CUBA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,577	1	22,079	- 10,502
Stroke	2	4,557	2	10,725	- 6,168
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,209	19	1,007	+ 1,201
Hypertension	4	2,037	7	3,469	- 1,432
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,726	13	1,791	- 65
Kidney Disease	6	1,465	14	1,700	- 235
Lung Disease	7	1,415	6	5,492	- 4,077
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,395	3	8,564	- 7,169
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,371	5	5,841	- 4,471
Stomach Cancer	10	1,219	20	991	+ 228
Lung Cancers	11	842	4	5,985	- 5,143
Liver Disease	12	823	11	1,873	- 1,050
Low Birth Weight	13	603	48	98	+ 505
Congenital Anomalies	14	601	37	368	+ 233
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	568	9	2,958	- 2,390
Suicide	16	538	16	1,638	- 1,100
Other Injuries	17	502	12	1,869	- 1,367
Leukemia	18	492	30	633	- 141
Breast Cancer	19	464	15	1,673	- 1,209
Liver Cancer	20	461	24	815	- 354
Prostate Cancer	21	445	8	3,365	- 2,921
Asthma	22	417	40	301	+ 116
Lymphomas	23	358	18	1,089	- 732
Falls	24	350	10	2,810	- 2,460
Birth Trauma	25	339	59	49	+ 291
Parkinson's Disease	26	316	27	691	- 375
Violence	27	315	32	584	- 269
HIV/AIDS	28	313	34	471	- 159
Pancreas Cancer	29	300	21	905	- 605
Oesophagus Cancer	30	294	22	879	- 585
Drug Use	31	278	51	82	+ 196
Endocrine Disorders	32	260	36	412	- 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	228	43	206	+ 22
Fires	34	226	58	55	+ 171
Inflammatory/Heart	35	200	17	1,156	- 957
Bladder Cancer	36	175	26	734	- 559
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	155	35	420	- 265
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	124	44	162	- 38
Ovary Cancer	39	116	39	323	- 207
Drownings	40	115	42	231	- 115
Tuberculosis	41	109	60	45	+ 65
War	42	105	68	1	+ 104
Poisonings	43	101	62	17	+ 84
Epilepsy	44	89	46	108	- 19
Oral Cancer	45	81	23	876	- 795
Meningitis	46	80	50	83	- 3
Skin Cancers	47	64	33	514	- 450
Cervical Cancer	48	62	29	666	- 604
Hepatitis B	49	53	56	59	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	50	50	57	55	- 5
Uterin Cancer	51	44	31	602	- 558
Maternal Conditions	52	35	61	43	- 8
Alcohol	53	31	28	675	- 644
Encephalitis	54	31	66	6	+ 25
Skin Disease	55	29	41	258	- 229
Malnutrition	56	19	55	64	- 44
Appendicitis	57	19	47	104	- 85
Other Neoplasms	58	14	25	769	- 755
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	49	87	- 77
Pertussis	60	9	73	0	+ 9
Syphilis	61	6	69	1	+ 6
Tetanus	62	5	71	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	63	2	65	6	- 4
Leishmaniasis	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	84	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	45	112	- 112
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	72	0	67	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	68	- 68
Anemia	82	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

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Cuba

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.