NO MACEDONIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,857	2	4,420	- 2,563
Stroke	2	1,055	1	5,521	- 4,465
Road Traffic Accidents	3	544	24	107	+ 437
Diabetes Mellitus	4	375	4	1,104	- 728
Low Birth Weight	5	334	28	73	+ 260
Kidney Disease	6	321	9	516	- 195
Violence	7	287	36	31	+ 256
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	282	19	157	+ 125
Congenital Anomalies	9	244	37	29	+ 216
Birth Trauma	10	214	48	7	+ 207
War	11	149	63	0	+ 149
Hypertension	12	124	7	627	- 503
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	123	30	71	+ 52
Other Injuries	14	112	17	183	- 71
Lung Cancers	15	110	5	1,055	- 945
Liver Disease	16	108	15	218	- 110
Breast Cancer	17	90	11	386	- 296
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	80	56	1	+ 79
Suicide	19	72	16	196	- 124
Lung Disease	20	67	6	807	- 739
Leukemia	21	67	22	114	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	22	60	3	4,249	- 4,189
Asthma	23	46	33	53	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	43	8	560	- 517
Tuberculosis	25	42	35	32	+ 10
Lymphomas	26	41	25	96	- 55
Maternal Conditions	27	40	54	2	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	28	39	10	455	- 416
Fires	29	38	46	11	+ 27
Falls	30	36	27	78	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	31	33	20	141	- 107
Drownings	32	33	41	18	+ 16
Pertussis	33	32	50	4	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	34	32	18	163	- 131
Liver Cancer	35	28	13	260	- 232
Pancreas Cancer	36	27	12	267	- 240
Endocrine Disorders	37	23	44	12	+ 11
Drug Use	38	22	47	9	+ 13
Oral Cancer	39	21	29	72	- 51
Encephalitis	40	19	59	1	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	41	19	26	93	- 74
Meningitis	42	19	51	4	+ 15
Skin Cancers	43	17	21	126	- 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	14	43	13	+ 2
Epilepsy	45	13	38	23	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	46	9	34	45	- 37
Prostate Cancer	47	9	14	259	- 250
Cervical Cancer	48	8	31	68	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	8	32	56	- 48
Syphilis	50	7	62	0	+ 7
Tetanus	51	6	75	0	+ 6
Poisonings	52	5	45	11	- 6
Malnutrition	53	5	58	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	3	23	108	- 105
Measles	55	3	74	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	49	7	- 4
Skin Disease	57	2	57	1	+ 1
Alcohol	58	2	42	14	- 12
Schistosomiasis	59	2	79	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	39	21	- 20
Other Neoplasms	61	1	40	19	- 18
Leishmaniasis	62	1	64	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	60	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	55	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	61	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

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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.