AFGHANISTAN VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,355	1	40,195	+ 2,161
Stroke	2	16,673	3	19,060	- 2,387
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,081	11	6,033	+ 2,048
Hypertension	4	7,451	8	7,995	- 544
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,314	12	5,750	+ 565
Kidney Disease	6	5,361	10	6,590	- 1,229
Lung Disease	7	5,179	15	4,650	+ 529
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	5,104	4	14,649	- 9,546
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	5,014	23	1,765	+ 3,249
Stomach Cancer	10	4,458	26	1,501	+ 2,958
Lung Cancers	11	3,079	32	1,076	+ 2,003
Liver Disease	12	3,013	16	4,600	- 1,587
Low Birth Weight	13	2,206	5	12,631	- 10,424
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,199	14	5,001	- 2,802
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	2,077	39	741	+ 1,336
Suicide	16	1,967	24	1,573	+ 395
Other Injuries	17	1,838	18	3,241	- 1,404
Leukemia	18	1,800	42	610	+ 1,190
Breast Cancer	19	1,696	22	1,822	- 126
Liver Cancer	20	1,686	40	657	+ 1,029
Prostate Cancer	21	1,626	55	258	+ 1,368
Asthma	22	1,525	17	3,403	- 1,878
Lymphomas	23	1,308	36	946	+ 362
Falls	24	1,281	37	905	+ 375
Birth Trauma	25	1,242	6	10,723	- 9,481
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,155	41	628	+ 528
Violence	27	1,151	19	3,217	- 2,066
HIV/AIDS	28	1,144	46	464	+ 680
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,098	56	229	+ 868
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,076	29	1,314	- 238
Drug Use	31	1,018	51	328	+ 690
Endocrine Disorders	32	950	28	1,364	- 414
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	833	13	5,555	- 4,722
Fires	34	827	50	348	+ 479
Inflammatory/Heart	35	731	45	527	+ 204
Bladder Cancer	36	640	54	272	+ 368
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	566	25	1,505	- 939
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	452	33	1,041	- 589
Ovary Cancer	39	425	48	369	+ 56
Drownings	40	422	34	996	- 574
Tuberculosis	41	400	7	9,839	- 9,439
War	42	385	2	25,620	- 25,235
Poisonings	43	370	47	384	- 13
Epilepsy	44	326	35	993	- 666
Oral Cancer	45	297	27	1,467	- 1,170
Meningitis	46	291	20	2,626	- 2,334
Skin Cancers	47	235	59	145	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	48	227	44	541	- 313
Hepatitis B	49	193	38	863	- 670
Multiple Sclerosis	50	184	62	84	+ 100
Uterin Cancer	51	161	53	289	- 127
Maternal Conditions	52	129	9	7,807	- 7,678
Alcohol	53	115	58	150	- 35
Encephalitis	54	112	31	1,190	- 1,078
Skin Disease	55	108	61	94	+ 14
Malnutrition	56	71	43	589	- 518
Appendicitis	57	70	52	298	- 228
Other Neoplasms	58	51	63	29	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	36	65	25	+ 11
Pertussis	60	34	21	2,107	- 2,073
Syphilis	61	24	60	94	- 71
Tetanus	62	17	30	1,254	- 1,238
Upper Respiratory	63	7	68	9	- 2
Leishmaniasis	64	4	70	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	2	69	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	66	17	- 16
Measles	68	1	49	350	- 349
Hepatitis C	69	1	64	28	- 27
Diphtheria	70	0	67	16	- 16
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Iran

Afghanistan

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.