NEW ZEALAND VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,488	1	5,095	- 607
Stroke	2	2,550	3	2,378	+ 172
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,315	16	458	+ 858
Diabetes Mellitus	4	907	8	769	+ 138
Low Birth Weight	5	806	38	78	+ 728
Kidney Disease	6	775	17	432	+ 343
Violence	7	694	42	57	+ 637
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	681	7	920	- 239
Congenital Anomalies	9	590	30	176	+ 415
Birth Trauma	10	518	54	15	+ 503
War	11	361	68	1	+ 360
Hypertension	12	301	20	327	- 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	298	2	3,032	- 2,734
Other Injuries	14	271	28	218	+ 53
Lung Cancers	15	265	4	1,873	- 1,608
Liver Disease	16	261	32	158	+ 103
Breast Cancer	17	219	10	737	- 518
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	194	37	81	+ 113
Suicide	19	174	15	528	- 354
Lung Disease	20	163	5	1,815	- 1,652
Leukemia	21	161	18	391	- 230
Inflammatory/Heart	22	146	23	313	- 167
Asthma	23	112	36	91	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	104	6	1,495	- 1,390
Tuberculosis	25	101	52	17	+ 84
Lymphomas	26	100	13	608	- 509
Maternal Conditions	27	96	63	5	+ 91
Stomach Cancer	28	95	22	323	- 228
Fires	29	91	53	17	+ 74
Falls	30	87	11	627	- 540
Parkinson's Disease	31	81	19	353	- 272
Drownings	32	81	44	54	+ 26
Pertussis	33	78	65	1	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	34	77	26	267	- 190
Liver Cancer	35	68	24	288	- 220
Pancreas Cancer	36	65	14	543	- 478
Endocrine Disorders	37	57	21	325	- 268
Drug Use	38	54	40	69	- 15
Oral Cancer	39	50	31	164	- 113
Encephalitis	40	46	66	1	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	41	46	29	207	- 161
Meningitis	42	46	59	9	+ 37
Skin Cancers	43	42	12	612	- 570
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	35	35	113	- 78
Epilepsy	45	31	43	55	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	46	21	25	279	- 258
Prostate Cancer	47	21	9	739	- 718
Cervical Cancer	48	20	41	61	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	19	39	70	- 51
Syphilis	50	17	70	0	+ 16
Tetanus	51	14	69	0	+ 13
Poisonings	52	12	58	9	+ 2
Malnutrition	53	11	55	14	- 3
Uterin Cancer	54	8	33	145	- 137
Measles	55	7	82	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	56	7	56	14	- 7
Skin Disease	57	6	34	118	- 112
Alcohol	58	5	45	51	- 47
Schistosomiasis	59	5	77	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	47	43	- 40
Other Neoplasms	61	3	27	245	- 242
Leishmaniasis	62	3	80	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	46	47	- 44
Appendicitis	64	2	62	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	4	- 3
Diphtheria	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	48	30	- 29
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	57	10	- 10
Malaria	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Iraq

New Zealand

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.