ARMENIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		ARMENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,588	1	8,901	- 6,313
Stroke	2	1,471	2	2,121	- 650
Road Traffic Accidents	3	759	9	590	+ 169
Diabetes Mellitus	4	523	7	714	- 191
Low Birth Weight	5	465	23	130	+ 335
Kidney Disease	6	447	11	467	- 19
Violence	7	400	25	112	+ 288
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	393	3	1,214	- 822
Congenital Anomalies	9	340	16	282	+ 58
Birth Trauma	10	299	42	34	+ 264
War	11	208	69	0	+ 208
Hypertension	12	173	6	773	- 600
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	172	39	40	+ 132
Other Injuries	14	156	17	263	- 106
Lung Cancers	15	153	4	1,030	- 877
Liver Disease	16	150	8	627	- 476
Breast Cancer	17	126	13	444	- 318
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	112	50	9	+ 102
Suicide	19	100	28	98	+ 2
Lung Disease	20	94	5	832	- 738
Leukemia	21	93	22	136	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	22	84	21	174	- 89
Asthma	23	65	49	10	+ 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	60	10	469	- 409
Tuberculosis	25	58	38	44	+ 14
Lymphomas	26	57	26	106	- 49
Maternal Conditions	27	55	55	8	+ 47
Stomach Cancer	28	55	12	448	- 394
Fires	29	52	47	13	+ 39
Falls	30	50	40	38	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	31	47	48	12	+ 35
Drownings	32	47	45	21	+ 25
Pertussis	33	45	71	0	+ 45
Bladder Cancer	34	44	20	178	- 134
Liver Cancer	35	39	14	362	- 323
Pancreas Cancer	36	38	15	358	- 321
Endocrine Disorders	37	33	35	52	- 19
Drug Use	38	31	41	36	- 5
Oral Cancer	39	29	33	60	- 31
Encephalitis	40	27	57	5	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	41	27	29	91	- 64
Meningitis	42	26	56	7	+ 20
Skin Cancers	43	24	34	57	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	20	30	67	- 47
Epilepsy	45	18	52	9	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	46	12	36	51	- 39
Prostate Cancer	47	12	19	221	- 209
Cervical Cancer	48	11	27	99	- 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	11	18	235	- 224
Syphilis	50	10	75	0	+ 10
Tetanus	51	8	81	0	+ 8
Poisonings	52	7	46	20	- 13
Malnutrition	53	6	66	1	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	54	4	24	121	- 117
Measles	55	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	4	51	9	- 5
Skin Disease	57	3	43	27	- 24
Alcohol	58	3	62	3	- 0
Schistosomiasis	59	3	82	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	53	9	- 7
Other Neoplasms	61	2	37	44	- 42
Leishmaniasis	62	2	67	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	54	9	- 7
Appendicitis	64	1	59	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	63	3	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	31	64	- 64
Chlamydia	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	32	64	- 64
Malaria	73	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	27	- 27
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	61	3	- 3
Anemia	85	0	58	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ARMENIA

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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.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.