BOTSWANA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,131	3	1,632	+ 499
Stroke	2	1,211	4	1,588	- 377
Road Traffic Accidents	3	625	7	608	+ 16
Diabetes Mellitus	4	431	5	1,273	- 842
Low Birth Weight	5	383	13	447	- 64
Kidney Disease	6	368	9	506	- 138
Violence	7	329	14	389	- 60
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	323	2	1,674	- 1,350
Congenital Anomalies	9	280	16	287	- 7
Birth Trauma	10	246	17	261	- 16
War	11	171	69	0	+ 171
Hypertension	12	143	11	471	- 328
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	141	23	164	- 22
Other Injuries	14	129	19	216	- 88
Lung Cancers	15	126	39	45	+ 80
Liver Disease	16	124	12	459	- 335
Breast Cancer	17	104	33	68	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	92	8	527	- 435
Suicide	19	83	15	370	- 287
Lung Disease	20	77	10	482	- 404
Leukemia	21	77	51	13	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	22	69	20	177	- 108
Asthma	23	53	18	232	- 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	50	47	28	+ 22
Tuberculosis	25	48	6	649	- 601
Lymphomas	26	47	31	77	- 30
Maternal Conditions	27	45	24	118	- 72
Stomach Cancer	28	45	53	10	+ 35
Fires	29	43	26	108	- 65
Falls	30	41	34	62	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	31	38	38	47	- 9
Drownings	32	38	30	83	- 44
Pertussis	33	37	40	45	- 8
Bladder Cancer	34	37	60	6	+ 30
Liver Cancer	35	32	35	57	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	36	31	50	16	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	37	27	27	103	- 76
Drug Use	38	26	48	26	- 0
Oral Cancer	39	24	32	70	- 46
Encephalitis	40	22	59	7	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	41	22	49	19	+ 3
Meningitis	42	22	25	108	- 87
Skin Cancers	43	20	37	52	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	16	43	37	- 21
Epilepsy	45	15	36	56	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	46	10	28	103	- 93
Prostate Cancer	47	10	41	45	- 35
Cervical Cancer	48	9	22	164	- 155
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	9	29	90	- 81
Syphilis	50	8	44	36	- 28
Tetanus	51	6	61	6	+ 0
Poisonings	52	6	42	42	- 37
Malnutrition	53	5	21	171	- 166
Uterin Cancer	54	4	56	9	- 6
Measles	55	3	68	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	62	6	- 2
Skin Disease	57	3	46	30	- 27
Alcohol	58	2	45	31	- 28
Schistosomiasis	59	2	54	10	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	55	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	52	11	- 9
Appendicitis	64	1	57	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	65	0	58	7	- 7
Diphtheria	66	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	4,950	- 4,950
Malaria	73	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Iraq

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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.