CONGO VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,302	4	2,494	+ 2,808
Stroke	2	3,013	5	2,267	+ 746
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,554	7	1,598	- 44
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,071	10	1,050	+ 22
Low Birth Weight	5	952	9	1,283	- 331
Kidney Disease	6	916	15	613	+ 303
Violence	7	820	18	539	+ 281
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	804	3	2,576	- 1,772
Congenital Anomalies	9	697	14	729	- 32
Birth Trauma	10	612	11	997	- 386
War	11	426	72	1	+ 426
Hypertension	12	355	12	933	- 577
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	352	25	230	+ 122
Other Injuries	14	321	20	333	- 13
Lung Cancers	15	313	47	54	+ 260
Liver Disease	16	308	13	931	- 622
Breast Cancer	17	258	32	159	+ 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	229	8	1,304	- 1,076
Suicide	19	205	19	349	- 143
Lung Disease	20	193	17	541	- 348
Leukemia	21	191	46	57	+ 133
Inflammatory/Heart	22	172	26	220	- 47
Asthma	23	132	23	291	- 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	123	38	89	+ 35
Tuberculosis	25	119	2	2,781	- 2,662
Lymphomas	26	118	45	61	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	27	113	16	578	- 465
Stomach Cancer	28	112	39	88	+ 24
Fires	29	107	37	90	+ 17
Falls	30	103	33	149	- 46
Parkinson's Disease	31	95	42	69	+ 26
Drownings	32	95	36	104	- 9
Pertussis	33	92	21	329	- 237
Bladder Cancer	34	91	61	15	+ 76
Liver Cancer	35	80	30	169	- 89
Pancreas Cancer	36	77	52	42	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	37	67	27	208	- 141
Drug Use	38	64	44	65	- 2
Oral Cancer	39	59	54	33	+ 27
Encephalitis	40	55	56	20	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	41	54	48	49	+ 5
Meningitis	42	54	22	299	- 245
Skin Cancers	43	49	53	36	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	41	43	67	- 26
Epilepsy	45	37	40	76	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	46	25	57	19	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	47	25	28	198	- 173
Cervical Cancer	48	24	29	196	- 173
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	23	35	105	- 82
Syphilis	50	20	34	107	- 87
Tetanus	51	16	55	23	- 7
Poisonings	52	14	41	71	- 57
Malnutrition	53	13	24	272	- 258
Uterin Cancer	54	9	60	15	- 6
Measles	55	9	31	159	- 151
Hepatitis B	56	8	62	14	- 6
Skin Disease	57	7	50	46	- 39
Alcohol	58	6	49	46	- 40
Schistosomiasis	59	5	51	45	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	66	4	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	4	63	8	- 4
Leishmaniasis	62	3	78	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	59	15	- 12
Appendicitis	64	2	58	18	- 16
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	7	- 6
Diphtheria	66	1	68	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	4,509	- 4,509
Malaria	73	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.