IRAQ VS VANUATU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VANUATU		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	60,107	1	36,594	+ 23,513
Stroke	2	38,162	2	20,793	+ 17,370
Diabetes Mellitus	3	16,788	4	7,395	+ 9,393
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	16,453	8	5,551	+ 10,903
Lung Disease	5	14,346	20	1,329	+ 13,016
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	10,573	18	1,578	+ 8,994
Kidney Disease	7	9,321	6	6,323	+ 2,998
Suicide	8	7,155	19	1,418	+ 5,737
Liver Disease	9	6,806	16	2,127	+ 4,679
Congenital Anomalies	10	6,316	9	4,812	+ 1,504
Hypertension	11	6,223	12	2,451	+ 3,772
Road Traffic Accidents	12	5,898	3	10,726	- 4,828
Asthma	13	5,896	23	914	+ 4,982
Low Birth Weight	14	5,732	5	6,573	- 841
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	4,629	44	283	+ 4,346
Drownings	16	4,604	32	658	+ 3,946
Other Injuries	17	3,953	14	2,212	+ 1,741
Liver Cancer	18	3,638	35	555	+ 3,084
Birth Trauma	19	2,599	10	4,223	- 1,623
Peptic Ulcer Disease	20	2,441	49	159	+ 2,282
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	2,329	13	2,429	- 100
Tuberculosis	22	2,153	25	821	+ 1,332
Lung Cancers	23	1,987	15	2,162	- 175
Maternal Conditions	24	1,868	27	780	+ 1,088
Falls	25	1,741	30	709	+ 1,032
Breast Cancer	26	1,714	17	1,783	- 69
Cervical Cancer	27	1,699	48	162	+ 1,537
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,537	31	658	+ 879
Inflammatory/Heart	29	1,470	22	1,190	+ 280
Pertussis	30	1,343	33	636	+ 707
Malnutrition	31	1,325	53	92	+ 1,234
Leukemia	32	1,184	21	1,315	- 131
Endocrine Disorders	33	1,161	37	462	+ 699
Prostate Cancer	34	1,150	47	171	+ 980
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,124	24	852	+ 272
Meningitis	36	1,068	42	372	+ 695
Syphilis	37	1,013	50	137	+ 877
Violence	38	897	7	5,658	- 4,761
Skin Disease	39	897	57	49	+ 848
Stomach Cancer	40	810	28	771	+ 40
Epilepsy	41	700	45	253	+ 447
Fires	42	554	29	742	- 188
Alcohol	43	528	58	40	+ 488
Ovary Cancer	44	520	41	376	+ 144
Lymphomas	45	424	26	811	- 387
Tetanus	46	378	51	111	+ 267
Poisonings	47	291	52	95	+ 196
Uterin Cancer	48	260	54	61	+ 198
Bladder Cancer	49	248	34	628	- 380
Appendicitis	50	178	64	15	+ 163
Hepatitis B	51	164	56	57	+ 108
Encephalitis	52	138	40	378	- 240
Pancreas Cancer	53	117	36	530	- 413
Oral Cancer	54	110	39	410	- 300
Other Neoplasms	55	97	61	26	+ 71
Drug Use	56	57	38	441	- 383
Multiple Sclerosis	57	36	60	30	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	35	63	21	+ 13
Dengue	59	25	77	0	+ 25
Diphtheria	60	24	66	4	+ 21
Hepatitis C	61	21	68	1	+ 20
Measles	62	13	55	59	- 45
Ascariasis	63	11	67	2	+ 9
War	64	4	11	2,942	- 2,938
Upper Respiratory	65	4	65	6	- 2
Chlamydia	66	3	69	1	+ 3
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	62	22	- 22
Malaria	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	37	- 37
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oesophagus Cancer	82	0	46	173	- 173
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	86	0	43	339	- 339
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAQ

Vanuatu

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.