IRAQ VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	87,054	1	36,594	+ 50,460
Stroke	2	35,862	2	20,793	+ 15,070
Hypertension	3	12,085	12	2,451	+ 9,634
Kidney Disease	4	11,500	6	6,323	+ 5,177
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,304	4	7,395	+ 909
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	8,146	8	5,551	+ 2,595
Lung Cancers	7	7,412	15	2,162	+ 5,250
Lung Disease	8	7,087	20	1,329	+ 5,758
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,962	3	10,726	- 3,765
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,591	13	2,429	+ 3,162
Liver Disease	11	5,477	16	2,127	+ 3,350
Breast Cancer	12	4,056	17	1,783	+ 2,273
Asthma	13	3,761	23	914	+ 2,848
Low Birth Weight	14	3,720	5	6,573	- 2,853
Tuberculosis	15	3,231	25	821	+ 2,410
Suicide	16	2,946	19	1,418	+ 1,528
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	2,877	24	852	+ 2,025
Cervical Cancer	18	2,823	48	162	+ 2,661
Falls	19	2,764	30	709	+ 2,056
Lymphomas	20	2,560	26	811	+ 1,748
Other Injuries	21	2,557	14	2,212	+ 345
Congenital Anomalies	22	2,391	9	4,812	- 2,421
Birth Trauma	23	2,327	10	4,223	- 1,896
Prostate Cancer	24	2,155	47	171	+ 1,984
Stomach Cancer	25	1,904	28	771	+ 1,133
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,701	31	658	+ 1,043
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	1,341	18	1,578	- 237
Endocrine Disorders	28	1,271	37	462	+ 809
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,211	49	159	+ 1,052
Bladder Cancer	30	1,203	34	628	+ 575
Leukemia	31	1,165	21	1,315	- 151
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,151	22	1,190	- 39
Fires	33	1,018	29	742	+ 276
Ovary Cancer	34	900	41	376	+ 524
Oral Cancer	35	878	39	410	+ 468
Pancreas Cancer	36	841	36	530	+ 310
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	809	44	283	+ 526
Maternal Conditions	38	792	27	780	+ 13
Violence	39	711	7	5,658	- 4,947
Meningitis	40	611	42	372	+ 238
Skin Cancers	41	537	43	339	+ 199
Oesophagus Cancer	42	495	46	173	+ 322
Drownings	43	479	32	658	- 179
Liver Cancer	44	476	35	555	- 79
Epilepsy	45	378	45	253	+ 125
Pertussis	46	365	33	636	- 271
Drug Use	47	361	38	441	- 79
Hepatitis B	48	356	56	57	+ 299
HIV/AIDS	49	325	72	0	+ 325
Poisonings	50	299	52	95	+ 204
Malnutrition	51	225	53	92	+ 134
Encephalitis	52	199	40	378	- 180
Uterin Cancer	53	173	54	61	+ 112
Skin Disease	54	167	57	49	+ 118
Syphilis	55	158	50	137	+ 21
Appendicitis	56	147	64	15	+ 132
Alcohol	57	123	58	40	+ 83
Multiple Sclerosis	58	119	60	30	+ 89
Tetanus	59	86	51	111	- 25
Other Neoplasms	60	79	61	26	+ 53
Schistosomiasis	61	75	59	37	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	43	63	21	+ 22
War	63	24	11	2,942	- 2,918
Leishmaniasis	64	17	62	22	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	8	68	1	+ 7
Ascariasis	66	5	67	2	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	4	65	6	- 2
Chlamydia	68	2	69	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	66	4	- 3
Measles	70	0	55	59	- 59
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAQ

Morocco

Iraq

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.