DENMARK VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,194	1	5,341	- 147
Stroke	2	2,951	5	3,662	- 711
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,522	33	213	+ 1,309
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,050	10	1,284	- 234
Low Birth Weight	5	933	41	116	+ 816
Kidney Disease	6	897	12	911	- 13
Violence	7	803	47	63	+ 740
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	788	6	2,244	- 1,456
Congenital Anomalies	9	683	36	153	+ 530
Birth Trauma	10	599	56	21	+ 578
War	11	418	66	1	+ 417
Hypertension	12	348	15	642	- 295
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	345	2	5,218	- 4,873
Other Injuries	14	314	30	347	- 33
Lung Cancers	15	307	4	3,721	- 3,414
Liver Disease	16	302	14	692	- 390
Breast Cancer	17	253	9	1,299	- 1,046
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	224	38	145	+ 79
Suicide	19	201	16	617	- 416
Lung Disease	20	189	3	4,387	- 4,198
Leukemia	21	187	20	558	- 372
Inflammatory/Heart	22	169	31	284	- 116
Asthma	23	130	44	82	+ 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	121	7	2,147	- 2,026
Tuberculosis	25	117	57	16	+ 101
Lymphomas	26	115	13	730	- 615
Maternal Conditions	27	111	64	2	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	28	109	23	484	- 375
Fires	29	105	49	53	+ 52
Falls	30	101	22	541	- 440
Parkinson's Disease	31	93	17	600	- 507
Drownings	32	93	50	37	+ 56
Pertussis	33	90	72	0	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	34	89	21	545	- 456
Liver Cancer	35	79	25	464	- 386
Pancreas Cancer	36	75	11	1,096	- 1,021
Endocrine Disorders	37	66	19	575	- 509
Drug Use	38	63	34	197	- 134
Oral Cancer	39	58	28	371	- 312
Encephalitis	40	54	67	1	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	41	53	29	367	- 314
Meningitis	42	53	52	25	+ 28
Skin Cancers	43	48	26	388	- 340
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	40	42	96	- 56
Epilepsy	45	36	40	125	- 89
Oesophagus Cancer	46	25	24	477	- 452
Prostate Cancer	47	24	8	1,480	- 1,456
Cervical Cancer	48	23	37	153	- 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	23	32	216	- 194
Syphilis	50	19	70	0	+ 19
Tetanus	51	16	68	0	+ 15
Poisonings	52	14	62	6	+ 8
Malnutrition	53	13	59	14	- 1
Uterin Cancer	54	9	35	156	- 147
Measles	55	8	71	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	61	6	+ 2
Skin Disease	57	7	45	79	- 72
Alcohol	58	6	18	598	- 593
Schistosomiasis	59	5	75	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	39	132	- 128
Other Neoplasms	61	4	27	378	- 374
Leishmaniasis	62	3	78	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	43	84	- 81
Appendicitis	64	2	54	23	- 21
Upper Respiratory	65	1	58	15	- 14
Diphtheria	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	60	9	- 8
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	55	23	- 23
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	48	57	- 57
Anemia	85	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.