URUGUAY VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,979	1	4,265	- 1,286
Stroke	2	1,692	2	2,850	- 1,157
Road Traffic Accidents	3	873	16	512	+ 361
Diabetes Mellitus	4	602	11	747	- 145
Low Birth Weight	5	535	42	73	+ 462
Kidney Disease	6	515	8	1,040	- 525
Violence	7	461	23	295	+ 165
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	452	6	1,370	- 919
Congenital Anomalies	9	392	30	170	+ 222
Birth Trauma	10	344	53	22	+ 322
War	11	239	70	0	+ 239
Hypertension	12	199	15	648	- 449
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	198	3	1,899	- 1,701
Other Injuries	14	180	10	774	- 594
Lung Cancers	15	176	5	1,463	- 1,287
Liver Disease	16	173	27	206	- 33
Breast Cancer	17	145	9	848	- 703
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	128	35	134	- 6
Suicide	19	115	12	735	- 620
Lung Disease	20	108	4	1,706	- 1,598
Leukemia	21	107	25	280	- 173
Inflammatory/Heart	22	97	22	314	- 217
Asthma	23	74	37	127	- 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	69	7	1,245	- 1,176
Tuberculosis	25	67	41	81	- 14
Lymphomas	26	66	20	457	- 391
Maternal Conditions	27	63	60	9	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	28	63	18	480	- 417
Fires	29	60	48	54	+ 6
Falls	30	58	47	55	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	31	54	21	320	- 267
Drownings	32	54	45	65	- 11
Pertussis	33	52	72	0	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	34	51	26	276	- 225
Liver Cancer	35	45	34	147	- 102
Pancreas Cancer	36	43	14	656	- 612
Endocrine Disorders	37	38	17	487	- 450
Drug Use	38	36	49	41	- 5
Oral Cancer	39	33	31	167	- 134
Encephalitis	40	31	64	4	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	41	31	32	160	- 130
Meningitis	42	30	58	10	+ 20
Skin Cancers	43	28	33	149	- 122
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	23	50	39	- 16
Epilepsy	45	21	40	86	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	46	14	24	286	- 272
Prostate Cancer	47	14	13	707	- 693
Cervical Cancer	48	13	29	172	- 159
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	13	46	57	- 44
Syphilis	50	11	66	3	+ 8
Tetanus	51	9	71	0	+ 9
Poisonings	52	8	55	17	- 9
Malnutrition	53	7	43	73	- 66
Uterin Cancer	54	5	38	115	- 110
Measles	55	5	74	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	5	63	4	+ 0
Skin Disease	57	4	36	130	- 126
Alcohol	58	3	39	104	- 101
Schistosomiasis	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	56	13	- 11
Other Neoplasms	61	2	19	464	- 462
Leishmaniasis	62	2	78	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	51	35	- 33
Appendicitis	64	1	59	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	65	0	62	5	- 4
Diphtheria	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	28	195	- 195
Malaria	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	61	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	54	18	- 18
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Iraq

Uruguay

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.