EGYPT VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		EGYPT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	117,441	1	173,871	- 56,430
Stroke	2	46,230	3	43,839	+ 2,391
Road Traffic Accidents	3	22,407	12	10,141	+ 12,267
Hypertension	4	20,661	5	21,094	- 434
Diabetes Mellitus	5	17,507	8	19,131	- 1,624
Kidney Disease	6	14,865	6	21,087	- 6,222
Lung Disease	7	14,360	9	13,393	+ 967
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	14,151	7	20,695	- 6,543
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	13,903	16	6,975	+ 6,928
Stomach Cancer	10	12,362	32	1,844	+ 10,518
Lung Cancers	11	8,538	18	5,677	+ 2,861
Liver Disease	12	8,354	2	60,122	- 51,769
Low Birth Weight	13	6,118	11	11,391	- 5,274
Congenital Anomalies	14	6,096	10	12,163	- 6,067
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	5,759	24	3,083	+ 2,676
Suicide	16	5,455	25	3,022	+ 2,433
Other Injuries	17	5,095	21	3,819	+ 1,276
Leukemia	18	4,992	22	3,763	+ 1,229
Breast Cancer	19	4,702	13	9,180	- 4,477
Liver Cancer	20	4,675	4	24,512	- 19,837
Prostate Cancer	21	4,510	35	1,282	+ 3,227
Asthma	22	4,229	15	7,104	- 2,875
Lymphomas	23	3,627	14	7,539	- 3,912
Falls	24	3,551	30	2,019	+ 1,532
Birth Trauma	25	3,443	17	6,109	- 2,666
Parkinson's Disease	26	3,203	28	2,391	+ 812
Violence	27	3,191	20	4,165	- 974
HIV/AIDS	28	3,173	53	397	+ 2,776
Pancreas Cancer	29	3,044	26	2,906	+ 138
Oesophagus Cancer	30	2,984	41	951	+ 2,033
Drug Use	31	2,822	62	116	+ 2,706
Endocrine Disorders	32	2,633	29	2,372	+ 261
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	2,311	23	3,692	- 1,381
Fires	34	2,294	33	1,568	+ 726
Inflammatory/Heart	35	2,027	27	2,489	- 462
Bladder Cancer	36	1,774	19	5,133	- 3,358
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,569	34	1,339	+ 230
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,254	36	1,248	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	39	1,180	31	1,944	- 764
Drownings	40	1,171	37	1,122	+ 49
Tuberculosis	41	1,110	51	432	+ 678
War	42	1,067	47	714	+ 353
Poisonings	43	1,027	57	195	+ 832
Epilepsy	44	904	50	451	+ 454
Oral Cancer	45	824	45	793	+ 31
Meningitis	46	807	43	827	- 20
Skin Cancers	47	653	39	1,013	- 361
Cervical Cancer	48	630	48	625	+ 5
Hepatitis B	49	535	40	988	- 453
Multiple Sclerosis	50	510	56	213	+ 297
Uterin Cancer	51	447	52	422	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	52	359	44	795	- 436
Alcohol	53	318	60	141	+ 177
Encephalitis	54	310	38	1,046	- 736
Skin Disease	55	299	55	219	+ 79
Malnutrition	56	197	46	759	- 562
Appendicitis	57	195	59	142	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	58	140	61	116	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	101	65	26	+ 75
Pertussis	60	95	42	906	- 812
Syphilis	61	66	58	159	- 94
Tetanus	62	46	49	540	- 494
Upper Respiratory	63	20	68	5	+ 15
Leishmaniasis	64	10	66	13	- 4
Chlamydia	65	5	71	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	66	4	54	220	- 217
Ascariasis	67	3	67	6	- 2
Measles	68	3	64	43	- 40
Hepatitis C	69	1	63	97	- 95
Diphtheria	70	1	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	69	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	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	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EGYPT

Iran

Egypt

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.