NAMIBIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,438	5	1,221	+ 1,217
Stroke	2	1,385	4	1,333	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	3	715	6	868	- 154
Diabetes Mellitus	4	493	7	724	- 232
Low Birth Weight	5	438	9	516	- 78
Kidney Disease	6	421	15	322	+ 100
Violence	7	377	11	450	- 73
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	370	2	1,464	- 1,095
Congenital Anomalies	9	321	16	283	+ 37
Birth Trauma	10	281	13	345	- 63
War	11	196	67	0	+ 196
Hypertension	12	163	12	428	- 265
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	162	21	176	- 14
Other Injuries	14	147	19	207	- 59
Lung Cancers	15	144	35	59	+ 85
Liver Disease	16	142	14	336	- 194
Breast Cancer	17	119	24	121	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	105	8	645	- 540
Suicide	19	94	17	243	- 148
Lung Disease	20	89	10	461	- 373
Leukemia	21	88	49	24	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	22	79	22	162	- 83
Asthma	23	61	20	200	- 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	57	36	54	+ 2
Tuberculosis	25	55	3	1,416	- 1,362
Lymphomas	26	54	40	46	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	27	52	25	110	- 58
Stomach Cancer	28	51	45	33	+ 19
Fires	29	49	28	109	- 59
Falls	30	47	34	62	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	31	44	42	43	+ 0
Drownings	32	44	26	110	- 66
Pertussis	33	42	37	54	- 12
Bladder Cancer	34	42	54	16	+ 26
Liver Cancer	35	37	41	45	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	36	35	53	18	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	37	31	33	73	- 42
Drug Use	38	29	46	32	- 2
Oral Cancer	39	27	30	100	- 72
Encephalitis	40	25	59	8	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	41	25	50	23	+ 2
Meningitis	42	25	27	109	- 84
Skin Cancers	43	23	29	108	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	19	44	33	- 14
Epilepsy	45	17	38	49	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	46	12	52	21	- 9
Prostate Cancer	47	11	31	94	- 83
Cervical Cancer	48	11	23	133	- 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	11	32	76	- 65
Syphilis	50	9	43	35	- 26
Tetanus	51	7	62	6	+ 1
Poisonings	52	6	39	46	- 40
Malnutrition	53	6	18	224	- 217
Uterin Cancer	54	4	56	11	- 7
Measles	55	4	65	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	4	63	4	- 1
Skin Disease	57	3	47	31	- 28
Alcohol	58	3	48	28	- 25
Schistosomiasis	59	2	55	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	64	2	- 0
Other Neoplasms	61	2	60	8	- 6
Leishmaniasis	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	57	9	- 8
Appendicitis	64	1	58	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	65	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	2,928	- 2,928
Malaria	73	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.