AUSTRALIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,259	1	21,548	+ 6,711
Stroke	2	11,124	3	10,331	+ 793
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,392	29	1,245	+ 4,147
Hypertension	4	4,971	23	1,631	+ 3,340
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,213	7	4,471	- 259
Kidney Disease	6	3,577	12	3,139	+ 438
Lung Disease	7	3,455	5	8,487	- 5,032
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,405	8	4,446	- 1,041
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,345	2	15,588	- 12,243
Stomach Cancer	10	2,975	27	1,288	+ 1,687
Lung Cancers	11	2,054	4	8,769	- 6,714
Liver Disease	12	2,010	26	1,421	+ 589
Low Birth Weight	13	1,472	43	248	+ 1,224
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,467	33	711	+ 756
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,386	6	6,209	- 4,823
Suicide	16	1,313	11	3,150	- 1,837
Other Injuries	17	1,226	22	1,642	- 416
Leukemia	18	1,201	18	2,126	- 925
Breast Cancer	19	1,132	10	3,405	- 2,274
Liver Cancer	20	1,125	20	2,036	- 911
Prostate Cancer	21	1,085	9	3,766	- 2,681
Asthma	22	1,018	36	455	+ 562
Lymphomas	23	873	15	3,039	- 2,166
Falls	24	854	14	3,116	- 2,261
Birth Trauma	25	828	50	140	+ 688
Parkinson's Disease	26	771	19	2,036	- 1,265
Violence	27	768	44	243	+ 524
HIV/AIDS	28	763	57	50	+ 713
Pancreas Cancer	29	732	13	3,118	- 2,385
Oesophagus Cancer	30	718	25	1,494	- 776
Drug Use	31	679	21	1,783	- 1,104
Endocrine Disorders	32	634	16	2,328	- 1,695
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	556	40	296	+ 260
Fires	34	552	55	55	+ 497
Inflammatory/Heart	35	488	24	1,571	- 1,083
Bladder Cancer	36	427	30	1,187	- 760
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	377	42	276	+ 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	302	38	379	- 77
Ovary Cancer	39	284	31	1,003	- 719
Drownings	40	282	47	177	+ 105
Tuberculosis	41	267	56	53	+ 215
War	42	257	65	8	+ 249
Poisonings	43	247	61	35	+ 212
Epilepsy	44	218	41	285	- 67
Oral Cancer	45	198	32	972	- 774
Meningitis	46	194	60	37	+ 157
Skin Cancers	47	157	17	2,319	- 2,162
Cervical Cancer	48	152	39	342	- 190
Hepatitis B	49	129	58	41	+ 88
Multiple Sclerosis	50	123	46	188	- 65
Uterin Cancer	51	108	35	524	- 417
Maternal Conditions	52	86	63	20	+ 66
Alcohol	53	77	37	380	- 303
Encephalitis	54	75	68	3	+ 72
Skin Disease	55	72	34	594	- 522
Malnutrition	56	47	51	117	- 69
Appendicitis	57	47	62	26	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	58	34	28	1,252	- 1,218
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	24	45	229	- 205
Pertussis	60	23	69	1	+ 21
Syphilis	61	16	67	3	+ 13
Tetanus	62	11	70	1	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	63	5	64	17	- 12
Leishmaniasis	64	2	81	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	48	173	- 173
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	64	- 64
Anemia	82	0	49	157	- 157
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	114	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	71	- 71
Oral conditions	86	0	59	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

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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.