JAMAICA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,455	3	1,726	+ 729
Stroke	2	1,395	1	2,415	- 1,020
Road Traffic Accidents	3	720	12	444	+ 276
Diabetes Mellitus	4	496	2	2,077	- 1,581
Low Birth Weight	5	441	18	241	+ 200
Kidney Disease	6	424	6	793	- 369
Violence	7	380	4	1,484	- 1,105
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	372	15	393	- 20
Congenital Anomalies	9	323	23	139	+ 184
Birth Trauma	10	283	37	65	+ 218
War	11	197	61	1	+ 197
Hypertension	12	164	8	651	- 486
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	163	9	587	- 424
Other Injuries	14	148	31	91	+ 58
Lung Cancers	15	145	10	472	- 327
Liver Disease	16	143	21	155	- 12
Breast Cancer	17	120	14	413	- 294
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	106	42	35	+ 71
Suicide	19	95	35	70	+ 25
Lung Disease	20	89	11	452	- 363
Leukemia	21	88	26	129	- 41
Inflammatory/Heart	22	80	24	133	- 53
Asthma	23	61	36	65	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	57	13	436	- 379
Tuberculosis	25	55	54	8	+ 47
Lymphomas	26	54	17	251	- 196
Maternal Conditions	27	52	43	35	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	28	52	19	231	- 179
Fires	29	50	46	16	+ 34
Falls	30	48	33	82	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	31	44	25	132	- 88
Drownings	32	44	51	10	+ 34
Pertussis	33	43	67	0	+ 43
Bladder Cancer	34	42	38	60	- 17
Liver Cancer	35	37	29	101	- 64
Pancreas Cancer	36	36	27	119	- 83
Endocrine Disorders	37	31	20	176	- 145
Drug Use	38	30	48	13	+ 16
Oral Cancer	39	28	39	59	- 31
Encephalitis	40	25	49	13	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	41	25	30	97	- 72
Meningitis	42	25	47	16	+ 9
Skin Cancers	43	23	52	10	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	19	44	27	- 8
Epilepsy	45	17	41	46	- 29
Oesophagus Cancer	46	12	34	74	- 62
Prostate Cancer	47	11	5	883	- 872
Cervical Cancer	48	11	16	358	- 347
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	11	32	82	- 72
Syphilis	50	9	60	1	+ 8
Tetanus	51	7	63	0	+ 7
Poisonings	52	6	57	2	+ 4
Malnutrition	53	6	40	48	- 42
Uterin Cancer	54	4	28	106	- 102
Measles	55	4	77	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	4	59	1	+ 3
Skin Disease	57	3	22	145	- 142
Alcohol	58	3	55	7	- 5
Schistosomiasis	59	2	74	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	56	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	2	45	19	- 17
Leishmaniasis	62	1	71	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	50	11	- 10
Appendicitis	64	1	53	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	7	757	- 757
Malaria	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.