GEORGIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,262	1	16,014	- 11,753
Stroke	2	2,421	2	11,969	- 9,548
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,249	13	496	+ 753
Diabetes Mellitus	4	861	6	1,621	- 760
Low Birth Weight	5	765	37	114	+ 651
Kidney Disease	6	736	10	826	- 89
Violence	7	659	40	90	+ 569
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	646	9	886	- 239
Congenital Anomalies	9	560	28	174	+ 386
Birth Trauma	10	492	46	39	+ 452
War	11	343	61	0	+ 342
Hypertension	12	285	3	4,387	- 4,102
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	283	5	1,826	- 1,543
Other Injuries	14	258	20	346	- 89
Lung Cancers	15	252	8	1,152	- 900
Liver Disease	16	248	4	1,871	- 1,623
Breast Cancer	17	208	11	613	- 405
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	184	50	19	+ 165
Suicide	19	165	18	367	- 202
Lung Disease	20	155	7	1,158	- 1,004
Leukemia	21	153	30	171	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	22	139	21	346	- 208
Asthma	23	106	35	136	- 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	99	14	444	- 344
Tuberculosis	25	96	32	153	- 57
Lymphomas	26	94	25	208	- 114
Maternal Conditions	27	91	53	13	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	28	90	12	533	- 443
Fires	29	86	34	140	- 53
Falls	30	83	16	420	- 337
Parkinson's Disease	31	77	19	354	- 278
Drownings	32	77	39	95	- 18
Pertussis	33	74	67	0	+ 74
Bladder Cancer	34	73	26	205	- 132
Liver Cancer	35	65	17	385	- 320
Pancreas Cancer	36	62	23	227	- 166
Endocrine Disorders	37	54	38	109	- 55
Drug Use	38	51	41	90	- 38
Oral Cancer	39	48	31	167	- 119
Encephalitis	40	44	48	24	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	41	44	29	174	- 130
Meningitis	42	43	47	25	+ 19
Skin Cancers	43	39	33	149	- 110
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	33	15	426	- 393
Epilepsy	45	29	44	51	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	46	20	43	75	- 55
Prostate Cancer	47	20	22	290	- 271
Cervical Cancer	48	19	27	187	- 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	19	24	226	- 208
Syphilis	50	16	63	0	+ 16
Tetanus	51	13	62	0	+ 13
Poisonings	52	11	49	23	- 12
Malnutrition	53	11	59	5	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	54	7	36	115	- 108
Measles	55	7	68	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	7	58	7	- 0
Skin Disease	57	6	51	17	- 11
Alcohol	58	5	45	49	- 44
Schistosomiasis	59	4	73	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	54	12	- 8
Other Neoplasms	61	3	52	15	- 12
Leishmaniasis	62	3	56	8	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	57	8	- 5
Appendicitis	64	2	55	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	65	1	60	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	42	89	- 89
Malaria	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.