CONGO VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,437	4	2,494	+ 3,943
Stroke	2	2,534	5	2,267	+ 267
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,228	7	1,598	- 370
Hypertension	4	1,132	12	933	+ 200
Diabetes Mellitus	5	960	10	1,050	- 90
Kidney Disease	6	815	15	613	+ 202
Lung Disease	7	787	17	541	+ 246
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	776	3	2,576	- 1,800
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	762	25	230	+ 532
Stomach Cancer	10	678	39	88	+ 590
Lung Cancers	11	468	47	54	+ 414
Liver Disease	12	458	13	931	- 473
Low Birth Weight	13	335	9	1,283	- 948
Congenital Anomalies	14	334	14	729	- 395
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	316	38	89	+ 227
Suicide	16	299	19	349	- 50
Other Injuries	17	279	20	333	- 54
Leukemia	18	274	46	57	+ 216
Breast Cancer	19	258	32	159	+ 99
Liver Cancer	20	256	30	169	+ 87
Prostate Cancer	21	247	28	198	+ 49
Asthma	22	232	23	291	- 59
Lymphomas	23	199	45	61	+ 138
Falls	24	195	33	149	+ 46
Birth Trauma	25	189	11	997	- 809
Parkinson's Disease	26	176	42	69	+ 107
Violence	27	175	18	539	- 364
HIV/AIDS	28	174	1	4,509	- 4,336
Pancreas Cancer	29	167	52	42	+ 125
Oesophagus Cancer	30	164	57	19	+ 144
Drug Use	31	155	44	65	+ 89
Endocrine Disorders	32	144	27	208	- 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	127	8	1,304	- 1,178
Fires	34	126	37	90	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	35	111	26	220	- 108
Bladder Cancer	36	97	61	15	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	86	35	105	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	69	43	67	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	39	65	48	49	+ 15
Drownings	40	64	36	104	- 40
Tuberculosis	41	61	2	2,781	- 2,720
War	42	58	72	1	+ 58
Poisonings	43	56	41	71	- 14
Epilepsy	44	50	40	76	- 26
Oral Cancer	45	45	54	33	+ 12
Meningitis	46	44	22	299	- 255
Skin Cancers	47	36	53	36	- 0
Cervical Cancer	48	35	29	196	- 162
Hepatitis B	49	29	62	14	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	50	28	66	4	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	51	25	60	15	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	52	20	16	578	- 558
Alcohol	53	17	49	46	- 29
Encephalitis	54	17	56	20	- 3
Skin Disease	55	16	50	46	- 29
Malnutrition	56	11	24	272	- 261
Appendicitis	57	11	58	18	- 8
Other Neoplasms	58	8	63	8	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	59	15	- 9
Pertussis	60	5	21	329	- 324
Syphilis	61	4	34	107	- 103
Tetanus	62	3	55	23	- 21
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	51	45	- 45
Ascariasis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	68	0	31	159	- 159
Hepatitis C	69	0	67	2	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	65	7	- 7
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

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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.