CAMEROON VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,927	6	10,695	+ 16,232
Stroke	2	15,300	5	11,199	+ 4,100
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,893	9	7,810	+ 83
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,441	11	5,468	- 26
Low Birth Weight	5	4,836	8	7,950	- 3,114
Kidney Disease	6	4,652	13	5,140	- 488
Violence	7	4,163	24	1,666	+ 2,497
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,084	1	19,694	- 15,610
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,541	12	5,258	- 1,717
Birth Trauma	10	3,107	7	8,243	- 5,136
War	11	2,165	42	643	+ 1,522
Hypertension	12	1,803	22	2,035	- 232
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,787	31	1,157	+ 631
Other Injuries	14	1,628	16	3,289	- 1,661
Lung Cancers	15	1,591	51	301	+ 1,290
Liver Disease	16	1,565	14	4,531	- 2,966
Breast Cancer	17	1,312	23	1,874	- 562
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,161	3	11,849	- 10,688
Suicide	19	1,043	19	2,333	- 1,290
Lung Disease	20	978	20	2,310	- 1,332
Leukemia	21	968	54	275	+ 693
Inflammatory/Heart	22	876	33	986	- 110
Asthma	23	672	25	1,619	- 947
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	627	43	569	+ 57
Tuberculosis	25	604	10	7,414	- 6,810
Lymphomas	26	597	44	489	+ 108
Maternal Conditions	27	574	17	2,615	- 2,041
Stomach Cancer	28	567	45	458	+ 110
Fires	29	546	36	908	- 362
Falls	30	522	27	1,235	- 713
Parkinson's Disease	31	484	46	449	+ 35
Drownings	32	484	29	1,178	- 694
Pertussis	33	468	21	2,288	- 1,820
Bladder Cancer	34	462	62	65	+ 397
Liver Cancer	35	408	37	875	- 467
Pancreas Cancer	36	390	52	290	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	37	340	18	2,474	- 2,134
Drug Use	38	324	35	928	- 604
Oral Cancer	39	302	39	845	- 543
Encephalitis	40	278	58	187	+ 92
Ovary Cancer	41	276	50	303	- 26
Meningitis	42	274	15	3,441	- 3,167
Skin Cancers	43	249	56	204	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	208	49	323	- 115
Epilepsy	45	186	38	867	- 681
Oesophagus Cancer	46	127	59	135	- 8
Prostate Cancer	47	126	34	940	- 814
Cervical Cancer	48	119	26	1,582	- 1,463
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	117	40	754	- 637
Syphilis	50	101	30	1,170	- 1,069
Tetanus	51	82	55	223	- 141
Poisonings	52	70	41	666	- 596
Malnutrition	53	67	28	1,218	- 1,151
Uterin Cancer	54	45	60	75	- 30
Measles	55	43	32	1,028	- 984
Hepatitis B	56	42	47	336	- 294
Skin Disease	57	36	48	324	- 288
Alcohol	58	29	57	198	- 168
Schistosomiasis	59	27	53	288	- 260
Multiple Sclerosis	60	22	64	41	- 18
Other Neoplasms	61	19	63	49	- 30
Leishmaniasis	62	16	69	20	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	16	68	26	- 10
Appendicitis	64	11	61	72	- 61
Upper Respiratory	65	4	70	19	- 15
Diphtheria	66	3	67	26	- 23
Ascariasis	67	1	65	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	27	- 26
Chlamydia	69	0	72	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	2	13,888	- 13,888
Malaria	73	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	71	10	- 10
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	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	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.