GABON VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,135	3	1,019	+ 1,116
Stroke	2	1,213	5	896	+ 317
Road Traffic Accidents	3	626	8	518	+ 107
Diabetes Mellitus	4	431	6	643	- 211
Low Birth Weight	5	383	9	494	- 111
Kidney Disease	6	369	12	384	- 15
Violence	7	330	17	184	+ 146
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	324	4	966	- 642
Congenital Anomalies	9	281	15	285	- 5
Birth Trauma	10	246	13	362	- 116
War	11	172	65	3	+ 169
Hypertension	12	143	11	412	- 269
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	142	19	152	- 10
Other Injuries	14	129	22	140	- 11
Lung Cancers	15	126	29	87	+ 39
Liver Disease	16	124	10	416	- 292
Breast Cancer	17	104	27	92	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	92	14	318	- 226
Suicide	19	83	18	183	- 100
Lung Disease	20	78	16	215	- 138
Leukemia	21	77	57	17	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	22	69	24	101	- 32
Asthma	23	53	28	90	- 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	50	37	43	+ 7
Tuberculosis	25	48	1	1,819	- 1,771
Lymphomas	26	47	49	32	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	27	45	21	145	- 100
Stomach Cancer	28	45	48	32	+ 13
Fires	29	43	39	39	+ 5
Falls	30	41	30	84	- 43
Parkinson's Disease	31	38	36	47	- 9
Drownings	32	38	38	42	- 3
Pertussis	33	37	31	81	- 44
Bladder Cancer	34	37	43	35	+ 2
Liver Cancer	35	32	35	53	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	36	31	53	21	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	37	27	25	98	- 71
Drug Use	38	26	45	34	- 8
Oral Cancer	39	24	34	69	- 45
Encephalitis	40	22	60	7	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	41	22	51	27	- 5
Meningitis	42	22	23	113	- 91
Skin Cancers	43	20	46	34	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	16	54	20	- 3
Epilepsy	45	15	40	37	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	46	10	44	35	- 24
Prostate Cancer	47	10	32	80	- 70
Cervical Cancer	48	9	26	96	- 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	9	41	36	- 27
Syphilis	50	8	47	33	- 25
Tetanus	51	6	59	8	- 2
Poisonings	52	6	50	28	- 22
Malnutrition	53	5	33	78	- 72
Uterin Cancer	54	4	55	19	- 16
Measles	55	3	20	146	- 143
Hepatitis B	56	3	62	7	- 3
Skin Disease	57	3	52	22	- 19
Alcohol	58	2	56	19	- 17
Schistosomiasis	59	2	58	14	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	67	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	61	1	64	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	63	6	- 5
Appendicitis	64	1	61	7	- 6
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	2	1,128	- 1,128
Malaria	73	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.