SINGAPORE VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,242	1	5,292	- 50
Stroke	2	2,979	3	1,559	+ 1,420
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,537	26	121	+ 1,415
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,059	28	108	+ 952
Low Birth Weight	5	942	41	25	+ 916
Kidney Disease	6	906	6	1,028	- 123
Violence	7	811	46	15	+ 796
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	795	2	5,189	- 4,394
Congenital Anomalies	9	689	31	80	+ 610
Birth Trauma	10	605	55	3	+ 602
War	11	421	59	2	+ 419
Hypertension	12	351	8	732	- 381
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	348	36	32	+ 316
Other Injuries	14	317	32	79	+ 238
Lung Cancers	15	310	4	1,540	- 1,231
Liver Disease	16	305	20	209	+ 96
Breast Cancer	17	255	10	605	- 350
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	226	39	28	+ 198
Suicide	19	203	9	650	- 447
Lung Disease	20	190	14	383	- 193
Leukemia	21	188	17	249	- 61
Inflammatory/Heart	22	170	19	215	- 45
Asthma	23	131	35	37	+ 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	122	5	1,203	- 1,081
Tuberculosis	25	118	40	26	+ 92
Lymphomas	26	116	13	397	- 281
Maternal Conditions	27	112	53	3	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	28	110	12	405	- 294
Fires	29	106	49	7	+ 99
Falls	30	102	18	218	- 116
Parkinson's Disease	31	94	29	90	+ 5
Drownings	32	94	38	29	+ 65
Pertussis	33	91	62	0	+ 91
Bladder Cancer	34	90	27	120	- 30
Liver Cancer	35	79	7	746	- 666
Pancreas Cancer	36	76	11	537	- 461
Endocrine Disorders	37	66	37	30	+ 36
Drug Use	38	63	44	19	+ 44
Oral Cancer	39	59	15	317	- 258
Encephalitis	40	54	61	0	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	41	54	21	204	- 150
Meningitis	42	53	48	8	+ 45
Skin Cancers	43	49	34	56	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	41	43	22	+ 18
Epilepsy	45	36	42	25	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	46	25	24	137	- 112
Prostate Cancer	47	24	16	303	- 278
Cervical Cancer	48	23	30	85	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	23	33	69	- 46
Syphilis	50	20	65	0	+ 20
Tetanus	51	16	73	0	+ 16
Poisonings	52	14	60	1	+ 13
Malnutrition	53	13	63	0	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	54	9	23	147	- 138
Measles	55	8	72	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	56	8	52	4	+ 4
Skin Disease	57	7	25	136	- 129
Alcohol	58	6	47	10	- 4
Schistosomiasis	59	5	78	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	57	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	4	22	195	- 192
Leishmaniasis	62	3	76	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	58	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	2	50	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	1	54	3	- 2
Diphtheria	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	56	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	45	18	- 18
Malaria	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	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 SINGAPORE

Iraq

Singapore

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.