SOMALIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,319	7	7,233	+ 4,086
Stroke	2	6,432	6	8,595	- 2,164
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,318	11	4,231	- 913
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,287	16	2,888	- 600
Low Birth Weight	5	2,033	8	6,250	- 4,217
Kidney Disease	6	1,956	21	2,051	- 95
Violence	7	1,750	29	828	+ 922
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,717	1	21,712	- 19,995
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,488	15	3,410	- 1,922
Birth Trauma	10	1,306	5	9,573	- 8,267
War	11	910	24	1,318	- 408
Hypertension	12	758	18	2,643	- 1,885
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	751	32	647	+ 104
Other Injuries	14	684	14	3,602	- 2,917
Lung Cancers	15	669	54	233	+ 436
Liver Disease	16	658	13	3,917	- 3,259
Breast Cancer	17	551	26	1,232	- 680
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	488	2	15,363	- 14,875
Suicide	19	439	27	1,219	- 781
Lung Disease	20	411	19	2,442	- 2,031
Leukemia	21	407	35	562	- 155
Inflammatory/Heart	22	368	39	521	- 153
Asthma	23	283	23	1,878	- 1,596
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	263	38	546	- 283
Tuberculosis	25	254	4	10,261	- 10,007
Lymphomas	26	251	34	605	- 354
Maternal Conditions	27	241	12	4,127	- 3,885
Stomach Cancer	28	238	49	310	- 71
Fires	29	229	30	810	- 581
Falls	30	219	37	548	- 329
Parkinson's Disease	31	204	56	184	+ 20
Drownings	32	203	25	1,272	- 1,068
Pertussis	33	197	20	2,054	- 1,857
Bladder Cancer	34	194	61	149	+ 45
Liver Cancer	35	172	53	256	- 84
Pancreas Cancer	36	164	62	108	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	37	143	44	406	- 263
Drug Use	38	136	65	54	+ 82
Oral Cancer	39	127	46	328	- 201
Encephalitis	40	117	63	91	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	41	116	50	295	- 179
Meningitis	42	115	9	5,381	- 5,266
Skin Cancers	43	105	57	164	- 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	87	41	446	- 358
Epilepsy	45	78	43	419	- 340
Oesophagus Cancer	46	53	40	516	- 463
Prostate Cancer	47	53	52	285	- 232
Cervical Cancer	48	50	28	883	- 833
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	49	36	559	- 510
Syphilis	50	42	45	378	- 335
Tetanus	51	34	17	2,648	- 2,614
Poisonings	52	29	31	758	- 729
Malnutrition	53	28	10	4,825	- 4,796
Uterin Cancer	54	19	64	78	- 59
Measles	55	18	3	11,576	- 11,557
Hepatitis B	56	18	48	315	- 297
Skin Disease	57	15	58	151	- 136
Alcohol	58	12	59	151	- 139
Schistosomiasis	59	12	42	435	- 424
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	71	8	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	8	70	12	- 4
Leishmaniasis	62	7	51	290	- 283
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	66	35	- 29
Appendicitis	64	5	55	188	- 183
Upper Respiratory	65	2	47	326	- 324
Diphtheria	66	1	60	150	- 148
Ascariasis	67	0	69	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	34	- 34
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	33	610	- 610
Malaria	73	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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.