BELGIUM VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,644	1	15,281	- 2,636
Stroke	2	4,977	3	7,408	- 2,430
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,413	29	666	+ 1,747
Hypertension	4	2,224	27	740	+ 1,485
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,885	20	1,269	+ 616
Kidney Disease	6	1,600	8	2,952	- 1,351
Lung Disease	7	1,546	5	6,438	- 4,892
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,524	6	5,677	- 4,154
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,497	2	9,416	- 7,919
Stomach Cancer	10	1,331	26	863	+ 468
Lung Cancers	11	919	4	6,777	- 5,858
Liver Disease	12	899	17	1,433	- 533
Low Birth Weight	13	659	50	70	+ 589
Congenital Anomalies	14	656	40	282	+ 375
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	620	7	3,329	- 2,709
Suicide	16	587	10	2,111	- 1,524
Other Injuries	17	549	11	2,006	- 1,458
Leukemia	18	537	21	1,199	- 662
Breast Cancer	19	506	9	2,587	- 2,080
Liver Cancer	20	503	24	976	- 472
Prostate Cancer	21	486	13	1,824	- 1,339
Asthma	22	455	46	128	+ 328
Lymphomas	23	391	16	1,552	- 1,162
Falls	24	382	15	1,756	- 1,373
Birth Trauma	25	371	53	47	+ 324
Parkinson's Disease	26	345	19	1,378	- 1,033
Violence	27	344	44	149	+ 194
HIV/AIDS	28	342	57	36	+ 305
Pancreas Cancer	29	328	14	1,809	- 1,482
Oesophagus Cancer	30	321	25	898	- 577
Drug Use	31	304	39	287	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	32	284	18	1,432	- 1,148
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	249	33	418	- 169
Fires	34	247	48	75	+ 172
Inflammatory/Heart	35	218	23	1,060	- 842
Bladder Cancer	36	191	22	1,078	- 887
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	169	42	213	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	135	37	293	- 158
Ovary Cancer	39	127	30	653	- 526
Drownings	40	126	47	79	+ 47
Tuberculosis	41	120	54	46	+ 74
War	42	115	67	1	+ 114
Poisonings	43	111	55	41	+ 69
Epilepsy	44	97	36	348	- 250
Oral Cancer	45	89	28	675	- 586
Meningitis	46	87	58	28	+ 58
Skin Cancers	47	70	31	522	- 452
Cervical Cancer	48	68	41	243	- 175
Hepatitis B	49	58	63	17	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	50	55	45	147	- 92
Uterin Cancer	51	48	34	384	- 336
Maternal Conditions	52	39	64	6	+ 33
Alcohol	53	34	32	500	- 465
Encephalitis	54	33	66	1	+ 32
Skin Disease	55	32	35	380	- 347
Malnutrition	56	21	38	291	- 270
Appendicitis	57	21	62	17	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	15	12	1,828	- 1,813
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	49	73	- 62
Pertussis	60	10	68	1	+ 9
Syphilis	61	7	70	0	+ 7
Tetanus	62	5	78	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	2	59	22	- 20
Leishmaniasis	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	52	53	- 53
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	40	- 40
Anemia	82	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	59	- 59
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	60	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	61	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Iran

Belgium

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.