MALAWI VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,924	7	4,929	+ 13,995
Stroke	2	10,753	5	5,939	+ 4,814
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,547	4	6,221	- 674
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,824	14	2,267	+ 1,557
Low Birth Weight	5	3,399	8	4,339	- 940
Kidney Disease	6	3,270	19	1,567	+ 1,703
Violence	7	2,926	32	406	+ 2,520
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,871	2	7,739	- 4,868
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,488	13	2,509	- 21
Birth Trauma	10	2,184	9	3,563	- 1,379
War	11	1,522	71	2	+ 1,519
Hypertension	12	1,267	17	1,797	- 529
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,256	25	782	+ 474
Other Injuries	14	1,144	22	1,266	- 122
Lung Cancers	15	1,118	51	131	+ 987
Liver Disease	16	1,100	10	3,259	- 2,159
Breast Cancer	17	922	27	600	+ 322
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	816	6	5,782	- 4,966
Suicide	19	733	23	1,007	- 274
Lung Disease	20	687	21	1,340	- 653
Leukemia	21	680	56	82	+ 598
Inflammatory/Heart	22	615	35	370	+ 245
Asthma	23	473	26	705	- 232
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	440	44	234	+ 206
Tuberculosis	25	425	11	2,992	- 2,568
Lymphomas	26	420	24	839	- 419
Maternal Conditions	27	403	15	1,854	- 1,451
Stomach Cancer	28	399	45	206	+ 193
Fires	29	384	34	380	+ 4
Falls	30	367	28	562	- 195
Parkinson's Disease	31	340	46	200	+ 140
Drownings	32	340	30	458	- 118
Pertussis	33	329	31	436	- 107
Bladder Cancer	34	325	33	388	- 63
Liver Cancer	35	287	38	317	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	36	274	60	38	+ 236
Endocrine Disorders	37	239	42	257	- 17
Drug Use	38	228	59	48	+ 180
Oral Cancer	39	212	43	251	- 39
Encephalitis	40	196	58	48	+ 148
Ovary Cancer	41	194	48	158	+ 37
Meningitis	42	193	18	1,792	- 1,600
Skin Cancers	43	175	36	331	- 156
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	146	49	154	- 8
Epilepsy	45	131	41	260	- 129
Oesophagus Cancer	46	89	16	1,842	- 1,752
Prostate Cancer	47	88	40	271	- 182
Cervical Cancer	48	84	12	2,876	- 2,792
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	82	39	280	- 197
Syphilis	50	71	29	480	- 409
Tetanus	51	57	47	178	- 120
Poisonings	52	49	37	325	- 276
Malnutrition	53	47	20	1,499	- 1,452
Uterin Cancer	54	32	62	23	+ 9
Measles	55	30	67	6	+ 24
Hepatitis B	56	29	55	88	- 59
Skin Disease	57	25	53	101	- 76
Alcohol	58	21	52	114	- 93
Schistosomiasis	59	19	50	143	- 124
Multiple Sclerosis	60	16	66	9	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	61	13	63	17	- 3
Leishmaniasis	62	11	74	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	11	61	29	- 18
Appendicitis	64	8	54	94	- 86
Upper Respiratory	65	3	57	60	- 56
Diphtheria	66	2	72	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	15	- 14
Chlamydia	69	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	12,839	- 12,839
Malaria	73	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Iraq

Malawi

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.