CANADA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	40,955	1	40,063	+ 891
Stroke	2	16,121	5	14,159	+ 1,963
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,814	28	1,998	+ 5,816
Hypertension	4	7,205	22	2,563	+ 4,642
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,105	9	5,718	+ 388
Kidney Disease	6	5,184	14	4,578	+ 606
Lung Disease	7	5,008	4	14,212	- 9,205
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,935	7	7,431	- 2,497
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	4,848	2	30,970	- 26,121
Stomach Cancer	10	4,311	26	2,177	+ 2,134
Lung Cancers	11	2,977	3	20,937	- 17,959
Liver Disease	12	2,913	17	3,624	- 710
Low Birth Weight	13	2,133	42	553	+ 1,580
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,126	35	1,081	+ 1,045
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	2,008	6	9,651	- 7,643
Suicide	16	1,902	15	4,417	- 2,514
Other Injuries	17	1,777	24	2,392	- 616
Leukemia	18	1,741	21	3,098	- 1,357
Breast Cancer	19	1,640	8	5,910	- 4,270
Liver Cancer	20	1,630	20	3,113	- 1,482
Prostate Cancer	21	1,573	13	4,711	- 3,138
Asthma	22	1,475	49	262	+ 1,213
Lymphomas	23	1,265	10	5,146	- 3,881
Falls	24	1,238	12	4,829	- 3,591
Birth Trauma	25	1,201	50	193	+ 1,008
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,117	18	3,359	- 2,242
Violence	27	1,113	40	605	+ 508
HIV/AIDS	28	1,106	53	163	+ 943
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,061	11	5,057	- 3,996
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,041	25	2,230	- 1,189
Drug Use	31	984	16	3,686	- 2,702
Endocrine Disorders	32	918	19	3,233	- 2,314
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	806	36	840	- 34
Fires	34	800	52	192	+ 608
Inflammatory/Heart	35	707	27	2,060	- 1,353
Bladder Cancer	36	619	23	2,521	- 1,902
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	547	43	442	+ 105
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	437	39	636	- 199
Ovary Cancer	39	411	29	1,902	- 1,491
Drownings	40	408	48	283	+ 125
Tuberculosis	41	387	58	97	+ 290
War	42	372	65	21	+ 351
Poisonings	43	358	56	121	+ 237
Epilepsy	44	315	44	384	- 69
Oral Cancer	45	287	32	1,592	- 1,305
Meningitis	46	282	59	68	+ 213
Skin Cancers	47	228	30	1,756	- 1,529
Cervical Cancer	48	220	41	578	- 358
Hepatitis B	49	187	60	66	+ 121
Multiple Sclerosis	50	178	37	692	- 514
Uterin Cancer	51	156	34	1,183	- 1,027
Maternal Conditions	52	125	64	45	+ 80
Alcohol	53	111	33	1,491	- 1,380
Encephalitis	54	108	68	3	+ 105
Skin Disease	55	104	38	679	- 575
Malnutrition	56	69	51	192	- 124
Appendicitis	57	68	62	49	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	58	49	31	1,679	- 1,630
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	35	47	322	- 287
Pertussis	60	33	69	1	+ 32
Syphilis	61	23	67	5	+ 18
Tetanus	62	16	71	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	63	7	63	47	- 40
Leishmaniasis	64	3	77	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	66	1	78	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	45	363	- 363
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	8	- 8
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	118	- 118
Anemia	82	0	46	343	- 343
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	55	139	- 139
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	61	51	- 51
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

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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.