SENEGAL VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,389	2	6,224	+ 10,165
Stroke	2	9,312	4	5,342	+ 3,970
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,804	6	3,832	+ 972
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,312	10	2,395	+ 917
Low Birth Weight	5	2,944	7	3,636	- 693
Kidney Disease	6	2,832	12	2,210	+ 621
Violence	7	2,534	19	1,247	+ 1,287
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,486	1	7,184	- 4,698
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,155	11	2,364	- 209
Birth Trauma	10	1,891	8	3,448	- 1,556
War	11	1,318	69	4	+ 1,313
Hypertension	12	1,098	21	1,095	+ 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,088	26	879	+ 209
Other Injuries	14	991	16	1,512	- 521
Lung Cancers	15	968	44	180	+ 788
Liver Disease	16	953	13	2,147	- 1,194
Breast Cancer	17	799	27	861	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	707	3	5,343	- 4,636
Suicide	19	635	24	978	- 343
Lung Disease	20	595	18	1,351	- 756
Leukemia	21	589	54	113	+ 476
Inflammatory/Heart	22	533	36	426	+ 107
Asthma	23	409	25	936	- 527
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	381	37	384	- 3
Tuberculosis	25	368	9	2,678	- 2,311
Lymphomas	26	363	39	315	+ 48
Maternal Conditions	27	349	14	1,669	- 1,320
Stomach Cancer	28	345	31	557	- 212
Fires	29	332	34	448	- 116
Falls	30	317	30	622	- 305
Parkinson's Disease	31	295	41	273	+ 22
Drownings	32	295	33	494	- 199
Pertussis	33	285	28	771	- 487
Bladder Cancer	34	281	50	155	+ 126
Liver Cancer	35	248	22	1,087	- 839
Pancreas Cancer	36	237	48	159	+ 78
Endocrine Disorders	37	207	23	1,041	- 834
Drug Use	38	197	52	138	+ 59
Oral Cancer	39	184	43	208	- 24
Encephalitis	40	169	57	85	+ 84
Ovary Cancer	41	168	42	220	- 52
Meningitis	42	167	15	1,628	- 1,462
Skin Cancers	43	152	51	147	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	127	46	166	- 39
Epilepsy	45	113	38	330	- 217
Oesophagus Cancer	46	77	55	99	- 22
Prostate Cancer	47	76	29	642	- 566
Cervical Cancer	48	73	17	1,405	- 1,332
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	71	35	433	- 362
Syphilis	50	61	53	122	- 61
Tetanus	51	50	58	85	- 35
Poisonings	52	43	40	315	- 272
Malnutrition	53	41	32	494	- 453
Uterin Cancer	54	27	56	94	- 66
Measles	55	26	49	158	- 132
Hepatitis B	56	25	60	70	- 45
Skin Disease	57	22	47	159	- 137
Alcohol	58	18	59	74	- 56
Schistosomiasis	59	17	45	176	- 159
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	64	20	- 6
Other Neoplasms	61	11	62	24	- 12
Leishmaniasis	62	10	63	21	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	67	15	- 5
Appendicitis	64	7	61	38	- 32
Upper Respiratory	65	3	66	15	- 13
Diphtheria	66	2	70	3	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	65	18	- 17
Hepatitis C	68	1	68	11	- 10
Chlamydia	69	0	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	20	1,186	- 1,186
Malaria	73	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Iraq

Senegal

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.