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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 SAMOA

Compare Iraq and Samoa 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.

Samoa
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
70,940,131
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Samoa Population Pyramid
267,390
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Samoa SAMOA
  Iraq IRAQ   Samoa SAMOA
       
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
  
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
  
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
  
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
  
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Samoa SAMOA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
70.1
72.6
121
135
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
70.2
72.7
122
137
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
70.3
72.8
124
139
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
70.6
73.0
123
139
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
71.1
73.3
122
140
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
71.6
73.6
120
141
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
72.2
73.9
121
144
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
72.8
74.4
120
147
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
73.6
75.1
116
148
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
74.6
75.9
111
149
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
75.8
77.0
108
149
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
77.4
78.3
105
149
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
79.2
79.9
101
147
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
81.4
81.8
99
142
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
83.8
84.1
92
141
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
86.6
86.7
93
142
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
89.8
89.8
99
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Samoa SAMOA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
189.77
33
2. Stroke
128.44
31
118.02
45
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
82.64
13
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
39.81
23
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
15.42
93
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
19.13
68
7. Violence
17.20
26
3.39
108
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
23.76
63
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
39.32
68
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
26.40
20
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
21.56
44
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
18.98
94
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
47.54
19
14. War
8.37
6
0.01
124
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
3.59
116
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
5.11
112
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
8.08
85
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
5.15
83
19. Asthma
5.15
86
17.01
29
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
1.25
111
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
2.10
150
22. Suicide
4.74
144
14.60
30
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
6.72
14
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
8.66
93
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
12.23
20
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
3.94
122
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
3.56
38
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
8.39
70
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
14.84
1
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
4.91
99
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
2.68
124
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
24.32
48
33. Falls
2.77
156
6.17
83
34. Fires
2.35
66
1.12
107
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
1.05
126
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
3.11
57
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
3.32
75
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
1.24
130
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
0.42
168
40. Drownings
1.56
127
7.42
11
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
7.61
14
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
7.89
94
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
4.28
81
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
0.10
105
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
1.21
73
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.32
105
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
0.72
172
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
6.92
34
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
1.39
109
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
7.58
4
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Samoa SAMOA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
241
21.56
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
148
13.24
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
26
2.33
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
108
9.66
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
16
1.43
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
52
4.65
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
6
0.54
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
53
4.74
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
18
1.61
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
5
0.45
11. War
2,942
2.01
0
0.00
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
30
2.68
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
19
1.70
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
13
1.16
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
26
2.33
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
27
2.42
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
19
1.70
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
12
1.07
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
25
2.24
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
57
5.10
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
3
0.27
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
7
0.63
23. Asthma
914
0.62
21
1.88
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
12
1.07
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
2
0.18
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
6
0.54
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
5
0.45
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
16
1.43
29. Fires
742
0.51
2
0.18
30. Falls
709
0.48
8
0.72
31. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
7
0.63
32. Drownings
658
0.45
13
1.16
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
5
0.45
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
7
0.63
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
4
0.36
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
6
0.54
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
1
0.09
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
4
0.36
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
1
0.09
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
10
0.89
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
2
0.18
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
2
0.18
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
11
0.98
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
2
0.18
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
1
0.09
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
11
0.98
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
6
0.54
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
9
0.81
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
2
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Samoa SAMOA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
26.40
20
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
21.56
44
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
2.10
150
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
8.66
93
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
12.23
20
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
3.94
122
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
3.56
38
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
14.84
1
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
4.91
99
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
2.68
124
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
24.32
48
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
3.32
75
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
1.24
130
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
7.89
94
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
0.72
172
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
7.58
4
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.