MONGOLIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,854	1	5,202	- 2,348
Stroke	2	1,621	2	4,401	- 2,780
Road Traffic Accidents	3	836	5	679	+ 158
Diabetes Mellitus	4	577	27	145	+ 432
Low Birth Weight	5	513	20	204	+ 309
Kidney Disease	6	493	12	408	+ 85
Violence	7	441	22	197	+ 244
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	433	11	410	+ 23
Congenital Anomalies	9	375	17	262	+ 113
Birth Trauma	10	329	24	160	+ 169
War	11	229	63	0	+ 229
Hypertension	12	191	21	199	- 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	189	19	243	- 54
Other Injuries	14	172	9	442	- 270
Lung Cancers	15	169	10	411	- 243
Liver Disease	16	166	4	1,723	- 1,557
Breast Cancer	17	139	38	61	+ 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	123	36	66	+ 57
Suicide	19	111	8	577	- 466
Lung Disease	20	104	15	327	- 223
Leukemia	21	103	46	30	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	22	93	16	263	- 170
Asthma	23	71	29	112	- 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	66	32	93	- 27
Tuberculosis	25	64	14	327	- 263
Lymphomas	26	63	42	43	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	27	61	40	49	+ 12
Stomach Cancer	28	60	6	617	- 557
Fires	29	58	31	94	- 36
Falls	30	55	18	244	- 189
Parkinson's Disease	31	51	39	55	- 4
Drownings	32	51	26	151	- 100
Pertussis	33	50	53	15	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	34	49	50	19	+ 30
Liver Cancer	35	43	3	1,834	- 1,791
Pancreas Cancer	36	41	30	94	- 53
Endocrine Disorders	37	36	35	69	- 33
Drug Use	38	34	45	33	+ 2
Oral Cancer	39	32	37	61	- 29
Encephalitis	40	30	43	40	- 11
Ovary Cancer	41	29	41	45	- 16
Meningitis	42	29	48	21	+ 8
Skin Cancers	43	26	54	13	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	22	28	129	- 107
Epilepsy	45	20	34	80	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	46	13	13	366	- 352
Prostate Cancer	47	13	52	18	- 5
Cervical Cancer	48	13	25	155	- 143
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	12	23	192	- 180
Syphilis	50	11	44	34	- 24
Tetanus	51	9	60	2	+ 7
Poisonings	52	7	33	89	- 82
Malnutrition	53	7	64	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	54	5	57	7	- 3
Measles	55	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	4	55	10	- 6
Skin Disease	57	4	51	18	- 14
Alcohol	58	3	7	582	- 579
Schistosomiasis	59	3	78	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	59	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	2	58	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	62	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	56	8	- 7
Appendicitis	64	1	47	25	- 24
Upper Respiratory	65	0	61	1	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	62	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	49	21	- 21
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

Iraq

Mongolia

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.