COLOMBIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,349	1	43,066	+ 9,283
Stroke	2	20,607	3	16,573	+ 4,034
Road Traffic Accidents	3	9,988	6	7,765	+ 2,223
Hypertension	4	9,210	8	6,400	+ 2,810
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,804	11	5,028	+ 2,776
Kidney Disease	6	6,626	7	6,834	- 208
Lung Disease	7	6,401	4	15,928	- 9,527
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	6,308	5	10,773	- 4,466
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	6,197	22	2,157	+ 4,040
Stomach Cancer	10	5,510	9	6,112	- 601
Lung Cancers	11	3,806	10	5,250	- 1,444
Liver Disease	12	3,724	19	2,426	+ 1,297
Low Birth Weight	13	2,727	23	2,095	+ 632
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,717	16	2,963	- 245
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	2,567	12	4,371	- 1,804
Suicide	16	2,431	26	1,965	+ 467
Other Injuries	17	2,271	28	1,592	+ 679
Leukemia	18	2,225	21	2,208	+ 17
Breast Cancer	19	2,096	13	3,669	- 1,573
Liver Cancer	20	2,084	24	2,065	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	21	2,010	14	3,584	- 1,574
Asthma	22	1,885	54	191	+ 1,694
Lymphomas	23	1,617	18	2,603	- 986
Falls	24	1,583	29	1,518	+ 65
Birth Trauma	25	1,535	41	648	+ 886
Parkinson's Disease	26	1,428	47	383	+ 1,045
Violence	27	1,422	2	19,268	- 17,846
HIV/AIDS	28	1,414	17	2,683	- 1,269
Pancreas Cancer	29	1,357	25	2,022	- 666
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,330	36	835	+ 495
Drug Use	31	1,258	44	492	+ 766
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,174	30	1,367	- 193
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	1,030	38	747	+ 283
Fires	34	1,023	56	127	+ 896
Inflammatory/Heart	35	904	31	1,329	- 426
Bladder Cancer	36	791	42	609	+ 182
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	699	39	698	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	559	63	38	+ 521
Ovary Cancer	39	526	33	1,122	- 596
Drownings	40	522	40	689	- 167
Tuberculosis	41	495	32	1,272	- 777
War	42	476	49	260	+ 216
Poisonings	43	458	61	61	+ 397
Epilepsy	44	403	43	597	- 194
Oral Cancer	45	367	37	807	- 440
Meningitis	46	360	50	244	+ 116
Skin Cancers	47	291	35	1,028	- 738
Cervical Cancer	48	281	20	2,266	- 1,985
Hepatitis B	49	239	62	50	+ 188
Multiple Sclerosis	50	227	60	62	+ 165
Uterin Cancer	51	199	45	423	- 224
Maternal Conditions	52	160	46	394	- 234
Alcohol	53	142	68	23	+ 119
Encephalitis	54	138	64	38	+ 100
Skin Disease	55	133	34	1,102	- 969
Malnutrition	56	88	27	1,878	- 1,790
Appendicitis	57	87	52	213	- 126
Other Neoplasms	58	63	15	3,205	- 3,142
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	45	51	242	- 197
Pertussis	60	42	69	18	+ 24
Syphilis	61	29	65	30	- 1
Tetanus	62	21	71	14	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	63	9	66	27	- 18
Leishmaniasis	64	4	74	7	- 3
Chlamydia	65	2	81	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	66	2	77	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	2	76	5	- 3
Measles	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	59	65	- 64
Diphtheria	70	1	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	72	0	72	8	- 8
Trichuriasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	133	- 133
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	67	26	- 26
Chagas disease	78	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	70	18	- 18
Anemia	82	0	57	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	67	- 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	48	333	- 333
Oral conditions	86	0	75	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

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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.