DR CONGO VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	100,350	7	34,713	+ 65,636
Stroke	2	57,018	6	36,596	+ 20,422
Road Traffic Accidents	3	29,414	10	30,256	- 842
Diabetes Mellitus	4	20,279	16	12,902	+ 7,377
Low Birth Weight	5	18,024	8	34,668	- 16,644
Kidney Disease	6	17,339	20	9,077	+ 8,262
Violence	7	15,516	18	11,120	+ 4,395
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	15,222	1	73,546	- 58,324
Congenital Anomalies	9	13,195	11	16,256	- 3,061
Birth Trauma	10	11,580	9	33,075	- 21,495
War	11	8,068	45	1,658	+ 6,410
Hypertension	12	6,721	12	15,743	- 9,022
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	6,661	28	4,548	+ 2,114
Other Injuries	14	6,066	22	8,272	- 2,206
Lung Cancers	15	5,929	47	1,158	+ 4,771
Liver Disease	16	5,833	13	15,044	- 9,211
Breast Cancer	17	4,889	35	3,416	+ 1,474
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	4,328	5	41,301	- 36,974
Suicide	19	3,888	26	5,812	- 1,924
Lung Disease	20	3,645	14	13,527	- 9,882
Leukemia	21	3,606	41	1,871	+ 1,735
Inflammatory/Heart	22	3,264	29	4,045	- 781
Asthma	23	2,506	24	7,733	- 5,228
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	2,335	36	2,966	- 631
Tuberculosis	25	2,252	2	43,759	- 41,507
Lymphomas	26	2,225	38	2,061	+ 164
Maternal Conditions	27	2,138	19	10,513	- 8,375
Stomach Cancer	28	2,113	37	2,579	- 466
Fires	29	2,034	39	2,007	+ 27
Falls	30	1,944	33	3,483	- 1,539
Parkinson's Disease	31	1,804	49	1,035	+ 770
Drownings	32	1,804	34	3,454	- 1,650
Pertussis	33	1,743	23	7,921	- 6,178
Bladder Cancer	34	1,722	65	270	+ 1,452
Liver Cancer	35	1,522	31	3,840	- 2,318
Pancreas Cancer	36	1,454	50	1,017	+ 437
Endocrine Disorders	37	1,267	25	7,380	- 6,112
Drug Use	38	1,208	59	638	+ 570
Oral Cancer	39	1,125	51	1,003	+ 122
Encephalitis	40	1,038	57	680	+ 358
Ovary Cancer	41	1,030	58	656	+ 374
Meningitis	42	1,021	17	11,568	- 10,547
Skin Cancers	43	929	55	765	+ 163
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	775	43	1,728	- 952
Epilepsy	45	693	44	1,727	- 1,033
Oesophagus Cancer	46	474	53	790	- 316
Prostate Cancer	47	468	30	3,948	- 3,480
Cervical Cancer	48	445	27	4,823	- 4,378
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	436	40	1,923	- 1,487
Syphilis	50	375	32	3,751	- 3,376
Tetanus	51	304	46	1,166	- 861
Poisonings	52	261	42	1,729	- 1,468
Malnutrition	53	251	21	8,910	- 8,659
Uterin Cancer	54	168	63	352	- 184
Measles	55	162	3	42,254	- 42,092
Hepatitis B	56	156	61	456	- 300
Skin Disease	57	135	54	781	- 646
Alcohol	58	109	60	635	- 526
Schistosomiasis	59	102	48	1,071	- 969
Multiple Sclerosis	60	83	71	44	+ 39
Other Neoplasms	61	70	67	88	- 17
Leishmaniasis	62	61	52	869	- 808
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	58	66	217	- 159
Appendicitis	64	41	56	703	- 662
Upper Respiratory	65	16	62	370	- 354
Diphtheria	66	11	70	47	- 36
Ascariasis	67	4	68	80	- 75
Hepatitis C	68	4	69	69	- 65
Chlamydia	69	2	73	15	- 13
Otitis Media	70	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	15	13,286	- 13,286
Malaria	73	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	64	347	- 347
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

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.