ESTONIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,038	1	3,009	- 1,971
Stroke	2	590	3	1,116	- 526
Road Traffic Accidents	3	304	35	59	+ 245
Diabetes Mellitus	4	210	19	146	+ 64
Low Birth Weight	5	186	55	7	+ 180
Kidney Disease	6	179	17	176	+ 3
Violence	7	161	42	28	+ 132
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	157	6	349	- 191
Congenital Anomalies	9	136	43	25	+ 111
Birth Trauma	10	120	57	5	+ 115
War	11	83	64	0	+ 83
Hypertension	12	70	2	2,700	- 2,631
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	69	12	229	- 161
Other Injuries	14	63	20	141	- 78
Lung Cancers	15	61	4	657	- 596
Liver Disease	16	60	7	328	- 268
Breast Cancer	17	51	11	260	- 209
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	45	53	8	+ 37
Suicide	19	40	16	197	- 157
Lung Disease	20	38	13	229	- 191
Leukemia	21	37	22	126	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	22	34	14	217	- 183
Asthma	23	26	44	24	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	24	5	527	- 503
Tuberculosis	25	23	47	16	+ 7
Lymphomas	26	23	15	213	- 190
Maternal Conditions	27	22	61	1	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	28	22	9	290	- 268
Fires	29	21	38	41	- 20
Falls	30	20	24	119	- 98
Parkinson's Disease	31	19	29	82	- 63
Drownings	32	19	40	30	- 11
Pertussis	33	18	83	0	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	34	18	21	126	- 108
Liver Cancer	35	16	26	107	- 91
Pancreas Cancer	36	15	10	268	- 253
Endocrine Disorders	37	13	33	66	- 53
Drug Use	38	12	31	75	- 62
Oral Cancer	39	12	25	110	- 99
Encephalitis	40	11	63	0	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	41	11	28	87	- 77
Meningitis	42	11	54	7	+ 3
Skin Cancers	43	10	30	79	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	8	45	22	- 14
Epilepsy	45	7	37	45	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	46	5	27	99	- 94
Prostate Cancer	47	5	8	298	- 294
Cervical Cancer	48	5	32	68	- 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	5	36	55	- 51
Syphilis	50	4	62	1	+ 3
Tetanus	51	3	81	0	+ 3
Poisonings	52	3	52	8	- 6
Malnutrition	53	3	79	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	54	2	34	60	- 58
Measles	55	2	84	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	2	65	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	57	1	41	29	- 27
Alcohol	58	1	18	148	- 147
Schistosomiasis	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	48	16	- 15
Other Neoplasms	61	1	23	123	- 123
Leishmaniasis	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	46	17	- 17
Appendicitis	64	0	59	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	58	4	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	39	40	- 40
Malaria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.