IRAQ VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,137	1	36,594	+ 21,543
Stroke	2	24,980	2	20,793	+ 4,188
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	12,635	8	5,551	+ 7,084
Liver Disease	4	8,350	16	2,127	+ 6,222
Hypertension	5	6,966	12	2,451	+ 4,516
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,545	4	7,395	- 850
Low Birth Weight	7	6,326	5	6,573	- 247
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,914	3	10,726	- 4,812
Birth Trauma	9	5,145	10	4,223	+ 922
Lung Disease	10	4,767	20	1,329	+ 3,438
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,389	9	4,812	- 423
Stomach Cancer	12	3,051	28	771	+ 2,280
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	2,972	18	1,578	+ 1,394
Tuberculosis	14	2,966	25	821	+ 2,145
Drownings	15	2,348	32	658	+ 1,690
Oesophagus Cancer	16	2,198	46	173	+ 2,025
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	2,096	13	2,429	- 333
Epilepsy	18	1,726	45	253	+ 1,474
Kidney Disease	19	1,654	6	6,323	- 4,669
Suicide	20	1,615	19	1,418	+ 197
Falls	21	1,497	30	709	+ 788
Meningitis	22	1,377	42	372	+ 1,004
Fires	23	1,287	29	742	+ 545
Lung Cancers	24	1,237	15	2,162	- 925
HIV/AIDS	25	1,182	72	0	+ 1,182
Pertussis	26	1,174	33	636	+ 539
Other Injuries	27	1,164	14	2,212	- 1,048
Asthma	28	1,116	23	914	+ 202
Parkinson's Disease	29	1,029	31	658	+ 371
Liver Cancer	30	956	35	555	+ 402
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	899	44	283	+ 616
Lymphomas	32	899	26	811	+ 88
Breast Cancer	33	871	17	1,783	- 912
Endocrine Disorders	34	824	37	462	+ 362
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	817	24	852	- 35
Violence	36	687	7	5,658	- 4,971
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	653	49	159	+ 494
Alcohol	38	514	58	40	+ 474
Cervical Cancer	39	463	48	162	+ 300
Uterin Cancer	40	449	54	61	+ 388
Oral Cancer	41	435	39	410	+ 25
Leukemia	42	428	21	1,315	- 887
Pancreas Cancer	43	393	36	530	- 137
Inflammatory/Heart	44	317	22	1,190	- 873
Maternal Conditions	45	254	27	780	- 525
Ovary Cancer	46	240	41	376	- 135
Upper Respiratory	47	223	65	6	+ 217
Bladder Cancer	48	208	34	628	- 420
Hepatitis B	49	163	56	57	+ 106
Poisonings	50	156	52	95	+ 61
Skin Cancers	51	148	43	339	- 191
Prostate Cancer	52	133	47	171	- 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	112	63	21	+ 90
Encephalitis	54	111	40	378	- 267
Drug Use	55	86	38	441	- 354
Syphilis	56	82	50	137	- 55
Tetanus	57	81	51	111	- 30
Appendicitis	58	71	64	15	+ 56
Skin Disease	59	37	57	49	- 12
Hepatitis C	60	32	68	1	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	61	29	61	26	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	29	60	30	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	16	62	22	- 7
Malnutrition	64	10	53	92	- 81
Chlamydia	65	5	69	1	+ 5
War	66	4	11	2,942	- 2,938
Diphtheria	67	3	66	4	- 1
Ascariasis	68	2	67	2	+ 0
Dengue	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	55	59	- 59
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	37	- 37
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAQ

Tajikistan

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.