AZERBAIJAN VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Iran IRAN AZERBAIJAN Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 11,243 1 33,319 - 22,075
Stroke 2 4,426 2 12,939 - 8,514
Road Traffic Accidents 3 2,145 16 676 + 1,469
Hypertension 4 1,978 5 2,370 - 392
Diabetes Mellitus 5 1,676 4 2,383 - 707
Kidney Disease 6 1,423 9 1,590 - 167
Lung Disease 7 1,375 6 1,839 - 464
Influenza and Pneumonia 8 1,355 7 1,781 - 427
Alzheimers & Dementia 9 1,331 10 1,370 - 39
Stomach Cancer 10 1,183 12 1,299 - 116
Lung Cancers 11 817 11 1,343 - 525
Liver Disease 12 800 3 3,539 - 2,739
Low Birth Weight 13 586 15 725 - 139
Congenital Anomalies 14 584 19 542 + 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers 15 551 14 788 - 237
Suicide 16 522 25 411 + 111
Other Injuries 17 488 21 465 + 22
Leukemia 18 478 44 143 + 335
Breast Cancer 19 450 13 917 - 467
Liver Cancer 20 448 27 379 + 68
Prostate Cancer 21 432 43 156 + 275
Asthma 22 405 24 430 - 25
Lymphomas 23 347 38 229 + 118
Falls 24 340 29 306 + 34
Birth Trauma 25 330 22 459 - 129
Parkinson's Disease 26 307 23 436 - 129
Violence 27 305 34 252 + 54
HIV/AIDS 28 304 26 398 - 94
Pancreas Cancer 29 291 31 291 + 1
Oesophagus Cancer 30 286 18 572 - 286
Drug Use 31 270 52 49 + 221
Endocrine Disorders 32 252 30 300 - 48
Diarrhoeal diseases 33 221 33 262 - 41
Fires 34 220 20 473 - 253
Inflammatory/Heart 35 194 8 1,681 - 1,487
Bladder Cancer 36 170 41 181 - 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease 37 150 36 246 - 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease 38 120 40 202 - 82
Ovary Cancer 39 113 35 251 - 138
Drownings 40 112 28 335 - 223
Tuberculosis 41 106 17 594 - 487
War 42 102 65 1 + 101
Poisonings 43 98 48 93 + 5
Epilepsy 44 87 39 224 - 137
Oral Cancer 45 79 42 159 - 80
Meningitis 46 77 50 63 + 14
Skin Cancers 47 62 45 126 - 64
Cervical Cancer 48 60 32 278 - 218
Hepatitis B 49 51 57 16 + 35
Multiple Sclerosis 50 49 59 13 + 36
Uterin Cancer 51 43 47 97 - 54
Maternal Conditions 52 34 51 49 - 15
Alcohol 53 30 37 244 - 214
Encephalitis 54 30 46 108 - 79
Skin Disease 55 29 58 14 + 15
Malnutrition 56 19 55 18 + 1
Appendicitis 57 19 60 13 + 6
Other Neoplasms 58 13 54 20 - 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis 59 10 62 7 + 3
Pertussis 60 9 49 68 - 59
Syphilis 61 6 53 32 - 26
Tetanus 62 4 61 7 - 3
Upper Respiratory 63 2 56 17 - 15
Leishmaniasis 64 1 63 4 - 3
Chlamydia 65 0 64 1 - 1
Schistosomiasis 66 0 76 0 + 0
Ascariasis 67 0 69 0 + 0
Measles 68 0 68 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 69 0 66 1 - 0
Diphtheria 70 0 67 0 - 0
Otitis Media 71 0 70 0 - 0
Leprosy 72 0 71 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 73 0 79 0 - 0
Dengue 74 0 77 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 75 0 78 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 72 0 - 0
Malaria 77 0 74 0 - 0
Chagas disease 78 0 75 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 79 0 73 0 - 0
Depression 80 0 83 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 81 0 84 0 - 0
Anemia 82 0 85 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 83 0 86 0 - 0
Osteoarthritis 84 0 81 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 85 0 82 0 - 0
Oral conditions 86 0 80 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AZERBAIJAN

Iran

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Azerbaijan

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020