IRAN VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	138,142	1	93,308	+ 44,834
Liver Disease	2	47,768	12	6,637	+ 41,131
Stroke	3	34,830	2	36,730	- 1,899
Liver Cancer	4	19,475	20	3,714	+ 15,761
Hypertension	5	16,760	4	16,415	+ 344
Kidney Disease	6	16,754	6	11,810	+ 4,944
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	16,442	8	11,243	+ 5,199
Diabetes Mellitus	8	15,200	5	13,910	+ 1,290
Lung Disease	9	10,641	7	11,409	- 768
Congenital Anomalies	10	9,664	14	4,844	+ 4,820
Low Birth Weight	11	9,050	13	4,861	+ 4,190
Road Traffic Accidents	12	8,057	3	17,803	- 9,746
Breast Cancer	13	7,293	19	3,736	+ 3,557
Lymphomas	14	5,990	23	2,882	+ 3,108
Asthma	15	5,644	22	3,360	+ 2,284
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	5,542	9	11,046	- 5,505
Birth Trauma	17	4,854	25	2,735	+ 2,119
Lung Cancers	18	4,511	11	6,784	- 2,273
Bladder Cancer	19	4,078	36	1,410	+ 2,668
Violence	20	3,309	27	2,535	+ 774
Other Injuries	21	3,034	17	4,048	- 1,014
Leukemia	22	2,990	18	3,966	- 976
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	2,933	33	1,836	+ 1,097
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	2,449	15	4,575	- 2,126
Suicide	25	2,401	16	4,334	- 1,933
Pancreas Cancer	26	2,309	29	2,418	- 109
Inflammatory/Heart	27	1,978	35	1,611	+ 367
Parkinson's Disease	28	1,900	26	2,545	- 645
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,885	32	2,092	- 208
Falls	30	1,604	24	2,821	- 1,217
Ovary Cancer	31	1,544	39	937	+ 607
Stomach Cancer	32	1,465	10	9,822	- 8,356
Fires	33	1,246	34	1,823	- 577
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,064	37	1,246	- 183
Prostate Cancer	35	1,019	21	3,583	- 2,564
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	992	38	996	- 4
Drownings	37	892	40	930	- 39
Encephalitis	38	831	54	246	+ 585
Skin Cancers	39	805	47	518	+ 286
Hepatitis B	40	785	49	425	+ 360
Oesophagus Cancer	41	755	30	2,371	- 1,616
Pertussis	42	720	60	75	+ 645
Meningitis	43	657	46	642	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	44	632	52	285	+ 347
Oral Cancer	45	630	45	655	- 24
Malnutrition	46	603	56	157	+ 446
War	47	567	42	848	- 281
Cervical Cancer	48	497	48	501	- 4
Tetanus	49	429	62	37	+ 393
Epilepsy	50	358	44	719	- 360
Tuberculosis	51	343	41	882	- 539
Uterin Cancer	52	335	51	355	- 20
HIV/AIDS	53	315	28	2,521	- 2,205
Schistosomiasis	54	175	66	3	+ 172
Skin Disease	55	174	55	237	- 63
Multiple Sclerosis	56	169	50	405	- 236
Poisonings	57	155	43	816	- 661
Syphilis	58	127	61	52	+ 74
Appendicitis	59	113	57	155	- 42
Alcohol	60	112	53	253	- 141
Other Neoplasms	61	92	58	112	- 19
Drug Use	62	92	31	2,242	- 2,150
Hepatitis C	63	77	69	1	+ 76
Measles	64	34	68	2	+ 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	21	59	80	- 60
Leishmaniasis	66	11	64	8	+ 3
Ascariasis	67	4	67	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	4	63	16	- 12
Dengue	69	4	74	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	70	2	70	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	71	1	65	4	- 3
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAN

Egypt

Iran

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.