COSTA RICA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,579	1	2,639	+ 1,939
Stroke	2	2,602	2	1,624	+ 977
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,342	9	746	+ 596
Diabetes Mellitus	4	925	5	953	- 28
Low Birth Weight	5	822	28	178	+ 645
Kidney Disease	6	791	3	1,482	- 691
Violence	7	708	11	635	+ 73
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	695	7	836	- 141
Congenital Anomalies	9	602	21	315	+ 287
Birth Trauma	10	528	47	48	+ 480
War	11	368	68	1	+ 368
Hypertension	12	307	6	863	- 556
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	304	8	818	- 514
Other Injuries	14	277	13	571	- 294
Lung Cancers	15	271	20	343	- 73
Liver Disease	16	266	18	370	- 104
Breast Cancer	17	223	16	384	- 161
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	197	39	87	+ 110
Suicide	19	177	15	407	- 229
Lung Disease	20	166	4	1,046	- 880
Leukemia	21	165	24	262	- 97
Inflammatory/Heart	22	149	26	191	- 42
Asthma	23	114	45	60	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	107	12	621	- 514
Tuberculosis	25	103	50	32	+ 71
Lymphomas	26	102	19	356	- 254
Maternal Conditions	27	98	55	17	+ 81
Stomach Cancer	28	96	10	661	- 564
Fires	29	93	58	10	+ 83
Falls	30	89	35	116	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	31	82	30	138	- 56
Drownings	32	82	37	97	- 14
Pertussis	33	80	69	0	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	34	79	36	100	- 21
Liver Cancer	35	69	17	382	- 312
Pancreas Cancer	36	66	22	294	- 227
Endocrine Disorders	37	58	27	183	- 125
Drug Use	38	55	43	63	- 8
Oral Cancer	39	51	38	96	- 45
Encephalitis	40	47	63	3	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	41	47	40	80	- 33
Meningitis	42	47	54	18	+ 29
Skin Cancers	43	42	31	137	- 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	35	49	32	+ 3
Epilepsy	45	32	34	116	- 85
Oesophagus Cancer	46	22	44	61	- 39
Prostate Cancer	47	21	14	448	- 427
Cervical Cancer	48	20	29	159	- 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	20	42	74	- 54
Syphilis	50	17	65	1	+ 16
Tetanus	51	14	74	0	+ 14
Poisonings	52	12	60	5	+ 7
Malnutrition	53	11	48	37	- 25
Uterin Cancer	54	8	41	80	- 73
Measles	55	7	75	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	7	59	7	+ 0
Skin Disease	57	6	32	126	- 120
Alcohol	58	5	33	126	- 121
Schistosomiasis	59	5	76	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	57	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	61	3	23	266	- 262
Leishmaniasis	62	3	72	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	46	55	- 52
Appendicitis	64	2	52	22	- 20
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	3	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	72	0	25	192	- 192
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	53	21	- 21
Anemia	85	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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.