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Iraq
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
IRAQ VS LAOS

Compare Iraq and Laos health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Laos
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Iraq Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
      Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    49.4
    51.2
    50.3
    90
    95
    94
    		  
    42.2
    45.5
    43.8
    128
    125
    126
    1970
    55.1
    56.9
    56.0
    91
    96
    93
    		  
    44.7
    47.6
    46.1
    140
    139
    139
    1980
    60.2
    62.8
    61.5
    92
    100
    93
    		  
    47.8
    50.3
    49.1
    148
    148
    146
    1990
    60.2
    63.3
    61.8
    119
    125
    121
    		  
    53.4
    55.8
    54.6
    147
    148
    148
    2000
    67.8
    72.3
    70.0
    82
    97
    94
    		  
    56.5
    59.7
    58.1
    140
    142
    140
    2010
    68.4
    72.8
    70.6
    96
    109
    101
    		  
    62.0
    65.1
    63.6
    136
    137
    136
    2019
    69.9
    75.0
    72.4
    98
    106
    108
    		  
    66.2
    70.9
    68.5
    130
    128
    130
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    69.9
    75.0
    98
    106
    66.2
    70.9
    130
    128
    Age 5
    72.0
    76.8
    93
    99
    69.6
    73.9
    126
    125
    Age 10
    72.2
    76.9
    94
    99
    69.8
    74.1
    128
    126
    Age 15
    72.3
    77.0
    92
    99
    70.1
    74.3
    126
    126
    Age 20
    72.6
    77.2
    92
    99
    70.4
    74.5
    126
    125
    Age 25
    73.0
    77.4
    90
    98
    70.9
    74.8
    124
    125
    Age 30
    73.3
    77.6
    91
    99
    71.3
    75.0
    125
    125
    Age 35
    73.7
    77.8
    92
    98
    71.7
    75.4
    126
    124
    Age 40
    74.1
    78.1
    95
    98
    72.2
    75.8
    127
    125
    Age 45
    74.6
    78.4
    94
    98
    72.9
    76.3
    128
    127
    Age 50
    75.4
    79.0
    93
    98
    73.7
    76.9
    131
    128
    Age 55
    76.3
    79.7
    93
    99
    74.9
    77.8
    135
    130
    Age 60
    77.6
    80.7
    94
    98
    76.4
    78.9
    138
    132
    Age 65
    79.3
    81.9
    95
    97
    78.2
    80.3
    137
    135
    Age 70
    81.4
    83.4
    100
    95
    80.5
    82.0
    137
    135
    Age 75
    83.8
    85.4
    91
    91
    83.1
    84.2
    135
    135
    Age 80
    86.7
    87.7
    87
    88
    86.1
    86.8
    134
    135
    Age 85
    89.9
    90.4
    86
    85
    89.4
    90.0
    136
    140
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    227.26
    23
    139.74
    56
    2. Stroke
    128.44
    31
    152.50
    21
    3. Diabetes Mellitus
    43.40
    51
    36.38
    71
    4. Kidney Disease
    37.39
    29
    38.60
    25
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    34.41
    37
    19.78
    77
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.16
    66
    16.42
    119
    7. Violence
    17.20
    26
    6.67
    74
    8. Hypertension
    16.27
    101
    24.41
    59
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    15.14
    135
    59.07
    61
    10. Breast Cancer
    15.07
    115
    17.83
    80
    11. Lung Cancers
    11.72
    97
    21.02
    48
    12. Liver Disease
    10.94
    118
    24.75
    75
    13. Lung Disease
    8.53
    174
    46.19
    20
    14. War
    8.37
    6
    0.04
    75
    15. Low Birth Weight
    8.00
    54
    8.47
    50
    16. Congenital Anomalies
    6.83
    57
    5.84
    92
    17. Other Injuries
    6.33
    113
    7.53
    92
    18. Inflammatory/Heart
    5.43
    77
    4.66
    93
    19. Asthma
    5.15
    86
    19.60
    22
    20. Birth Trauma
    4.96
    66
    8.00
    40
    21. Leukemia
    4.79
    26
    5.00
    19
    22. Suicide
    4.74
    144
    5.98
    128
    23. Parkinson's Disease
    4.74
    59
    4.40
    75
    24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.32
    158
    10.17
    74
    25. Stomach Cancer
    3.94
    132
    11.97
    22
    26. Lymphomas
    3.82
    128
    4.47
    102
    27. Bladder Cancer
    3.81
    31
    1.36
    137
    28. Diarrhoeal diseases
    3.46
    87
    27.89
    53
    29. Ovary Cancer
    3.16
    141
    4.05
    108
    30. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    165
    25.37
    4
    31. Pancreas Cancer
    2.88
    115
    1.38
    157
    32. Prostate Cancer
    2.81
    176
    3.01
    174
    33. Falls
    2.77
    156
    9.16
    28
    34. Fires
    2.35
    66
    1.68
    85
    35. Tuberculosis
    2.26
    106
    34.86
    29
    36. Maternal Conditions
    2.17
    68
    2.91
    61
    37. Oral Cancer
    2.01
    133
    7.55
    14
    38. Skin Cancers
    2.00
    87
    1.43
    123
    39. Drug Use
    1.73
    58
    0.53
    157
    40. Drownings
    1.56
    127
    7.51
    9
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.42
    93
    3.57
    33
    42. Cervical Cancer
    1.39
    180
    7.80
    96
    43. Endocrine Disorders
    1.35
    167
    3.39
    92
    44. Pertussis
    1.08
    63
    3.41
    21
    45. Meningitis
    1.07
    77
    1.88
    64
    46. Encephalitis
    1.07
    17
    0.97
    23
    47. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.95
    158
    4.43
    41
    48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.92
    151
    16.83
    4
    49. Epilepsy
    0.75
    161
    0.86
    144
    50. Uterin Cancer
    0.59
    173
    1.27
    151
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    36,594
    24.98
    5,190
    12.89
    2. Stroke
    20,793
    14.19
    5,769
    14.33
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    10,726
    7.32
    1,281
    3.18
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    7,395
    5.05
    1,466
    3.64
    5. Low Birth Weight
    6,573
    4.49
    1,156
    2.87
    6. Kidney Disease
    6,323
    4.32
    1,646
    4.09
    7. Violence
    5,658
    3.86
    475
    1.18
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5,551
    3.79
    2,820
    7.01
    9. Congenital Anomalies
    4,812
    3.28
    647
    1.61
    10. Birth Trauma
    4,223
    2.88
    1,116
    2.77
    11. War
    2,942
    2.01
    3
    0.01
    12. Hypertension
    2,451
    1.67
    890
    2.21
    13. Alzheimers & Dementia
    2,429
    1.66
    458
    1.14
    14. Other Injuries
    2,212
    1.51
    519
    1.29
    15. Lung Cancers
    2,162
    1.48
    919
    2.28
    16. Liver Disease
    2,127
    1.45
    1,171
    2.91
    17. Breast Cancer
    1,783
    1.22
    437
    1.09
    18. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1,578
    1.08
    1,552
    3.86
    19. Suicide
    1,418
    0.97
    390
    0.97
    20. Lung Disease
    1,329
    0.91
    1,626
    4.04
    21. Leukemia
    1,315
    0.90
    290
    0.72
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,190
    0.81
    206
    0.51
    23. Asthma
    914
    0.62
    840
    2.09
    24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    852
    0.58
    422
    1.05
    25. Tuberculosis
    821
    0.56
    1,949
    4.84
    26. Lymphomas
    811
    0.55
    211
    0.52
    27. Maternal Conditions
    780
    0.53
    218
    0.54
    28. Stomach Cancer
    771
    0.53
    530
    1.32
    29. Fires
    742
    0.51
    108
    0.27
    30. Falls
    709
    0.48
    440
    1.09
    31. Parkinson's Disease
    658
    0.45
    139
    0.35
    32. Drownings
    658
    0.45
    568
    1.41
    33. Pertussis
    636
    0.43
    304
    0.76
    34. Bladder Cancer
    628
    0.43
    49
    0.12
    35. Liver Cancer
    555
    0.38
    1,104
    2.74
    36. Pancreas Cancer
    530
    0.36
    61
    0.15
    37. Endocrine Disorders
    462
    0.32
    186
    0.46
    38. Drug Use
    441
    0.30
    33
    0.08
    39. Oral Cancer
    410
    0.28
    349
    0.87
    40. Encephalitis
    378
    0.26
    69
    0.17
    41. Ovary Cancer
    376
    0.26
    101
    0.25
    42. Meningitis
    372
    0.25
    154
    0.38
    43. Skin Cancers
    339
    0.23
    59
    0.15
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    283
    0.19
    207
    0.51
    45. Epilepsy
    253
    0.17
    58
    0.14
    46. Oesophagus Cancer
    173
    0.12
    214
    0.53
    47. Prostate Cancer
    171
    0.12
    37
    0.09
    48. Cervical Cancer
    162
    0.11
    187
    0.46
    49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    159
    0.11
    651
    1.62
    50. Syphilis
    137
    0.09
    28
    0.07
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Iraq IRAQ   Laos LAOS
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    15.07
    115
    17.83
    80
    2. Lung Cancers
    11.72
    97
    21.02
    48
    3. Leukemia
    4.79
    26
    5.00
    19
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.32
    158
    10.17
    74
    5. Stomach Cancer
    3.94
    132
    11.97
    22
    6. Lymphomas
    3.82
    128
    4.47
    102
    7. Bladder Cancer
    3.81
    31
    1.36
    137
    8. Ovary Cancer
    3.16
    141
    4.05
    108
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    165
    25.37
    4
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    2.88
    115
    1.38
    157
    11. Prostate Cancer
    2.81
    176
    3.01
    174
    12. Oral Cancer
    2.01
    133
    7.55
    14
    13. Skin Cancers
    2.00
    87
    1.43
    123
    14. Cervical Cancer
    1.39
    180
    7.80
    96
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.95
    158
    4.43
    41
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.59
    173
    1.27
    151
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.