CHILE VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,704	1	10,685	+ 9,019
Stroke	2	7,756	2	9,731	- 1,975
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,759	12	2,826	+ 933
Hypertension	4	3,466	7	3,817	- 350
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,937	10	3,177	- 239
Kidney Disease	6	2,494	3	4,065	- 1,571
Lung Disease	7	2,409	4	4,062	- 1,653
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,374	6	3,920	- 1,546
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,333	5	4,000	- 1,667
Stomach Cancer	10	2,074	8	3,631	- 1,556
Lung Cancers	11	1,432	9	3,452	- 2,020
Liver Disease	12	1,402	13	2,647	- 1,246
Low Birth Weight	13	1,026	36	437	+ 589
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,023	25	858	+ 165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	966	11	3,022	- 2,056
Suicide	16	915	15	1,700	- 785
Other Injuries	17	855	21	1,310	- 455
Leukemia	18	838	24	879	- 42
Breast Cancer	19	789	16	1,689	- 900
Liver Cancer	20	784	19	1,369	- 585
Prostate Cancer	21	757	14	2,435	- 1,679
Asthma	22	710	42	295	+ 415
Lymphomas	23	609	18	1,394	- 785
Falls	24	596	23	904	- 309
Birth Trauma	25	578	54	87	+ 490
Parkinson's Disease	26	537	26	790	- 253
Violence	27	535	29	744	- 208
HIV/AIDS	28	532	33	539	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	29	511	17	1,567	- 1,056
Oesophagus Cancer	30	501	30	722	- 221
Drug Use	31	474	50	149	+ 325
Endocrine Disorders	32	442	22	1,286	- 845
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	388	39	334	+ 53
Fires	34	385	41	295	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	35	340	31	709	- 369
Bladder Cancer	36	298	32	641	- 343
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	263	46	223	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	210	52	104	+ 106
Ovary Cancer	39	198	35	514	- 316
Drownings	40	196	44	283	- 87
Tuberculosis	41	186	38	410	- 224
War	42	179	64	14	+ 165
Poisonings	43	172	57	68	+ 104
Epilepsy	44	152	43	294	- 143
Oral Cancer	45	138	40	307	- 169
Meningitis	46	135	53	95	+ 41
Skin Cancers	47	109	34	526	- 416
Cervical Cancer	48	106	27	780	- 674
Hepatitis B	49	90	60	30	+ 60
Multiple Sclerosis	50	86	62	27	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	51	75	45	275	- 200
Maternal Conditions	52	60	63	24	+ 37
Alcohol	53	53	47	207	- 154
Encephalitis	54	52	70	2	+ 50
Skin Disease	55	50	28	763	- 713
Malnutrition	56	33	37	420	- 387
Appendicitis	57	33	59	37	- 4
Other Neoplasms	58	24	20	1,358	- 1,334
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	17	48	187	- 170
Pertussis	60	16	68	3	+ 13
Syphilis	61	11	66	5	+ 6
Tetanus	62	8	69	2	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	63	3	67	4	- 1
Leishmaniasis	64	2	81	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	61	27	- 26
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	55	79	- 79
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	58	38	- 38
Anemia	82	0	49	180	- 180
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	131	- 131
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	73	- 73
Oral conditions	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

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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.