IRELAND VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,551	1	4,762	- 211
Stroke	2	2,586	5	1,770	+ 816
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,334	33	153	+ 1,181
Diabetes Mellitus	4	920	16	414	+ 506
Low Birth Weight	5	817	44	56	+ 762
Kidney Disease	6	786	10	566	+ 220
Violence	7	704	47	38	+ 665
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	690	6	1,298	- 608
Congenital Anomalies	9	598	32	153	+ 445
Birth Trauma	10	525	56	10	+ 515
War	11	366	65	0	+ 365
Hypertension	12	305	29	175	+ 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	302	2	3,209	- 2,907
Other Injuries	14	275	30	171	+ 104
Lung Cancers	15	269	3	1,916	- 1,647
Liver Disease	16	265	19	279	- 15
Breast Cancer	17	222	8	760	- 538
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	196	45	53	+ 144
Suicide	19	176	14	470	- 294
Lung Disease	20	165	4	1,915	- 1,750
Leukemia	21	164	20	274	- 110
Inflammatory/Heart	22	148	26	240	- 92
Asthma	23	114	41	58	+ 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	106	7	1,095	- 989
Tuberculosis	25	102	50	23	+ 79
Lymphomas	26	101	13	513	- 412
Maternal Conditions	27	97	61	3	+ 94
Stomach Cancer	28	96	17	357	- 261
Fires	29	92	48	30	+ 62
Falls	30	88	25	247	- 159
Parkinson's Disease	31	82	12	530	- 448
Drownings	32	82	43	57	+ 25
Pertussis	33	79	67	0	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	34	78	22	256	- 178
Liver Cancer	35	69	18	318	- 249
Pancreas Cancer	36	66	11	530	- 465
Endocrine Disorders	37	57	24	249	- 192
Drug Use	38	55	31	167	- 112
Oral Cancer	39	51	28	183	- 132
Encephalitis	40	47	66	0	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	41	47	21	273	- 226
Meningitis	42	46	58	7	+ 39
Skin Cancers	43	42	23	252	- 210
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	35	46	50	- 15
Epilepsy	45	31	36	85	- 54
Oesophagus Cancer	46	21	15	419	- 397
Prostate Cancer	47	21	9	585	- 564
Cervical Cancer	48	20	35	103	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	20	38	67	- 47
Syphilis	50	17	68	0	+ 17
Tetanus	51	14	81	0	+ 14
Poisonings	52	12	53	14	- 2
Malnutrition	53	11	63	2	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	54	8	34	126	- 119
Measles	55	7	83	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	7	59	6	+ 1
Skin Disease	57	6	42	58	- 52
Alcohol	58	5	39	64	- 59
Schistosomiasis	59	5	72	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	37	83	- 79
Other Neoplasms	61	3	27	218	- 215
Leishmaniasis	62	3	76	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	40	59	- 56
Appendicitis	64	2	60	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	1	- 0
Diphtheria	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	52	19	- 19
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	57	9	- 9
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Iraq

Ireland

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.