BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,010	1	9,201	- 5,191
Stroke	2	1,579	2	7,871	- 6,293
Road Traffic Accidents	3	765	16	446	+ 319
Hypertension	4	705	11	546	+ 160
Diabetes Mellitus	5	598	3	2,406	- 1,808
Kidney Disease	6	508	9	689	- 181
Lung Disease	7	490	5	1,163	- 672
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	483	17	440	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	475	6	1,144	- 669
Stomach Cancer	10	422	12	532	- 110
Lung Cancers	11	292	4	2,076	- 1,785
Liver Disease	12	285	10	613	- 328
Low Birth Weight	13	209	41	48	+ 161
Congenital Anomalies	14	208	35	69	+ 139
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	197	7	998	- 802
Suicide	16	186	19	361	- 174
Other Injuries	17	174	26	157	+ 17
Leukemia	18	170	23	186	- 16
Breast Cancer	19	161	13	528	- 367
Liver Cancer	20	160	14	480	- 320
Prostate Cancer	21	154	18	413	- 259
Asthma	22	144	37	60	+ 85
Lymphomas	23	124	24	184	- 60
Falls	24	121	21	267	- 146
Birth Trauma	25	118	49	14	+ 104
Parkinson's Disease	26	109	20	341	- 232
Violence	27	109	40	49	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	28	108	70	0	+ 108
Pancreas Cancer	29	104	15	463	- 359
Oesophagus Cancer	30	102	31	110	- 8
Drug Use	31	96	44	25	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	32	90	39	53	+ 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	79	54	8	+ 71
Fires	34	78	38	54	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	35	69	8	874	- 805
Bladder Cancer	36	61	22	232	- 172
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	54	30	121	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	43	43	36	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	39	40	25	182	- 142
Drownings	40	40	42	48	- 8
Tuberculosis	41	38	32	93	- 55
War	42	36	62	0	+ 36
Poisonings	43	35	50	13	+ 22
Epilepsy	44	31	36	60	- 29
Oral Cancer	45	28	27	146	- 118
Meningitis	46	28	53	10	+ 18
Skin Cancers	47	22	28	133	- 111
Cervical Cancer	48	22	29	132	- 111
Hepatitis B	49	18	56	3	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	50	17	46	22	- 4
Uterin Cancer	51	15	33	92	- 77
Maternal Conditions	52	12	58	2	+ 10
Alcohol	53	11	34	90	- 79
Encephalitis	54	11	51	13	- 2
Skin Disease	55	10	47	21	- 10
Malnutrition	56	7	57	2	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	7	52	11	- 4
Other Neoplasms	58	5	45	23	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	48	19	- 16
Pertussis	60	3	59	2	+ 1
Syphilis	61	2	61	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	2	60	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	1	63	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	55	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Iran

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.