EQU. GUINEA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,562	7	419	+ 1,143
Stroke	2	887	6	437	+ 450
Road Traffic Accidents	3	458	8	368	+ 89
Diabetes Mellitus	4	316	11	299	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	5	280	4	457	- 176
Kidney Disease	6	270	14	198	+ 71
Violence	7	241	33	45	+ 197
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	237	2	913	- 676
Congenital Anomalies	9	205	12	249	- 44
Birth Trauma	10	180	5	441	- 261
War	11	126	71	0	+ 125
Hypertension	12	105	16	165	- 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	104	29	55	+ 48
Other Injuries	14	94	23	105	- 11
Lung Cancers	15	92	41	27	+ 66
Liver Disease	16	91	13	199	- 108
Breast Cancer	17	76	24	84	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	67	9	349	- 281
Suicide	19	60	22	107	- 47
Lung Disease	20	57	20	120	- 64
Leukemia	21	56	61	4	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	22	51	27	63	- 12
Asthma	23	39	26	65	- 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	36	40	29	+ 8
Tuberculosis	25	35	10	321	- 286
Lymphomas	26	35	45	19	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	27	33	17	139	- 105
Stomach Cancer	28	33	49	16	+ 17
Fires	29	32	39	30	+ 1
Falls	30	30	32	46	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	31	28	46	18	+ 10
Drownings	32	28	36	39	- 11
Pertussis	33	27	21	109	- 82
Bladder Cancer	34	27	56	9	+ 18
Liver Cancer	35	24	34	43	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	36	23	55	11	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	37	20	25	73	- 53
Drug Use	38	19	30	50	- 31
Oral Cancer	39	18	37	35	- 17
Encephalitis	40	16	57	8	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	41	16	52	13	+ 3
Meningitis	42	16	19	127	- 111
Skin Cancers	43	14	48	16	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	12	50	14	- 2
Epilepsy	45	11	38	32	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	46	7	54	12	- 4
Prostate Cancer	47	7	35	43	- 36
Cervical Cancer	48	7	28	56	- 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	7	43	22	- 15
Syphilis	50	6	18	134	- 128
Tetanus	51	5	42	23	- 19
Poisonings	52	4	44	21	- 17
Malnutrition	53	4	31	48	- 44
Uterin Cancer	54	3	58	8	- 5
Measles	55	3	15	181	- 179
Hepatitis B	56	2	65	3	- 1
Skin Disease	57	2	51	13	- 11
Alcohol	58	2	53	12	- 10
Schistosomiasis	59	2	60	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	67	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	61	1	63	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	62	1	78	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	62	4	- 3
Appendicitis	64	1	59	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	2	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	64	3	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	1,838	- 1,838
Malaria	73	0	3	668	- 668
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	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	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Iraq

Equ. Guinea

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.