DOMINICAN REP. VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	IRAN		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,418	1	14,986	- 3,568
Stroke	2	4,495	2	7,882	- 3,388
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,179	3	6,937	- 4,758
Hypertension	4	2,009	10	1,894	+ 115
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,702	4	2,762	- 1,060
Kidney Disease	6	1,445	7	2,121	- 676
Lung Disease	7	1,396	15	1,360	+ 36
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,376	6	2,254	- 879
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,352	11	1,808	- 456
Stomach Cancer	10	1,202	24	547	+ 654
Lung Cancers	11	830	16	1,244	- 414
Liver Disease	12	812	5	2,680	- 1,868
Low Birth Weight	13	595	13	1,532	- 938
Congenital Anomalies	14	593	17	1,038	- 446
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	560	20	851	- 291
Suicide	16	530	25	530	+ 1
Other Injuries	17	495	19	890	- 395
Leukemia	18	485	32	409	+ 77
Breast Cancer	19	457	14	1,460	- 1,003
Liver Cancer	20	455	21	664	- 210
Prostate Cancer	21	438	12	1,655	- 1,216
Asthma	22	411	29	441	- 30
Lymphomas	23	353	33	374	- 22
Falls	24	345	30	435	- 90
Birth Trauma	25	335	18	915	- 580
Parkinson's Disease	26	311	28	446	- 135
Violence	27	310	9	1,917	- 1,606
HIV/AIDS	28	308	8	1,931	- 1,622
Pancreas Cancer	29	296	27	456	- 160
Oesophagus Cancer	30	290	40	200	+ 90
Drug Use	31	274	43	156	+ 118
Endocrine Disorders	32	256	22	602	- 346
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	225	26	504	- 280
Fires	34	223	44	139	+ 84
Inflammatory/Heart	35	197	35	312	- 114
Bladder Cancer	36	172	49	92	+ 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	153	36	295	- 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	122	46	123	- 1
Ovary Cancer	39	115	50	89	+ 26
Drownings	40	114	37	248	- 134
Tuberculosis	41	108	38	242	- 134
War	42	104	67	1	+ 103
Poisonings	43	100	55	47	+ 53
Epilepsy	44	88	42	158	- 70
Oral Cancer	45	80	31	434	- 354
Meningitis	46	79	45	134	- 55
Skin Cancers	47	63	41	172	- 109
Cervical Cancer	48	61	23	560	- 499
Hepatitis B	49	52	63	11	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	50	50	62	13	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	51	43	57	43	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	52	35	39	202	- 168
Alcohol	53	31	48	120	- 89
Encephalitis	54	30	56	44	- 14
Skin Disease	55	29	53	50	- 21
Malnutrition	56	19	34	372	- 352
Appendicitis	57	19	52	67	- 48
Other Neoplasms	58	14	58	35	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	10	54	48	- 39
Pertussis	60	9	47	121	- 111
Syphilis	61	6	51	70	- 64
Tetanus	62	4	61	17	- 13
Upper Respiratory	63	2	68	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	66	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	59	22	- 22
Ascariasis	67	0	70	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	79	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	60	17	- 17
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Iran

Dominican Rep.

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.