TRINIDAD/TOB. VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,225	1	1,476	- 250
Stroke	2	696	3	822	- 126
Road Traffic Accidents	3	359	15	130	+ 229
Diabetes Mellitus	4	248	2	1,275	- 1,028
Low Birth Weight	5	220	23	83	+ 137
Kidney Disease	6	212	5	439	- 228
Violence	7	189	4	549	- 360
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	186	10	205	- 20
Congenital Anomalies	9	161	22	93	+ 68
Birth Trauma	10	141	40	25	+ 116
War	11	99	46	17	+ 82
Hypertension	12	82	11	201	- 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	81	9	215	- 133
Other Injuries	14	74	30	61	+ 13
Lung Cancers	15	72	8	217	- 145
Liver Disease	16	71	14	136	- 65
Breast Cancer	17	60	7	258	- 199
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	53	45	18	+ 35
Suicide	19	47	17	121	- 74
Lung Disease	20	44	16	129	- 85
Leukemia	21	44	29	62	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	22	40	25	72	- 32
Asthma	23	31	35	40	- 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	29	13	196	- 167
Tuberculosis	25	27	43	22	+ 6
Lymphomas	26	27	20	111	- 84
Maternal Conditions	27	26	50	10	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	28	26	26	69	- 43
Fires	29	25	48	16	+ 9
Falls	30	24	33	43	- 19
Parkinson's Disease	31	22	32	51	- 29
Drownings	32	22	39	31	- 9
Pertussis	33	21	67	0	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	34	21	34	41	- 20
Liver Cancer	35	19	28	66	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	36	18	19	114	- 96
Endocrine Disorders	37	15	18	119	- 104
Drug Use	38	15	44	19	- 4
Oral Cancer	39	14	38	31	- 17
Encephalitis	40	13	54	6	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	41	13	24	80	- 68
Meningitis	42	12	52	9	+ 3
Skin Cancers	43	11	57	4	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	9	49	11	- 2
Epilepsy	45	8	37	32	- 24
Oesophagus Cancer	46	6	41	24	- 19
Prostate Cancer	47	6	6	330	- 324
Cervical Cancer	48	5	21	97	- 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	5	31	52	- 47
Syphilis	50	5	61	0	+ 4
Tetanus	51	4	65	0	+ 4
Poisonings	52	3	59	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	53	3	47	17	- 13
Uterin Cancer	54	2	27	68	- 66
Measles	55	2	76	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	2	60	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	57	2	36	39	- 37
Alcohol	58	1	42	23	- 22
Schistosomiasis	59	1	71	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	58	2	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	51	10	- 9
Leishmaniasis	62	1	73	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	53	8	- 7
Appendicitis	64	1	56	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	62	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	12	196	- 196
Malaria	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

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.