IRAQ VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	44,954	1	36,594	+ 8,360
Stroke	2	19,338	2	20,793	- 1,454
Road Traffic Accidents	3	14,184	3	10,726	+ 3,458
Kidney Disease	4	10,423	6	6,323	+ 4,100
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,061	8	5,551	+ 1,510
Falls	6	6,150	30	709	+ 5,441
Liver Disease	7	5,679	16	2,127	+ 3,551
Other Injuries	8	4,611	14	2,212	+ 2,399
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,479	4	7,395	- 2,916
Lung Disease	10	3,273	20	1,329	+ 1,944
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,812	13	2,429	+ 383
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,657	9	4,812	- 2,155
Suicide	13	2,356	19	1,418	+ 938
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,877	24	852	+ 1,026
Endocrine Disorders	15	1,667	37	462	+ 1,204
Inflammatory/Heart	16	1,545	22	1,190	+ 355
Asthma	17	1,345	23	914	+ 431
Low Birth Weight	18	1,139	5	6,573	- 5,434
Leukemia	19	1,065	21	1,315	- 250
Breast Cancer	20	1,045	17	1,783	- 738
Liver Cancer	21	973	35	555	+ 418
Hypertension	22	961	12	2,451	- 1,490
Fires	23	951	29	742	+ 209
Drownings	24	946	32	658	+ 288
Parkinson's Disease	25	894	31	658	+ 236
Lung Cancers	26	893	15	2,162	- 1,269
Tuberculosis	27	866	25	821	+ 45
Lymphomas	28	824	26	811	+ 13
Epilepsy	29	800	45	253	+ 547
Violence	30	744	7	5,658	- 4,914
Pancreas Cancer	31	606	36	530	+ 76
Skin Disease	32	594	57	49	+ 545
Drug Use	33	565	38	441	+ 125
Oral Cancer	34	535	39	410	+ 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	526	18	1,578	- 1,052
Stomach Cancer	36	448	28	771	- 323
Birth Trauma	37	395	10	4,223	- 3,828
Uterin Cancer	38	372	54	61	+ 311
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	322	44	283	+ 40
Poisonings	40	322	52	95	+ 227
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	317	49	159	+ 158
Ovary Cancer	42	285	41	376	- 91
Encephalitis	43	270	40	378	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	44	264	46	173	+ 91
Meningitis	45	261	42	372	- 111
Bladder Cancer	46	246	34	628	- 382
HIV/AIDS	47	221	72	0	+ 221
Maternal Conditions	48	199	27	780	- 581
Cervical Cancer	49	180	48	162	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	50	171	47	171	+ 0
Alcohol	51	148	58	40	+ 108
Malnutrition	52	91	53	92	- 0
Hepatitis B	53	66	56	57	+ 9
Pertussis	54	65	33	636	- 571
Skin Cancers	55	63	43	339	- 276
Multiple Sclerosis	56	56	60	30	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	57	46	61	26	+ 21
Appendicitis	58	40	64	15	+ 25
Syphilis	59	37	50	137	- 99
Schistosomiasis	60	29	59	37	- 9
Tetanus	61	18	51	111	- 93
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	63	21	- 11
Dengue	63	10	77	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	64	9	68	1	+ 7
War	65	4	11	2,942	- 2,939
Ascariasis	66	2	67	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	1	62	22	- 21
Measles	68	1	55	59	- 58
Diphtheria	69	1	66	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	70	1	65	6	- 5
Chlamydia	71	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to 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.