CAMEROON VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,690	6	10,695	+ 21,995
Stroke	2	12,868	5	11,199	+ 1,669
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,237	9	7,810	- 1,573
Hypertension	4	5,751	22	2,035	+ 3,716
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,873	11	5,468	- 595
Kidney Disease	6	4,138	13	5,140	- 1,002
Lung Disease	7	3,997	20	2,310	+ 1,687
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,939	1	19,694	- 15,755
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,870	31	1,157	+ 2,714
Stomach Cancer	10	3,441	45	458	+ 2,984
Lung Cancers	11	2,377	51	301	+ 2,076
Liver Disease	12	2,325	14	4,531	- 2,206
Low Birth Weight	13	1,703	8	7,950	- 6,247
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,697	12	5,258	- 3,561
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	1,603	43	569	+ 1,034
Suicide	16	1,518	19	2,333	- 815
Other Injuries	17	1,418	16	3,289	- 1,871
Leukemia	18	1,390	54	275	+ 1,115
Breast Cancer	19	1,309	23	1,874	- 565
Liver Cancer	20	1,301	37	875	+ 426
Prostate Cancer	21	1,255	34	940	+ 315
Asthma	22	1,177	25	1,619	- 442
Lymphomas	23	1,010	44	489	+ 520
Falls	24	988	27	1,235	- 247
Birth Trauma	25	958	7	8,243	- 7,285
Parkinson's Disease	26	892	46	449	+ 442
Violence	27	888	24	1,666	- 778
HIV/AIDS	28	883	2	13,888	- 13,005
Pancreas Cancer	29	847	52	290	+ 558
Oesophagus Cancer	30	831	59	135	+ 695
Drug Use	31	786	35	928	- 142
Endocrine Disorders	32	733	18	2,474	- 1,741
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	643	3	11,849	- 11,205
Fires	34	639	36	908	- 270
Inflammatory/Heart	35	564	33	986	- 422
Bladder Cancer	36	494	62	65	+ 429
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	437	40	754	- 318
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	349	49	323	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	39	328	50	303	+ 26
Drownings	40	326	29	1,178	- 852
Tuberculosis	41	309	10	7,414	- 7,105
War	42	297	42	643	- 346
Poisonings	43	286	41	666	- 380
Epilepsy	44	252	38	867	- 615
Oral Cancer	45	229	39	845	- 616
Meningitis	46	225	15	3,441	- 3,216
Skin Cancers	47	182	56	204	- 23
Cervical Cancer	48	175	26	1,582	- 1,407
Hepatitis B	49	149	47	336	- 187
Multiple Sclerosis	50	142	64	41	+ 101
Uterin Cancer	51	124	60	75	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	52	100	17	2,615	- 2,515
Alcohol	53	89	57	198	- 109
Encephalitis	54	86	58	187	- 100
Skin Disease	55	83	48	324	- 241
Malnutrition	56	55	28	1,218	- 1,163
Appendicitis	57	54	61	72	- 18
Other Neoplasms	58	39	63	49	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	28	68	26	+ 3
Pertussis	60	26	21	2,288	- 2,261
Syphilis	61	18	30	1,170	- 1,152
Tetanus	62	13	55	223	- 210
Upper Respiratory	63	6	70	19	- 13
Leishmaniasis	64	3	69	20	- 17
Chlamydia	65	1	72	4	- 3
Schistosomiasis	66	1	53	288	- 287
Ascariasis	67	1	65	30	- 29
Measles	68	1	32	1,028	- 1,027
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	27	- 26
Diphtheria	70	0	67	26	- 26
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	71	10	- 10
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	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 CAMEROON

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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.