SLOVENIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,824	1	3,617	- 1,793
Stroke	2	1,037	2	1,977	- 941
Road Traffic Accidents	3	535	31	105	+ 430
Diabetes Mellitus	4	369	18	340	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	5	328	43	17	+ 311
Kidney Disease	6	315	28	143	+ 172
Violence	7	282	42	19	+ 263
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	277	13	412	- 135
Congenital Anomalies	9	240	38	49	+ 191
Birth Trauma	10	211	57	1	+ 209
War	11	147	61	0	+ 146
Hypertension	12	122	4	881	- 759
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	121	16	375	- 254
Other Injuries	14	110	23	203	- 93
Lung Cancers	15	108	3	1,261	- 1,153
Liver Disease	16	106	12	429	- 323
Breast Cancer	17	89	9	484	- 395
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	79	52	4	+ 75
Suicide	19	71	14	411	- 341
Lung Disease	20	66	7	675	- 608
Leukemia	21	66	21	225	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	22	59	20	239	- 180
Asthma	23	46	45	16	+ 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	42	5	743	- 700
Tuberculosis	25	41	46	15	+ 26
Lymphomas	26	40	11	465	- 425
Maternal Conditions	27	39	56	1	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	28	38	17	341	- 302
Fires	29	37	48	8	+ 29
Falls	30	35	6	708	- 672
Parkinson's Disease	31	33	24	196	- 164
Drownings	32	33	44	17	+ 16
Pertussis	33	32	66	0	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	34	31	22	211	- 180
Liver Cancer	35	28	19	285	- 257
Pancreas Cancer	36	26	15	409	- 383
Endocrine Disorders	37	23	33	93	- 70
Drug Use	38	22	41	24	- 2
Oral Cancer	39	20	27	145	- 124
Encephalitis	40	19	65	0	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	41	19	29	122	- 104
Meningitis	42	19	50	5	+ 13
Skin Cancers	43	17	25	191	- 174
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	14	26	151	- 137
Epilepsy	45	13	35	62	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	46	9	32	93	- 84
Prostate Cancer	47	9	10	476	- 468
Cervical Cancer	48	8	36	60	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	8	37	55	- 47
Syphilis	50	7	55	2	+ 5
Tetanus	51	6	59	1	+ 5
Poisonings	52	5	51	4	+ 1
Malnutrition	53	5	64	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	54	3	30	106	- 103
Measles	55	3	76	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	58	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	57	2	49	5	- 3
Alcohol	58	2	8	511	- 509
Schistosomiasis	59	2	82	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	39	35	- 33
Other Neoplasms	61	1	34	69	- 68
Leishmaniasis	62	1	62	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	40	30	- 29
Appendicitis	64	1	54	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	53	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	47	9	- 9
Anemia	85	0	60	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

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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.