FINLAND VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,892	2	9,831	- 4,939
Stroke	2	2,780	3	4,115	- 1,335
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,434	33	215	+ 1,219
Diabetes Mellitus	4	989	22	418	+ 571
Low Birth Weight	5	879	48	26	+ 853
Kidney Disease	6	845	26	342	+ 503
Violence	7	756	43	64	+ 692
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	742	21	436	+ 306
Congenital Anomalies	9	643	35	192	+ 451
Birth Trauma	10	565	56	8	+ 557
War	11	393	65	1	+ 393
Hypertension	12	328	5	2,030	- 1,702
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	325	1	11,120	- 10,795
Other Injuries	14	296	20	437	- 141
Lung Cancers	15	289	4	2,312	- 2,023
Liver Disease	16	284	10	1,068	- 784
Breast Cancer	17	238	12	948	- 710
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	211	52	15	+ 196
Suicide	19	190	15	846	- 657
Lung Disease	20	178	8	1,289	- 1,112
Leukemia	21	176	24	371	- 195
Inflammatory/Heart	22	159	17	518	- 359
Asthma	23	122	40	85	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	114	6	1,433	- 1,319
Tuberculosis	25	110	46	32	+ 78
Lymphomas	26	108	14	851	- 742
Maternal Conditions	27	104	64	2	+ 103
Stomach Cancer	28	103	19	447	- 344
Fires	29	99	45	62	+ 38
Falls	30	95	7	1,325	- 1,230
Parkinson's Disease	31	88	13	853	- 765
Drownings	32	88	37	106	- 18
Pertussis	33	85	69	0	+ 85
Bladder Cancer	34	84	28	308	- 224
Liver Cancer	35	74	16	545	- 471
Pancreas Cancer	36	71	9	1,247	- 1,176
Endocrine Disorders	37	62	31	257	- 195
Drug Use	38	59	30	269	- 210
Oral Cancer	39	55	34	207	- 152
Encephalitis	40	51	66	0	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	41	50	25	344	- 294
Meningitis	42	50	55	9	+ 40
Skin Cancers	43	45	29	297	- 252
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	38	50	19	+ 19
Epilepsy	45	34	38	104	- 70
Oesophagus Cancer	46	23	27	320	- 297
Prostate Cancer	47	23	11	970	- 947
Cervical Cancer	48	22	44	62	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	21	36	151	- 130
Syphilis	50	18	67	0	+ 18
Tetanus	51	15	70	0	+ 15
Poisonings	52	13	49	25	- 12
Malnutrition	53	12	57	7	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	54	8	32	225	- 217
Measles	55	8	72	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	63	2	+ 6
Skin Disease	57	7	47	27	- 21
Alcohol	58	5	18	464	- 459
Schistosomiasis	59	5	77	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	42	80	- 76
Other Neoplasms	61	3	23	377	- 373
Leishmaniasis	62	3	75	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	41	83	- 80
Appendicitis	64	2	54	10	- 7
Upper Respiratory	65	1	62	2	- 1
Diphtheria	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	60	5	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	59	6	- 6
Malaria	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	85	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Iraq

Finland

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.