	40	59	- 50
Schistosomiasis	59	9	75	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	49	35	- 28
Other Neoplasms	61	6	56	13	- 7
Leishmaniasis	62	5	78	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	61	3	+ 2
Appendicitis	64	4	55	13	- 10
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	63	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	50	34	- 34
Malaria	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARAB EMIRATES

Iraq

Arab Emirates

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.