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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

Compare Iraq and Moldova 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.

Moldova
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%
Moldova Population Pyramid
3,360,176
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   Moldova MOLDOVA
  Iraq IRAQ   Moldova MOLDOVA
       
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
 
58.2
65.9
62.0
62
48
55
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
 
61.4
68.3
64.7
64
55
63
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
 
61.6
68.4
64.9
82
79
83
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
 
63.9
70.8
67.3
96
86
92
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
 
63.2
71.0
67.1
113
104
108
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
 
64.7
73.0
68.8
119
106
111
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
 
69.3
77.1
73.3
110
89
95
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Moldova MOLDOVA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
69.3
77.1
110
89
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
69.3
77.1
110
89
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
70.4
78.2
118
89
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
70.5
78.2
119
89
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
70.6
78.3
120
89
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
70.8
78.4
120
91
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
71.0
78.5
123
91
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
71.2
78.5
127
91
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
71.6
78.7
130
92
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
72.0
78.9
131
92
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
72.8
79.2
130
92
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
73.8
79.6
129
93
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
75.0
80.2
131
94
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
76.6
80.9
128
95
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
78.7
81.9
115
99
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
81.8
83.5
83
93
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
83.8
85.1
90
95
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
87.3
87.7
66
89
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
91.5
91.0
8
53
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Moldova MOLDOVA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
245.76
18
2. Stroke
128.44
31
100.83
71
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
6.88
158
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
5.43
163
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
6.60
141
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
2.92
174
7. Violence
17.20
26
3.50
106
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
39.16
26
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
21.42
110
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
17.42
88
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
18.69
61
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
50.57
10
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
12.92
154
14. War
8.37
6
0.01
110
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
2.98
124
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
6.58
64
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
14.89
26
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
8.61
39
19. Asthma
5.15
86
0.44
168
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
1.22
112
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
2.60
140
22. Suicide
4.74
144
12.17
50
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
0.11
183
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
17.43
10
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
8.84
53
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
4.14
114
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
3.05
52
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
0.10
178
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
3.79
118
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
8.77
42
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
7.24
39
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
13.36
116
33. Falls
2.77
156
2.72
158
34. Fires
2.35
66
1.36
95
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
3.79
91
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
0.17
133
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
6.32
26
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
2.10
77
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
1.13
101
40. Drownings
1.56
127
4.16
42
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
1.15
107
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
7.09
103
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
0.85
178
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
0.00
180
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
0.42
122
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.11
128
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
1.74
117
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
3.89
71
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
1.01
135
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
3.04
54
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Moldova MOLDOVA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
14,292
37.00
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
5,878
15.22
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
293
0.76
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
407
1.05
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
90
0.23
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
307
0.79
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
167
0.43
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
1,042
2.70
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
190
0.49
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
37
0.10
11. War
2,942
2.01
1
0.00
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
2,287
5.92
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
163
0.42
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
772
2.00
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
1,131
2.93
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
2,869
7.43
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
592
1.53
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
4
0.01
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
593
1.54
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
752
1.95
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
140
0.36
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
476
1.23
23. Asthma
914
0.62
26
0.07
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
1,030
2.67
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
197
0.51
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
230
0.60
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
7
0.02
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
518
1.34
29. Fires
742
0.51
70
0.18
30. Falls
709
0.48
149
0.39
31. Drownings
658
0.45
179
0.46
32. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
6
0.02
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
0
0.00
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
181
0.47
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
514
1.33
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
427
1.11
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
40
0.10
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
59
0.15
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
375
0.97
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
3
0.01
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
123
0.32
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
17
0.04
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
121
0.31
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
68
0.18
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
46
0.12
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
105
0.27
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
295
0.76
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
212
0.55
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
219
0.57
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Moldova MOLDOVA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
17.42
88
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
18.69
61
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
2.60
140
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
17.43
10
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
8.84
53
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
4.14
114
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
3.05
52
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
3.79
118
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
8.77
42
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
7.24
39
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
13.36
116
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
6.32
26
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
2.10
77
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
7.09
103
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
1.74
117
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
3.04
54
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.