ECUADOR VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,329	1	9,805	+ 9,525
Stroke	2	7,609	3	5,429	+ 2,180
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,688	6	3,490	+ 198
Hypertension	4	3,401	10	2,507	+ 894
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,882	5	4,321	- 1,440
Kidney Disease	6	2,447	2	6,184	- 3,737
Lung Disease	7	2,363	8	2,576	- 213
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,329	4	5,083	- 2,754
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,288	9	2,565	- 276
Stomach Cancer	10	2,035	11	2,089	- 54
Lung Cancers	11	1,405	20	1,075	+ 331
Liver Disease	12	1,375	7	3,330	- 1,955
Low Birth Weight	13	1,007	16	1,172	- 165
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,003	13	1,335	- 332
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	948	19	1,109	- 161
Suicide	16	898	14	1,326	- 428
Other Injuries	17	839	17	1,161	- 322
Leukemia	18	822	23	882	- 60
Breast Cancer	19	774	25	825	- 51
Liver Cancer	20	769	21	954	- 184
Prostate Cancer	21	742	12	1,362	- 620
Asthma	22	696	53	85	+ 611
Lymphomas	23	597	22	883	- 286
Falls	24	584	18	1,114	- 530
Birth Trauma	25	567	38	302	+ 264
Parkinson's Disease	26	527	26	658	- 131
Violence	27	525	15	1,210	- 685
HIV/AIDS	28	522	27	609	- 87
Pancreas Cancer	29	501	30	562	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	30	491	42	180	+ 311
Drug Use	31	465	41	214	+ 251
Endocrine Disorders	32	433	31	507	- 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	380	34	410	- 30
Fires	34	378	43	175	+ 202
Inflammatory/Heart	35	334	36	308	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	36	292	44	168	+ 124
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	258	33	417	- 158
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	206	47	163	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	39	194	35	322	- 128
Drownings	40	193	32	470	- 277
Tuberculosis	41	183	29	574	- 391
War	42	176	66	2	+ 174
Poisonings	43	169	58	59	+ 110
Epilepsy	44	149	40	273	- 124
Oral Cancer	45	136	45	166	- 30
Meningitis	46	133	52	90	+ 43
Skin Cancers	47	107	37	308	- 200
Cervical Cancer	48	104	24	840	- 736
Hepatitis B	49	88	64	3	+ 85
Multiple Sclerosis	50	84	60	18	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	51	74	48	129	- 55
Maternal Conditions	52	59	46	164	- 105
Alcohol	53	52	39	280	- 228
Encephalitis	54	51	55	82	- 31
Skin Disease	55	49	51	103	- 53
Malnutrition	56	32	28	578	- 546
Appendicitis	57	32	50	110	- 78
Other Neoplasms	58	23	57	64	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	17	49	124	- 107
Pertussis	60	16	56	79	- 64
Syphilis	61	11	54	85	- 74
Tetanus	62	8	62	9	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	3	63	8	- 5
Leishmaniasis	64	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	68	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	65	2	- 1
Measles	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	0	67	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	61	10	- 10
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	59	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

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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.