ERITREA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,516	4	2,154	+ 3,363
Stroke	2	3,134	2	2,564	+ 570
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,617	5	1,326	+ 291
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,115	7	944	+ 170
Low Birth Weight	5	991	16	531	+ 460
Kidney Disease	6	953	12	578	+ 375
Violence	7	853	20	384	+ 469
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	837	1	3,277	- 2,440
Congenital Anomalies	9	725	18	432	+ 293
Birth Trauma	10	637	11	616	+ 20
War	11	444	71	0	+ 443
Hypertension	12	369	8	926	- 556
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	366	24	310	+ 56
Other Injuries	14	333	15	540	- 207
Lung Cancers	15	326	46	62	+ 264
Liver Disease	16	321	6	1,215	- 894
Breast Cancer	17	269	23	311	- 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	238	3	2,292	- 2,054
Suicide	19	214	21	382	- 168
Lung Disease	20	200	9	662	- 461
Leukemia	21	198	29	144	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	22	179	32	123	+ 57
Asthma	23	138	22	326	- 188
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	128	35	113	+ 15
Tuberculosis	25	124	14	543	- 420
Lymphomas	26	122	28	147	- 24
Maternal Conditions	27	118	13	544	- 426
Stomach Cancer	28	116	48	48	+ 68
Fires	29	112	31	132	- 20
Falls	30	107	26	168	- 61
Parkinson's Disease	31	99	37	85	+ 14
Drownings	32	99	33	118	- 19
Pertussis	33	96	36	90	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	34	95	51	42	+ 53
Liver Cancer	35	84	45	69	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	36	80	58	20	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	37	70	43	71	- 2
Drug Use	38	66	53	36	+ 30
Oral Cancer	39	62	44	71	- 9
Encephalitis	40	57	62	16	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	41	57	40	79	- 23
Meningitis	42	56	19	404	- 348
Skin Cancers	43	51	56	30	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	43	41	77	- 34
Epilepsy	45	38	38	81	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	46	26	39	81	- 55
Prostate Cancer	47	26	47	54	- 28
Cervical Cancer	48	24	30	132	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	24	27	147	- 123
Syphilis	50	21	54	35	- 14
Tetanus	51	17	52	37	- 21
Poisonings	52	14	34	114	- 100
Malnutrition	53	14	10	660	- 646
Uterin Cancer	54	9	61	18	- 8
Measles	55	9	63	13	- 4
Hepatitis B	56	9	57	28	- 19
Skin Disease	57	7	50	45	- 37
Alcohol	58	6	49	45	- 39
Schistosomiasis	59	6	42	73	- 67
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	67	4	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	4	66	6	- 2
Leishmaniasis	62	3	59	19	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	64	12	- 9
Appendicitis	64	2	55	31	- 29
Upper Respiratory	65	1	60	18	- 17
Diphtheria	66	1	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	68	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	25	308	- 308
Malaria	73	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
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	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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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.