LITHUANIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,285	1	15,329	- 13,044
Stroke	2	1,299	2	5,643	- 4,345
Road Traffic Accidents	3	670	27	225	+ 445
Diabetes Mellitus	4	462	14	525	- 63
Low Birth Weight	5	410	55	9	+ 402
Kidney Disease	6	395	19	372	+ 23
Violence	7	353	36	132	+ 222
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	347	7	654	- 308
Congenital Anomalies	9	301	41	62	+ 239
Birth Trauma	10	264	53	10	+ 253
War	11	184	67	0	+ 183
Hypertension	12	153	4	1,289	- 1,136
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	152	8	649	- 497
Other Injuries	14	138	18	416	- 277
Lung Cancers	15	135	3	1,329	- 1,194
Liver Disease	16	133	9	644	- 511
Breast Cancer	17	111	11	629	- 518
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	99	42	59	+ 39
Suicide	19	89	6	721	- 633
Lung Disease	20	83	16	513	- 430
Leukemia	21	82	24	284	- 202
Inflammatory/Heart	22	74	17	484	- 410
Asthma	23	57	46	45	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	53	5	1,074	- 1,021
Tuberculosis	25	51	38	119	- 67
Lymphomas	26	51	21	321	- 271
Maternal Conditions	27	49	63	2	+ 47
Stomach Cancer	28	48	10	639	- 591
Fires	29	46	43	51	- 5
Falls	30	44	15	518	- 474
Parkinson's Disease	31	41	29	222	- 181
Drownings	32	41	35	150	- 109
Pertussis	33	40	69	0	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	34	39	23	292	- 253
Liver Cancer	35	35	25	239	- 204
Pancreas Cancer	36	33	13	578	- 545
Endocrine Disorders	37	29	39	72	- 43
Drug Use	38	28	37	122	- 95
Oral Cancer	39	26	20	338	- 312
Encephalitis	40	24	65	2	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	41	23	26	233	- 210
Meningitis	42	23	52	19	+ 4
Skin Cancers	43	21	32	197	- 175
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	18	48	29	- 12
Epilepsy	45	16	40	62	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	46	11	30	219	- 208
Prostate Cancer	47	11	12	598	- 587
Cervical Cancer	48	10	28	224	- 214
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	10	22	313	- 303
Syphilis	50	9	70	0	+ 9
Tetanus	51	7	62	2	+ 5
Poisonings	52	6	45	46	- 40
Malnutrition	53	6	58	7	- 1
Uterin Cancer	54	4	34	159	- 156
Measles	55	4	83	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	4	61	5	- 1
Skin Disease	57	3	44	48	- 45
Alcohol	58	2	33	192	- 189
Schistosomiasis	59	2	78	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	49	29	- 27
Other Neoplasms	61	2	31	212	- 210
Leishmaniasis	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	47	41	- 40
Appendicitis	64	1	54	10	- 9
Upper Respiratory	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	50	23	- 23
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	51	22	- 22
Malaria	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.