GHANA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,077	3	14,103	+ 15,975
Stroke	2	17,090	2	15,163	+ 1,927
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,816	7	7,808	+ 1,009
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,078	12	5,929	+ 149
Low Birth Weight	5	5,402	8	6,662	- 1,259
Kidney Disease	6	5,197	13	4,161	+ 1,035
Violence	7	4,650	27	1,857	+ 2,793
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,562	1	16,262	- 11,700
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,955	14	3,935	+ 20
Birth Trauma	10	3,471	10	6,194	- 2,723
War	11	2,418	64	29	+ 2,389
Hypertension	12	2,014	19	2,231	- 216
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,997	29	1,294	+ 703
Other Injuries	14	1,818	18	2,433	- 615
Lung Cancers	15	1,777	55	237	+ 1,540
Liver Disease	16	1,748	11	6,053	- 4,305
Breast Cancer	17	1,465	25	1,937	- 472
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	1,297	9	6,538	- 5,241
Suicide	19	1,165	21	1,993	- 828
Lung Disease	20	1,092	15	3,120	- 2,027
Leukemia	21	1,081	45	340	+ 741
Inflammatory/Heart	22	978	28	1,615	- 637
Asthma	23	751	23	1,979	- 1,228
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	700	34	803	- 103
Tuberculosis	25	675	6	10,214	- 9,539
Lymphomas	26	667	32	875	- 208
Maternal Conditions	27	641	22	1,991	- 1,350
Stomach Cancer	28	633	33	870	- 237
Fires	29	610	37	729	- 120
Falls	30	583	30	1,168	- 585
Parkinson's Disease	31	541	43	387	+ 154
Drownings	32	541	36	740	- 200
Pertussis	33	523	35	744	- 222
Bladder Cancer	34	516	53	245	+ 271
Liver Cancer	35	456	17	2,851	- 2,395
Pancreas Cancer	36	436	46	334	+ 102
Endocrine Disorders	37	380	24	1,965	- 1,585
Drug Use	38	362	39	630	- 268
Oral Cancer	39	337	42	483	- 145
Encephalitis	40	311	44	357	- 46
Ovary Cancer	41	309	38	698	- 390
Meningitis	42	306	16	2,983	- 2,677
Skin Cancers	43	278	58	214	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	232	52	256	- 23
Epilepsy	45	208	47	329	- 122
Oesophagus Cancer	46	142	49	285	- 143
Prostate Cancer	47	140	31	1,031	- 890
Cervical Cancer	48	133	20	2,161	- 2,028
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	131	48	321	- 190
Syphilis	50	113	41	483	- 370
Tetanus	51	91	56	220	- 129
Poisonings	52	78	40	522	- 443
Malnutrition	53	75	26	1,868	- 1,793
Uterin Cancer	54	50	57	219	- 169
Measles	55	48	60	135	- 87
Hepatitis B	56	47	62	101	- 55
Skin Disease	57	40	50	264	- 224
Alcohol	58	33	54	244	- 211
Schistosomiasis	59	31	51	257	- 226
Multiple Sclerosis	60	25	61	113	- 88
Other Neoplasms	61	21	63	48	- 27
Leishmaniasis	62	18	77	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	17	67	16	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	12	59	146	- 133
Upper Respiratory	65	5	66	16	- 11
Diphtheria	66	3	69	4	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	68	12	- 11
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	28	- 27
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	4	13,565	- 13,565
Malaria	73	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	71	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	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Iraq

Ghana

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.