DENMARK VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,306	1	5,341	+ 964
Stroke	2	2,482	5	3,662	- 1,180
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,203	33	213	+ 990
Hypertension	4	1,109	15	642	+ 467
Diabetes Mellitus	5	940	10	1,284	- 344
Kidney Disease	6	798	12	911	- 113
Lung Disease	7	771	3	4,387	- 3,616
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	760	6	2,244	- 1,484
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	747	2	5,218	- 4,471
Stomach Cancer	10	664	23	484	+ 180
Lung Cancers	11	458	4	3,721	- 3,263
Liver Disease	12	449	14	692	- 244
Low Birth Weight	13	328	41	116	+ 212
Congenital Anomalies	14	327	36	153	+ 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	309	7	2,147	- 1,838
Suicide	16	293	16	617	- 324
Other Injuries	17	274	30	347	- 74
Leukemia	18	268	20	558	- 290
Breast Cancer	19	252	9	1,299	- 1,046
Liver Cancer	20	251	25	464	- 213
Prostate Cancer	21	242	8	1,480	- 1,238
Asthma	22	227	44	82	+ 145
Lymphomas	23	195	13	730	- 535
Falls	24	191	22	541	- 350
Birth Trauma	25	185	56	21	+ 164
Parkinson's Disease	26	172	17	600	- 428
Violence	27	171	47	63	+ 108
HIV/AIDS	28	170	55	23	+ 148
Pancreas Cancer	29	163	11	1,096	- 932
Oesophagus Cancer	30	160	24	477	- 316
Drug Use	31	152	34	197	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	32	141	19	575	- 433
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	124	38	145	- 20
Fires	34	123	49	53	+ 70
Inflammatory/Heart	35	109	31	284	- 176
Bladder Cancer	36	95	21	545	- 450
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	84	32	216	- 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	67	42	96	- 29
Ovary Cancer	39	63	29	367	- 304
Drownings	40	63	50	37	+ 26
Tuberculosis	41	60	57	16	+ 44
War	42	57	66	1	+ 57
Poisonings	43	55	62	6	+ 50
Epilepsy	44	49	40	125	- 76
Oral Cancer	45	44	28	371	- 326
Meningitis	46	43	52	25	+ 18
Skin Cancers	47	35	26	388	- 353
Cervical Cancer	48	34	37	153	- 119
Hepatitis B	49	29	61	6	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	50	27	39	132	- 105
Uterin Cancer	51	24	35	156	- 132
Maternal Conditions	52	19	64	2	+ 17
Alcohol	53	17	18	598	- 581
Encephalitis	54	17	67	1	+ 16
Skin Disease	55	16	45	79	- 63
Malnutrition	56	11	59	14	- 3
Appendicitis	57	10	54	23	- 12
Other Neoplasms	58	8	27	378	- 370
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	43	84	- 79
Pertussis	60	5	72	0	+ 5
Syphilis	61	4	70	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	2	68	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	1	58	15	- 14
Leishmaniasis	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	60	9	- 8
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	48	57	- 57
Anemia	82	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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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.