MAURITANIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,763	4	1,636	+ 2,128
Stroke	2	2,138	6	1,307	+ 832
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,103	8	1,158	- 55
Diabetes Mellitus	4	761	12	594	+ 166
Low Birth Weight	5	676	2	2,014	- 1,338
Kidney Disease	6	650	15	555	+ 95
Violence	7	582	16	491	+ 91
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	571	1	2,756	- 2,185
Congenital Anomalies	9	495	10	665	- 170
Birth Trauma	10	434	7	1,204	- 770
War	11	303	70	2	+ 301
Hypertension	12	252	22	286	- 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	250	24	251	- 2
Other Injuries	14	227	19	343	- 116
Lung Cancers	15	222	44	60	+ 162
Liver Disease	16	219	13	586	- 367
Breast Cancer	17	183	28	189	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	162	3	1,656	- 1,494
Suicide	19	146	30	141	+ 5
Lung Disease	20	137	23	275	- 138
Leukemia	21	135	55	22	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	22	122	36	110	+ 13
Asthma	23	94	29	170	- 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	88	37	110	- 22
Tuberculosis	25	84	9	717	- 632
Lymphomas	26	83	43	65	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	27	80	11	639	- 559
Stomach Cancer	28	79	32	132	- 53
Fires	29	76	33	123	- 47
Falls	30	73	31	140	- 67
Parkinson's Disease	31	68	41	69	- 1
Drownings	32	68	35	116	- 49
Pertussis	33	65	14	574	- 509
Bladder Cancer	34	65	50	42	+ 22
Liver Cancer	35	57	21	312	- 255
Pancreas Cancer	36	55	51	39	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	37	48	27	197	- 150
Drug Use	38	45	40	71	- 26
Oral Cancer	39	42	48	45	- 3
Encephalitis	40	39	53	33	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	41	39	49	43	- 5
Meningitis	42	38	18	357	- 319
Skin Cancers	43	35	46	50	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	29	52	34	- 4
Epilepsy	45	26	39	75	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	46	18	54	30	- 12
Prostate Cancer	47	18	34	118	- 101
Cervical Cancer	48	17	20	333	- 316
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	16	38	83	- 67
Syphilis	50	14	26	204	- 190
Tetanus	51	11	45	58	- 46
Poisonings	52	10	42	67	- 58
Malnutrition	53	9	17	462	- 453
Uterin Cancer	54	6	57	17	- 11
Measles	55	6	61	9	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	6	56	22	- 16
Skin Disease	57	5	47	47	- 42
Alcohol	58	4	58	16	- 12
Schistosomiasis	59	4	59	14	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	63	5	- 2
Other Neoplasms	61	3	62	7	- 4
Leishmaniasis	62	2	69	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	64	4	- 2
Appendicitis	64	2	60	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	65	1	68	3	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	65	3	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	66	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	25	231	- 231
Malaria	73	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

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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.