BANGLADESH VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		BANGLADESH		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	178,089	2	108,528	+ 69,562
Stroke	2	70,103	1	134,166	- 64,063
Road Traffic Accidents	3	33,979	8	25,023	+ 8,956
Hypertension	4	31,330	14	14,776	+ 16,555
Diabetes Mellitus	5	26,548	7	28,976	- 2,428
Kidney Disease	6	22,542	17	10,841	+ 11,701
Lung Disease	7	21,775	3	45,699	- 23,924
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	21,459	6	29,586	- 8,126
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	21,083	13	14,993	+ 6,090
Stomach Cancer	10	18,746	24	6,799	+ 11,948
Lung Cancers	11	12,947	16	12,174	+ 773
Liver Disease	12	12,668	9	21,024	- 8,356
Low Birth Weight	13	9,277	11	17,457	- 8,180
Congenital Anomalies	14	9,245	18	10,113	- 869
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	8,733	28	4,534	+ 4,198
Suicide	16	8,272	25	5,998	+ 2,274
Other Injuries	17	7,726	21	7,629	+ 98
Leukemia	18	7,570	40	1,895	+ 5,675
Breast Cancer	19	7,131	23	6,808	+ 323
Liver Cancer	20	7,089	34	2,884	+ 4,205
Prostate Cancer	21	6,838	41	1,664	+ 5,174
Asthma	22	6,413	20	8,893	- 2,480
Lymphomas	23	5,500	35	2,667	+ 2,833
Falls	24	5,385	31	3,328	+ 2,057
Birth Trauma	25	5,220	15	13,392	- 8,172
Parkinson's Disease	26	4,858	30	3,782	+ 1,076
Violence	27	4,839	27	4,623	+ 216
HIV/AIDS	28	4,811	55	563	+ 4,248
Pancreas Cancer	29	4,616	43	1,414	+ 3,202
Oesophagus Cancer	30	4,525	10	19,525	- 15,000
Drug Use	31	4,280	32	2,967	+ 1,313
Endocrine Disorders	32	3,993	45	1,335	+ 2,658
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	3,504	5	36,111	- 32,606
Fires	34	3,479	46	1,271	+ 2,208
Inflammatory/Heart	35	3,074	42	1,485	+ 1,590
Bladder Cancer	36	2,690	52	991	+ 1,700
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	2,379	48	1,251	+ 1,128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,901	33	2,922	- 1,021
Ovary Cancer	39	1,789	37	2,231	- 443
Drownings	40	1,776	22	7,094	- 5,318
Tuberculosis	41	1,683	4	37,175	- 35,492
War	42	1,618	63	202	+ 1,415
Poisonings	43	1,557	56	539	+ 1,018
Epilepsy	44	1,372	44	1,353	+ 18
Oral Cancer	45	1,249	12	15,511	- 14,262
Meningitis	46	1,225	38	2,105	- 881
Skin Cancers	47	990	53	853	+ 136
Cervical Cancer	48	956	26	5,132	- 4,176
Hepatitis B	49	811	51	1,121	- 309
Multiple Sclerosis	50	773	64	179	+ 594
Uterin Cancer	51	678	58	405	+ 273
Maternal Conditions	52	544	29	3,920	- 3,376
Alcohol	53	483	60	262	+ 221
Encephalitis	54	470	59	371	+ 98
Skin Disease	55	453	50	1,131	- 678
Malnutrition	56	299	36	2,418	- 2,119
Appendicitis	57	296	47	1,262	- 966
Other Neoplasms	58	213	61	243	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	153	54	815	- 662
Pertussis	60	144	39	2,011	- 1,868
Syphilis	61	99	49	1,227	- 1,127
Tetanus	62	70	57	450	- 380
Upper Respiratory	63	30	66	100	- 70
Leishmaniasis	64	15	67	56	- 41
Chlamydia	65	7	70	21	- 14
Schistosomiasis	66	5	74	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	67	5	69	31	- 26
Measles	68	5	19	9,021	- 9,016
Hepatitis C	69	2	62	207	- 205
Diphtheria	70	2	72	5	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	71	14	- 13
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	65	161	- 161
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	68	45	- 45
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BANGLADESH

Iran

Bangladesh

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.