PARAGUAY VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,541	1	4,327	+ 2,214
Stroke	2	3,717	2	3,007	+ 709
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,917	6	1,552	+ 366
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,322	3	2,361	- 1,039
Low Birth Weight	5	1,175	12	644	+ 530
Kidney Disease	6	1,130	5	1,592	- 462
Violence	7	1,011	13	566	+ 446
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	992	4	1,661	- 669
Congenital Anomalies	9	860	11	662	+ 198
Birth Trauma	10	755	30	213	+ 542
War	11	526	71	3	+ 523
Hypertension	12	438	8	895	- 457
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	434	36	144	+ 290
Other Injuries	14	395	9	843	- 448
Lung Cancers	15	386	10	738	- 351
Liver Disease	16	380	17	524	- 144
Breast Cancer	17	319	20	481	- 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	282	31	192	+ 90
Suicide	19	253	22	425	- 172
Lung Disease	20	238	7	1,181	- 943
Leukemia	21	235	27	272	- 37
Inflammatory/Heart	22	213	34	154	+ 59
Asthma	23	163	39	126	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	152	16	543	- 391
Tuberculosis	25	147	26	273	- 126
Lymphomas	26	145	29	245	- 100
Maternal Conditions	27	139	49	64	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	28	138	24	355	- 217
Fires	29	133	50	63	+ 69
Falls	30	127	43	100	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	31	118	41	122	- 4
Drownings	32	118	32	178	- 61
Pertussis	33	114	59	30	+ 84
Bladder Cancer	34	112	51	57	+ 56
Liver Cancer	35	99	35	152	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	36	95	28	258	- 163
Endocrine Disorders	37	83	14	562	- 479
Drug Use	38	79	56	38	+ 41
Oral Cancer	39	73	38	134	- 60
Encephalitis	40	68	66	11	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	41	67	45	85	- 18
Meningitis	42	67	53	52	+ 14
Skin Cancers	43	61	40	125	- 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	51	55	43	+ 7
Epilepsy	45	45	44	98	- 53
Oesophagus Cancer	46	31	33	173	- 142
Prostate Cancer	47	31	15	546	- 516
Cervical Cancer	48	29	18	516	- 487
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	28	47	69	- 40
Syphilis	50	24	42	119	- 94
Tetanus	51	20	64	12	+ 8
Poisonings	52	17	63	14	+ 3
Malnutrition	53	16	25	330	- 314
Uterin Cancer	54	11	54	45	- 35
Measles	55	11	78	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	56	10	67	10	+ 1
Skin Disease	57	9	37	144	- 135
Alcohol	58	7	23	410	- 403
Schistosomiasis	59	7	80	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	68	8	- 3
Other Neoplasms	61	5	19	487	- 482
Leishmaniasis	62	4	61	17	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	48	66	- 62
Appendicitis	64	3	57	37	- 35
Upper Respiratory	65	1	70	4	- 3
Diphtheria	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	72	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	65	12	- 12
HIV/AIDS	72	0	21	448	- 448
Malaria	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	60	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	1	- 1
Dengue	77	0	62	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	52	- 52
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	82	0	73	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	69	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Iraq

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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.